"Caroline Bliss Caroline Bliss (born 12 July 1961) is an English actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She is best known for her appearance as M's secretary, Miss Moneypenny, in the James Bond films of the Timothy Dalton era. At the age of 25, Bliss replaced the long-standing Lois Maxwell in the films ""The Living Daylights"" and ""Licence to Kill"". She is the youngest actress to have played the role of Miss Moneypenny as the other actresses Lois Maxwell, Samantha Bond and Naomie Harris all began to play their roles at their thirties. Bliss is the"
"the theatrical film starring Gwyneth Paltrow that was released the same year. The television movie was broadcast in the US in 1997 on PBS. From 1994 to 2005, Bond played Miss Moneypenny, M's secretary at MI6, in the four James Bond films with Pierce Brosnan as Agent 007: ""GoldenEye"", ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", ""The World Is Not Enough"", and ""Die Another Day"". The role of Miss Moneypenny is the smallest role she ever played, yet the character remains a favorite among James Bond fans. In a BBC interview, Bond remarked that she would retire from the role if and when Pierce"
"Maud Adams Maud Solveig Christina Adams (née Wikström; born 12 February 1945), is a Swedish actress, known for her roles as two different Bond girls, first in ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1974) and then as the eponymous character in ""Octopussy"" (1983), as well as making a brief uncredited appearance in ""A View to a Kill"" (1985). Adams was born Maud Solveig Christina Wikström in Luleå, Sweden, the daughter of Thyra, a government tax inspector, and Gustav Wikström, a comptroller. She had once wanted to work as an interpreter as she is fluent in five languages. She was discovered"
"of the Unknown"", ""Blake's 7"", ""The Onedin Line"", ""The Professionals"", ""Howards' Way"", ""Ever Decreasing Circles"", ""Tripods"" and ""All Creatures Great and Small"", and later on in American series including ""Magnum, P.I."", ""Party of Five"", ""ER"" and ""The West Wing"" where she played a British prime minister. In film, she played the role of Miss Moneypenny in the 'unofficial' 1983 James Bond film ""Never Say Never Again"", starring Sean Connery. She also appeared in Michael Crichton's ""The First Great Train Robbery"" (1979, another film which starred Connery), as well as supporting roles in ""The Bitch"" (1979), ""Night Train to Murder"" (1983),"
"the title character in ""Octopussy"" (1983). If the ""unofficial"" James Bond films, ""Casino Royale"" and ""Never Say Never Again"", are included, several actresses have also been a Bond girl more than once: Ursula Andress in ""Dr. No"" (1962) and ""Casino Royale""; Angela Scoular in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969) and ""Casino Royale""; Valerie Leon in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) and ""Never Say Never Again"". Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in ""The Man with the Golden Gun"". Several short stories, such as ""Quantum of Solace"", ""The Hildebrand"
"Lois Maxwell, the actress who played ""Miss Moneypenny"" in Bond films such as ""Dr. No"" and ""Goldfinger"". Canadian-born, she was a long-time resident of the town. In 2001, a group of volunteers staged a fundraiser for the local hospital by attempting to set a world record for the world's longest ice hockey game. They were successful, playing for over three days straight. The record was broken in April 2004 in nearby Sudbury, where the teams played for six hours longer. Currently, the record holders are team Hope and team Cure from Sherwood Park near Edmonton, Alberta. who have played for"
"Samantha Bond Samantha Bond (born 27 November 1961) is an English actress, perhaps best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films during the series' Pierce Brosnan years, and for her role on ""Downton Abbey"" as the wealthy widow Lady Rosamund Painswick, sister of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham. She is also well-known for originating the role of ""Miz Liz"" Probert in the Rumpole of the Bailey series. Bond is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Samantha Bond is the daughter of actor Philip Bond and TV producer Pat Sandys, and is the sister of the"
"close confidante of her boss, she also enjoys a flirtatious—though never consummated—relationship with James Bond, whom she understands perfectly. Moneypenny was never given any backstory until the film ""Skyfall"" (2012), when she was re-introduced to the series following the 2006 reboot of the series' continuity. Moneypenny, now played by Naomie Harris and given the first name Eve, is originally a field agent assigned to work with Bond on an operation in Istanbul. It ends in disaster when she accidentally shoots Bond while he is fighting with the mercenary they are chasing. She is temporarily suspended for this and reassigned to"
