"as Auntie Angela in the BBC's semi-improvised comedy series ""Outnumbered"", alongside Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner and David Ryall. She appeared in all five seasons. From 2010 through 2015 (in the UK), Bond appeared as Lady Rosamund Painswick in the ensemble cast of ITV's drama series ""Downton Abbey"", written and produced by Julian Fellowes. The mini-series quickly became an unprecedented worldwide hit. Each season was shown in the US on PBS's Masterpiece program one year following its broadcast in the UK; according to PBS, Downton Abbey rose to become the most popular drama ever shown on the station, and the most"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"of Agatha Christie's short story, ""The Adventure of the Cheap Flat"", for the series ""Agatha Cristie's Poirot"" on ITV, starring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. . Bond was also seen on ITV in an episode of the ""Inspector Morse"" detective drama series based on novels by Colin Dexter, in 1992, and in a 1995 episode of ""Ghosts"", an anthology series of ghost stories on the BBC. In 1996, she portrayed Mrs. Weston in the television movie ""Jane Austen's Emma"", starring Kate Beckinsale as Emma, a Meridian-ITV/A&E production that has been described as grittier and ""more authentic"" to Austen's story than"
"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"
"Brosnan stepped down as the lead. However, she did appear as Miss Moneypenny in an advertisement for London's 2012 Olympic bid, alongside Roger Moore, who played James Bond from 1973 until 1985. Bond co-starred in 2004 with Peter Davison, as a married couple who uproot themselves to a remote island to save their marriage, in the ITV drama-comedy ""Distant Shores"". In 2007, she played the villain Mrs. Wormwood in the pilot episode of the BBC children's drama series ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"", a spin-off of ""Doctor Who"". She later came back to play the same character in the two-part finale"
"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"
"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"
"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),"
"with momentary interaction with the male lead. Two actors have played in more Bond Films than any individual Bond actor: Lois Maxwell (Lois Ruth Hooker) as Miss Moneypenny and Dame Judith Olivia Dench as ‘M’. They have not been the Lead in a Bond Film, playing a Protagonist but never the Antagonist; both always stand very high in the credited cast lists for each film in which they appear. Bond Girls Are Forever Bond Girls Are Forever is a 2002 James Bond documentary film hosted by actress Maryam d'Abo, who had played the role of Kara Milovy in the 15th"
"Show"" (1986-1988) and was guest host on the chat show ""Wogan"". Here she interviewed, amongst many others, Ginger Rogers and Prince Andrew. Prince Andrew, fresh from his exploits as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands War, presented her a section of his helicopter (""The Brazen Hussey"") on air, and asked her to sign it on behalf of his crew mates. He also asked for her phone number. It was at this time that Cubby Brocolli, the producer of James Bond, and his director Michael Wilson surreptitiously auditioned Selina for the role of Miss Moneypenny. They asked her to visit their"
"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."
"was six, and at the age of nine she had a minor role as an extra in the Bond film ""Octopussy"" (1983). She made her TV debut in the detective series, ""Dempsey and Makepeace"" (ITV), in 1985 and she went on to have roles in feature films such as ""Little Shop of Horrors"" (Geffen Pictures, 1986); ""Hansel and Gretel"" (MGM, 1987); ""Snow White"" (MGM, 1987) and ""Courage Mountain"" (Paramount, 1990). At aged 12 she played the part of Sally in the 1987 Children's BBC production, ""Simon and the Witch"". She also had a minor role in the BBC sitcom, ""Bread""."
