"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"
"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"
"attended New York University. She also studied at Manhattan's Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Lowell broke into acting with the film ""Dangerously Close"" followed by a small role in the Robin Williams movie ""Club Paradise"". She went on to roles including those of Bond girl Pam Bouvier in the James Bond movie ""Licence to Kill"" (1989) and, starting in 1996, Assistant District Attorney Jamie Ross on the television drama ""Law & Order"", a character she reprised in 2005 for a guest role on its spinoff, """". Immediately before that role, however, she had become frustrated with her acting career"
"Teri Hatcher Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress, voice-actress, writer, singer, YouTuber, and former National Football League cheerleader. She is best known as Lois Lane on the television series """" (1993–97), as Paris Carver in the James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", and as Susan Mayer on the television series ""Desperate Housewives"" (2004–12), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for , three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Teri Lynn Hatcher was born on December 8, 1964 in Palo Alto, California, the"
"2007. Of his friend's death, Sir Roger Moore said to BBC Radio 5 Live, ""It's rather a shock. She was always fun and she was wonderful to be with and was absolutely perfect casting [...] It was a great pity that, after I moved out of Bond, they didn't take her on to continue in the Timothy Dalton films. 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."" Lois Maxwell Lois Maxwell (born Lois Ruth Hooker, 14 February 1927 – 29 September 2007) was"
"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"
"in the closing credits, as Moneypenny. Since the character's first appearance in ""Casino Royale"", neither Fleming nor any succeeding Bond novelist gave Moneypenny a first name. In a number of books and at least one film, Bond refers to her by the nickname ""Penny"" (a shortened version of her last name). However, ""The Moneypenny Diaries"" gives her first name as Jane, while in ""Skyfall"", the character is named Eve. After Lois Maxwell's death, Roger Moore recalled that she would have liked to have become the new M after Moore's retirement. She had suggested herself for the role of M but"
"portrayed the Bond girl Rosie Carver in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"". In that film, she became the first African American woman to become romantically involved with 007; Trina Parks, who played a nemesis to Bond rather than a love interest in ""Diamonds Are Forever"" (the previous Bond film) is considered to be the first African-American Bond girl. When ""Live and Let Die"" was first released in South Africa, her love scenes with Roger Moore were cut out because it was prohibited by the Apartheid government. She later starred in several 1970s blaxploitation films, including ""Across 110th"
"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"
"On September 13, 2009, she finished the Malibu Triathlon ( ocean swim, out-and-back bike course, and out-and-back run course) in 2 h 6 min 50.7 s. She returned to the event in 2010 to complete only the swim portion as a fundraiser. Teri Hatcher Teri Lynn Hatcher (born December 8, 1964) is an American actress, voice-actress, writer, singer, YouTuber, and former National Football League cheerleader. She is best known as Lois Lane on the television series """" (1993–97), as Paris Carver in the James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", and as Susan Mayer on the television series ""Desperate Housewives"" (2004–12),"
"an episode of the BBC's ""Masterchef"". Beginning with ""Melvin and Howard"" (1980), she changed the spelling of her last name to ""Beswicke"", but reverted to her original name in the mid-1990s; her last credit with the longer spelling is ""Wide Sargasso Sea"" (1993). Martine Beswick Martine Beswick (born 26 September 1941) is an English actress and model, best known for her roles in two James Bond films. Beswick was born on 26 September 1941 in Port Antonio, Jamaica to Ronald Stuart Davis Beswick, a British father and Myrtle May (""née"" Penso, 1912-2017) a Portuguese-Jamaican mother. Beswick, her sister Laurellie (1943-2002)"
"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"
"and had applied to study documentary filmmaking at New York University. She took a hiatus from acting during the mid-2000s. In 2012, Lowell lent her likeness and voice while reprising her ""Licence to Kill"" role in the video game ""007 Legends"". In 2018 she returned to TV, appearing as a guest on the show Blue Bloods. Lowell has been married three times. Her first husband was fashion photographer John Stember, to whom she was married from 1984 to 1988. She was married to actor Griffin Dunne from 1989 to 1995 and has a daughter, Hannah, from that marriage. Lowell married"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"classmate of his future Bond co-star Lois Maxwell, the original Miss Moneypenny. During this time there, he developed the Mid-Atlantic accent and relaxed demeanour that became his screen persona. At 18, shortly after the end of World War II, Moore was conscripted for national service. On 21 September 1946, he was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps as a second lieutenant. He was given the service number 372394. He was an officer in the Combined Services Entertainment section and eventually became a captain, commanding a small depot in West Germany. He later looked after entertainers for the armed forces"
"May 2008 In 1959 she appeared as Ophelia in a TV production of ""Hamlet"". For the James Bond film ""From Russia with Love"" (1963) she provided the uncredited voice of Tatiana Romanova, played by Daniela Bianchi. Jefford provided additional voice work in later Bond films, dubbing Molly Peters in ""Thunderball"" (1965) and Caroline Munro in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977). Her first major film role was as Molly Bloom in ""Ulysses"" (1967), for which she was nominated for a British Academy Award. This was followed by ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1968), ""The Bofors Gun"" (1968), ""The Shoes of the"