"number of Bond girls who were featured throughout the film franchise between the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"" (1962) starring Ursula Andress and the then-current 20th film ""Die Another Day"" starring Halle Berry. In 2003, the documentary was released on DVD and offered as a free gift with the purchase of ""Die Another Day"" on DVD by some retailers. In 2006, a new version of the documentary, updated to include interviews with cast from ""Casino Royale"" and edited to include commercial breaks, was produced for the AMC network and was later released as a bonus feature on the March"
"to Japan, Mr. Bond"", in which she co-starred with Kate O'Mara and Desmond Llewelyn. In 1971, the role of Moneypenny was nearly re-cast after Maxwell demanded a pay raise for ""Diamonds Are Forever""; Moneypenny's undercover policewoman's cap disguises the hair Maxwell had already dyed in preparation for another part. Initially, the character of Miss Moneypenny did not feature in the movie, but it was decided to add the scene where disguised as a customs officer, she gives Bond his travel documents at the port of Dover during production. The additional scene was a rather last minute rewrite designed to include"
"played Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 James Bond films, also has a stand-out scene as a girl who can be bought. The screenplay was written by fellow blacklisted writer Ben Barzman, adapted from the play ""Someone Waiting"" by Emlyn Williams. David Graham, a recovering alcoholic, returns to England with only 24 hours to save his son, Alec, from hanging for the murder of Alec's girlfriend, Jenny Cole. A neglectful, absentee father who has missed the entire trial while he was in rehab in Canada, Graham discovers his son, awaiting execution, at first refuses to even see him and, when"
"pointed out to her that they were the only cast or crew members from ""Dr. No"" who had not yet left the series. Maxwell asked that Moneypenny be killed off, but Broccoli re-cast the role instead. According to author Tom Lisanti, Maxwell's Moneypenny was seen as an ""anchor"", and her flirtatious relationship with Bond provided the films with dramatic realism and humanism; for Moneypenny, Bond was ""unobtainable"", freeing the characters to make outrageous sexual double entendres. In 1973, Maxwell's husband died, having never fully recovered from his heart attack in the 1960s. Maxwell subsequently returned to Canada, settling in Fort"
"granddaughter of composer Sir Arthur Bliss, former Master of the Queen's Music. She is married to author and actor Andy Secombe and the couple reside in Goonbell with their two children. Her film and television work includes appearances in: Her theatre work includes: Caroline Bliss Caroline Bliss (born 12 July 1961) is an English actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She is best known for her appearance as M's secretary, Miss Moneypenny, in the James Bond films of the Timothy Dalton era. At the age of 25, Bliss replaced the long-standing Lois Maxwell in the films"
"series character, Moneypenny. The character has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are the longest continually running film series of all time and have grossed over $7.040 billion in total, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film series to date, which started in 1962 with ""Dr. No"", starring Sean Connery as Bond. As of 2019, there have been twenty-four films in the Eon Productions series. The most recent Bond film, ""Spectre"" (2015), stars Daniel Craig in his fourth portrayal of Bond; he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There"
"preparing to enter heaven, he worries about how to introduce Tilly Masterton, who he believes has died along with him, to Vesper. In the 1967 version of ""Casino Royale"", Lynd was portrayed by Ursula Andress, who had portrayed another Bond girl, Honey Ryder, in the 1962 film version of ""Dr. No"". In this version, which bore little resemblance to the novel, Vesper is depicted as a former secret agent who has since become a multi-millionaire with a penchant for wearing ridiculously extravagant outfits at her office (""because if I wore it in the street people might stare""). Bond (played by"