"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"
"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,"
"and Roger Lloyd-Pack that originally aired on 29 December 1998. She played the role of 'Amanda' in the comedy series ""Reluctant Persuaders"" on BBC Radio 4. Lawrence made her debut appearance in the long-running BBC Radio 4 show ""Just a Minute"" on 7 January 2008 and returned again in the following series. In December 2014, Lawrence played the role of Agnes Nutter in an adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's book ""Good Omens"" for BBC Radio 4. Lawrence has lent her voice to several audiobooks, the majority of which were books for children. She has recorded several of the"
"Northern soul scene (Chandler was well known for her high-quality soul output on RCA) and can be found on several RCA soul compilations. To promote the film, Eon Productions produced a one-hour colour television programme titled ""Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond"" first aired on 2 June 1967 in the United States on NBC. Bond regulars Lois Maxwell and Desmond Llewelyn appeared playing respectively ""Miss Moneypenny"" and ""Q"". Kate O'Mara appears as Miss Moneypenny's assistant. The programme shows clips from ""You Only Live Twice"" and the then four existing Bond films, and contained a storyline of Moneypenny trying to establish the"
"Sue Bond Sue Bond (born 9 May 1945) is a British actress, cabaret singer and comedian best remembered for her appearances on ""The Benny Hill Show"" in the early 1970s. She appeared with Benny Hill for three years between 1970 and 1973, making her one of the longest serving female cast members of the pre-Hill's Angels era. In the mid-1970s Bond appeared increasingly in sitcoms. Alongside of her acting, Bond had a second career as a singer, mainly on the Northern Club Circuit. Her last acting credit to date was in the short-lived revival of ""Mind Your Language"" in 1986,"
"Service to celebrate its 75th anniversary. As part of the BBC Radio 4 ""Hopes and Desires"" season, she played Lindsey, an incurable romantic who yearns to meet a modern-day Heathcliff, in Nick Warburton's 30-minute comedy ""Catching Heathcliff"", broadcast at 11 pm on 15 January 2008. She was the voice of Fanny in the 2-cassette 1997 BBC radio dramatisation of Jane Austen's ""Mansfield Park"". Her stage credits include: Amanda Root Amanda Root (born 1963) is an English stage and screen actress and a former voice actress for children's programmes. Root is known for her starring role in the 1995 BBC film"
"Austen's ""Mansfield Park"", and Rumpole's pupil in chambers ""Miz Liz"" Probert in the fourth series of ""Rumpole of the Bailey"". In 1985, she appeared as Julia Simmons in the BBC's televised adaptation of Agatha Christie's crime novel ""A Murder is Announced"", part of the Miss Marple series. Bond's association with the Royal Shakespeare Company (known as the RSC) began in 1987; she performed in three of the company's stage productions that year: ""Les Liaisons Dangereuses"", ""Hero and Leander"", and ""Lorca's Women"". In 1992, the RSC cast her as Rosalind in Shakespeare's ""As You Like It"", which she performed in their"
"a lead role in the film ""Jackboots on Whitehall"" and lent her voice to a new series of James Bond audio-books, narrating ""The Spy Who Loved Me"". In 2010 Pike played the part of Pussy Galore in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Fleming's ""Goldfinger"". In 2011, Pike played the part of Kate Sumner in the Bond spoof film ""Johnny English Reborn"", playing a psychologist and English's love interest. The film is a sequel to the 2003 film ""Johnny English"" and was a box office success, taking over $160 million. In 2012, she played the role of Queen Andromeda in"
"Samantha Baines Samantha Louise Baines (born 28 November 1987 in Southwark, London) is an English actress and comedian. She is best known for her appearances in ""Magic Mike Live London"", ""The Crown"" (Netflix), ""Lee Nelson's Well Funny People"" (BBC3), ""Hank Zipzer"" (CBBC) and A Royal Night Out . Baines grew up in Bromley, where she attended Newstead Wood School for Girls. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre. She studied drama at Exeter University and trained in acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Since 2010, Baines has been a member of all female sketch group"
"satire featuring characters named Basildon Bond and Miss Funnyfanny (based on the fictional MI6 spy duo James Bond and Miss Moneypenny). In 1993, Abbot hosted an Elvis special of Stars in their Eyes, originally to be presented by Leslie Crowther, who suffered serious injuries in a car crash in October 1992. Abbot was brought in as a temporary host and this was the only episode he hosted. He was replaced by Matthew Kelly, who then hosted the show until 2004 as Crowther was unable to return and he died in 1996. From 2000, Abbot played the lead role in the"
"Lois Maxwell Lois Maxwell (born Lois Ruth Hooker, 14 February 1927 – 29 September 2007) was a Canadian actress, best known for her portrayal of Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 ""James Bond"" films (1962–1985). She was the first actress to play the part. The films in which she played Miss Moneypenny were ""Dr. No"" (1962), ""From Russia with Love"" (1963), ""Goldfinger"" (1964), ""Thunderball"" (1965), ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967), ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), ""Diamonds Are Forever"" (1971), ""Live and Let Die"" (1973), ""The Man with the Golden Gun"" (1974), ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977), ""Moonraker"" (1979),"
"Dystin Johnson Dystin Johnson is a British film and television actress. Johnson is best known for playing Norma Starkey in the popular Channel 4 comedy drama series, ""Shameless"". She has also had parts in ""Prime Suspect: The Final Act"", ""EastEnders"", ""The Bill"" and ""Holby City"". She was also in the ""Paul Merton's Silent Clowns"" documentary on BBC Four as herself, in 2006. She also plays Rossetti Wordsworth in children's TV show ""The Story Makers"". In August 2011, Johnson made a brief appearance in ""Coronation Street"". From 2012, she has played Mrs Carter in ""4 O'Clock Club"" on CBBC. She also"
"trial of Adolf Eichmann in ""The Eichmann Show""; and The Queen in the 2015 version of ""Danger Mouse"". In 2016, she co-wrote and starred in the comedy series ""Damned"". She co-starred in and wrote (with Rebecca Front) ""Shush!"" a sitcom set in a library broadcast on BBC Radio Four in 2017. Banks's partner is David Baddiel; they have two children, a daughter Dolly and a son Ezra. Morwenna Banks Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British comedy actress, writer and producer known for her roles as Mummy Pig, Madame Gazelle and Dr Hamster in the children's series"
"her early roles. In the book ""Tenko Reunion"" it is stated that she is no longer acting and has become an agent. Emily Bolton Emily Bolton (born 1951) is an Aruban actress raised in England and the Netherlands. Bolton appeared in the James Bond film ""Moonraker"" in which she played 007's Brazilian contact Manuela. Originally she had wanted to become a concert pianist, but at the age of eighteen she chose to go to drama school. She is also known for her TV appearances as a recurring cast member in: Her other TV credits include ""Survivors"", ""Gangsters"" and ""Crossroads"", and"
"Fauntleroy,"" with Alec Guinness (as Earl of Dorincourt) and Ricky Schroder (as ""Ceddy"", Little Lord Fauntleroy), she played a village lady named Mrs. Dibble. In the BBC production of the 1986 TV miniseries ""A Little Princess,"" she played the role of the ""Baker's Wife,"" who gives Sara 6 buns for fourpence and later takes under her wing a homeless beggar girl Sara had befriended. Rowlands also appeared quite frequently on television early in her career. Amongst the various series in which she appeared, were several appearances in ""Gert and Daisy"" (1959) as Bonnie, as well as appearing in 2 episodes"
"2005 series of ""Doctor Who"". She provides commentary on the ""Doctor Who"" Complete Series One Box Set, on the episodes ""World War Three"" and ""Boom Town"" as a Slitheen. In 2006 she put in an appearance at Larkhall Prison for the eighth series of ITV1 drama ""Bad Girls"". She played Angela Robbins, a disturbing inmate who was suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. In May 2018, she reached the final of BBC's Pointless Celebrity with Midsomer Murders Neil Dudgeon and donated £500 to the Midland Langar Seva Society. She has also appeared in many films including ""Jabberwocky"" (1977), ""Out of Order"""
"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"
"Shirley Eaton Shirley Eaton (born 12 January 1937) is an English actress, model and author. She was a sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s, often dubbed the cockney Blonde bombshell for her London accent, blonde hair and sex appeal. Eaton appeared regularly in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and achieved notability for her performance as Bond Girl Jill Masterson in the 1964 James Bond film ""Goldfinger"". Eaton also had notable roles in the early ""Carry On"" films. Preferring to devote herself to bringing up a family, Eaton retired from acting in 1969. Eaton was born on 12"
"for the 2009 Christmas season. In October 2009 she made a guest appearance in the BBC drama series ""Casualty"". Willcox has also been heard on radio including the 2002 BBC Radio 4 series ""The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"". She is also played the widow Fantine in Focus on the Family radio theatre's version of ""Les Misérables"". In December 2006 she joined the radio drama series ""Silver Street"" on the BBC Asian Network as Siobhan Brady. In November 2017 she played Queen Elizabeth in a theatre adaptation of Derek Jarman's film ""Jubilee"" at Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre. Since Willcox's move"