"and Vivien Leigh. Her exotic looks resulted in her being cast in ""ethnic"" roles, such as Asian women, including her role as the Chinese character Miss Taro, in the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"" (1962). She also appeared in ""Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines"" (1965) as the Countess Ponticelli, and made numerous television appearances. Her last film performance was in ""The Terrornauts"" in 1967. Marshall married bandleader Paul Adam in 1947 and later wed Alexander Ward, before her final marriage, to film producer Ivan Foxwell (died 2002); they had no children. She died after a short illness"
"Jane Seymour (actress) Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951), is an English-American actress. Best known for her performances in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973); ""Somewhere In Time"" (1980); ""East of Eden"" (1981); ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" (1982 film); ""Onassis: The Richest Man in the World"" (1988); ""War and Remembrance"" (1988); the French epic ""La Révolution française"" (1989) as the ill-fated queen Marie Antoinette; ""Wedding Crashers"" (2005); and the American television series ""Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"" (1993–1998), she has earned an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a star on the Hollywood"
"the series is ""Dr. No"" (1962), and has produced 23 sequels, with the most recent one being ""Spectre"" (2015). Due to the series spanning more than 50 years, James Bond has been portrayed by six actors, all the other frequent cast of characters has also gone through replacements, additionally after all Fleming's novels were adapted the series shifted towards original scripts. However, all films are set within a single, coherent fictional continuity, even if the writers, directors and cast change between films. Aspects of the fictional universe are retained between films. The ""Planet of the Apes"" film series also originated"
"and Maxwell after Fleming thought she was the perfect fit for his description of the character. Maxwell was initially offered a choice between the roles of Moneypenny or Sylvia Trench and opted for Moneypenny as she thought the Trench role, which included appearing in immodest dress, was too sexual. Eunice Gayson was cast as Sylvia Trench and it was planned that she would be a recurring girlfriend for Bond throughout six films, although she appeared only in ""Dr. No"" and ""From Russia with Love"". She had been given the part by director Terence Young, who had worked with her in"
"fans reacted by petitioning ITV to reinstate the popular drama, to no avail. It played in the US on PBS's Masterpiece in 2016 and 2017, where viewers were similarly disappointed to learn of the show's demise. The series creator, Simon Block, has stated he intends to continue the story in written form, as novels. She lives in St Margarets, London, and has been married since 1989 to Alexander Hanson, with whom she has two children, Molly and Tom. Samantha Bond Samantha Bond (born 27 November 1961) is an English actress, perhaps best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James"
"ring was presented to Seymour in April 2016 in Singapore while she was there to star in ""The Vortex"". Jane Seymour (actress) Jane Seymour, OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg; 15 February 1951), is an English-American actress. Best known for her performances in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973); ""Somewhere In Time"" (1980); ""East of Eden"" (1981); ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" (1982 film); ""Onassis: The Richest Man in the World"" (1988); ""War and Remembrance"" (1988); the French epic ""La Révolution française"" (1989) as the ill-fated queen Marie Antoinette; ""Wedding Crashers"" (2005); and the American television series ""Dr. Quinn,"
"Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (; born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss film and television actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, ""Dr. No"". She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film ""Casino Royale"". Her other films include ""The Southern Star, Fun in Acapulco"", ""She"", ""The 10th Victim"", ""The Blue Max"", ""Perfect Friday"", ""The Sensuous Nurse"", ""The Mountain of the Cannibal God"", ""The Fifth Musketeer"" and ""Clash of the Titans""."
"had been turned down. ""I think it was a great disappointment to her that she had not been promoted to play M. She would have been a wonderful M."" On 10 October 2005, John Murray published """" (2005), the first of three Ian Fleming Publications' sanctioned novels written by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, from the point of view of Miss Moneypenny. The rest of The Moneypenny Diaries trilogy was released over the next three years. Moneypenny has been played by six actresses in the Bond films—four in the Eon film series, plus two in the non-Eon films."
"Fiona Fullerton Fiona Elizabeth Fullerton (born 10 October 1956) is a British actress and singer, known for her role as Alice in the 1972 film ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and as Bond girl KGB spy Pola Ivanova in the 1985 James Bond film ""A View to a Kill"". Fullerton is the daughter of Bernard and Pamela (née Crook) Fullerton. An only child, Fullerton lived with her parents in Singapore, Germany, the United States, and Nigeria. After weekly ballet lessons, at the age of 9 she was accepted into Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley, Surrey as a boarder. Fullerton made her"
"Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1985, Jones starred as May Day, henchman to main antagonist Max Zorin in the 14th James Bond film ""A View to a Kill""; Jones was also nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. That same year, she was featured on the Arcadia song ""Election Day"". Jones was among the many stars to promote the Honda Scooter; other artists included Lou Reed, Adam Ant, and Miles Davis. Jones also, with her boyfriend Dolph Lundgren posed nude for ""Playboy"". After Jones' success as a mainstream actress, she returned to the studio to work"
"quintessential Bond movie. Andress said that she owed her career to that white bikini, remarking, ""This bikini made me into a success. As a result of starring in ""Dr. No"" as the first Bond girl, I was given the freedom to take my pick of future roles and to become financially independent."" In 2001, the Dr. No bikini worn by Andress in the film sold at auction for US$61,500. That white bikini has been described as a ""defining moment in the sixties liberalization of screen eroticism"". Because of the shocking effect from how revealing it was at the time, she"
"novels by authors Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham) and John Gardner. Likewise it details information on every film from the first official Bond film ""Dr. No"", to the then-recent Bond film ""Octopussy"". Additionally, it discusses the two unofficial adaptations of ""Casino Royale"" and the remake of ""Thunderball"" called ""Never Say Never Again"". The 1988 publication included information on ""A View to a Kill"" (1985) and ""The Living Daylights"" (1987) as well as the books written by John Gardner since the 1984 edition. In 2001 the now defunct PublishingOnline company created a print-on-demand ""facsimile"" edition from scans of the 1988"
"Naomie Harris Naomie Melanie Harris (born 6 September 1976) is an English actress. She started her career as a child actress, appearing in the television series ""Simon and the Witch"" in 1987. She portrayed the voodoo witch Tia Dalma in the second and third ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" films, Selena in ""28 Days Later"", and Winnie Mandela in """". She garnered attention for her performance as Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond films ""Skyfall"" and ""Spectre"". In 2016, she starred in the critically acclaimed film ""Moonlight"", a performance which earned her several accolades, including Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy Award"
"February 2017. Naomie Harris Naomie Melanie Harris (born 6 September 1976) is an English actress. She started her career as a child actress, appearing in the television series ""Simon and the Witch"" in 1987. She portrayed the voodoo witch Tia Dalma in the second and third ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" films, Selena in ""28 Days Later"", and Winnie Mandela in """". She garnered attention for her performance as Eve Moneypenny in the James Bond films ""Skyfall"" and ""Spectre"". In 2016, she starred in the critically acclaimed film ""Moonlight"", a performance which earned her several accolades, including Golden Globe, BAFTA, and"
"the lead—an exotic and mysterious smuggler, also opposite Roger Moore. Adams had Swedish co-stars on her three Bond films, Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight in ""The Man with the Golden Gun"", in ""Octopussy"" both Kristina Wayborn as Magda and Mary Stävin as an Octopussy girl, she was also an extra in ""A View to a Kill"" (1985) and there played with Mary Stävin as agent Kimberley Jones and Dolph Lundgren as Venz. While portraying a Bond girl has not always indicated continued success as an actress, Adams comments, ""Looking back on it, how can you not really enjoy the fact"
"and working in London. She met Neil Shackell and the couple married shortly after meeting in 1994, and now live in the Cotswolds with his son James and their daughter Lucy (born 1995). Fiona Fullerton Fiona Elizabeth Fullerton (born 10 October 1956) is a British actress and singer, known for her role as Alice in the 1972 film ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and as Bond girl KGB spy Pola Ivanova in the 1985 James Bond film ""A View to a Kill"". Fullerton is the daughter of Bernard and Pamela (née Crook) Fullerton. An only child, Fullerton lived with her parents"
"as Plenty O'Toole, following a suggestion of screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz. Denise Perrier, Miss World 1953, played ""Marie"", the woman in the bikini who is forced by Bond to disclose the location of Blofeld. A cameo appearance by Sammy Davis, Jr. playing on the roulette table was filmed, but his scene was eventually deleted. Initially, the character of Miss Moneypenny did not feature in the movie, partly because Lois Maxwell had held out for a pay increase, but it was decided during production to add the scene where disguised as a customs officer, Moneypenny gives Bond his travel documents at the"
"of ""Adventures in Rainbow Country"" in the 1970s. Maxwell had a minor role as a nurse in Stanley Kubrick's ""Lolita"" (1962). In 1963 Maxwell played a machine gun-firing nurse in the series ""The Avengers"" (episode ""The Little Wonders"", which was first aired on 11 January 1964). Maxwell had a guest appearance in an episode of the ITC series ""The Baron"" (""Something for a Rainy Day"", 1965), as an insurance investigator. Maxwell lobbied for a role in the ""James Bond"" film ""Dr. No"" (1962), since her husband had suffered a heart attack and they needed the money. Director Terence Young, who"