"reboot of the film series, ""Casino Royale"", Leiter and Bond are seen meeting one another again for the first time. This was Lord's only appearance as Leiter, as he asked for more money and a better billing to return as Leiter in ""Goldfinger"" and was subsequently replaced. The cast also included a number of actors who were to become stalwarts of the future films, including Bernard Lee, who played Bond's superior M for another ten films, and Lois Maxwell, who played M's secretary Moneypenny in fourteen instalments of the series. Lee was chosen because of being a ""prototypical father figure"","
"the singer Roger Doucet, Brian and Dennis Farnon, Denny Vaughan, and Lois Hooker (who later, as Lois Maxwell, starred as Miss Moneypenny in fourteen James Bond films). In late 1943, the revue was split up into five units and sent to England to entertain troops. Shuster and Wayne again prepared most of the material for all the units, and were assigned to a unit that followed Canadian troops into France following D-Day. The duo often performed close enough to the front lines that they had to contend with snipers, strafing and even a relatively close encounter with an exploding V-1"
"(Maxwell) convinces the chief to let them find the real murderer, and she and Chris go to New York to help find him. The real killer is revealed, and now that his name has been cleared, Johnny returns to New York. The following is a partial list of actors appearing in the film. The movie marked MacRae's film acting debut, after being signed to a five-year contract with Warner Bros. Maxwell would later be cast in the role of Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise from 1962 - 1985, and Stuart went on to appear in the soap operas,"
"love letters from Maxwell written to Callas, who was less than receptive. Maxwell told interviewer Mike Wallace in 1957: She died of heart failure in a Manhattan hospital. Maxwell's last public appearance came a week before her death. She attended the annual April in Paris Ball, which she had helped found, in a wheelchair. Fellowes-Gordon was Maxwell's sole heir. She is buried at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York. Elsa Maxwell appeared as herself in all of these films unless otherwise noted. In an episode of ""I Love Lucy"" titled ""Housewarming"", which originally aired on April 1, 1957, Ethel Mertz (Vivian"
"It was also the first James Bond film featuring an African American Bond girl romantically involved with 007, Rosie Carver, who was played by Gloria Hendry. The film was a box office success and received generally positive reviews from critics. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for ""Live and Let Die"", written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by their band Wings. Three MI6 agents are killed under mysterious circumstances within 24 hours in the United Nations headquarters in New York City, New Orleans and the Caribbean nation of San Monique, while monitoring"
"originally been offered the part of Plenty O'Toole, but landed the female lead after Sidney Korshak, who assisted the producers in filming in Las Vegas locations, recommended his client St. John, who became the first American Bond girl. Linda Thorson met with Cubby Broccoli hoping to be considered for the part of Case, but he never considered her for the role, although he did briefly list her as a possibility for the part of Plenty O'Toole. Some time later, Broccoli told Thorson she was never cast in a Bond film because she didn't have long hair. Lana Wood was cast"
"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""."
"although he later made two uncredited reappearances in Bond films, first as an RAF officer in ""Thunderball"" (1965) and later as a secret agent in the satirical ""Casino Royale"". Featured in Beginning with ""From Russia with Love"", Desmond Llewelyn portrayed the character in every official film except ""Live and Let Die"" until his death in 1999. In the 1977 film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", as Q delivered the underwater Lotus, Major Anya Amasova/Agent XXX (Barbara Bach) greets Q as ""Major Boothroyd"". While briefing Bond on the gadgets that he is going to use on his mission, Q often expresses"
"with Elliott Gould, Streisand's ex-husband), ""The Amityville Horror"" (1979), ""Night of the Juggler"" (1980), and ""High Risk"" (1981). When Roger Moore expressed his desire to leave the role of James Bond, Brolin screen tested for the role in the next film ""Octopussy"" (1983) and was tentatively given the part. Ultimately, however, Moore decided to continue in the series. In 1985, Brolin parodied his near-hiring as James Bond in the film ""Pee-Wee's Big Adventure"". In a film within the film, he merged the characters of Bond and Pee-Wee Herman, the ""real"" version of whom was played by Paul Reubens. He is"
"Molly Peters Molly Peters (14 March 1939 – 30 May 2017) was an English actress best known for her role in the James Bond film ""Thunderball"". Mollie Peters started out as a model and was discovered by film director Terence Young. She appeared in several films during the 1960s. Her best-known appearance was the role of Bond girl, Patricia Fearing or Pat, a nurse who takes care of James Bond (Sean Connery) while he is on holiday at her health clinic in ""Thunderball"" (1965). Peters was the first Bond girl to be seen taking her clothes off on screen in"
"James Bond film ""The Spy Who Loved Me"". Bach remarked after the film that Bond is ""a chauvinist pig who uses girls to shield him against bullets."" The following year she appeared in the movie ""Force 10 from Navarone"". She lost a role to actress Shelley Hack when she auditioned for season four of the television series ""Charlie's Angels"". During an interview with Johnny Carson on May 9, 1979, she said that she lost the audition for ""Charlie's Angels"" because they felt she was too sophisticated in attitude and look, and thought that she was not American, even though she"
"appeared in the film adaptation of Agatha Christie's ""Death on the Nile"" as the murder victim Linnet Ridgeway Doyle, and in 1979, she appeared in what is perhaps her most famous role, that of NASA astronaut, scientist and Bond girl Dr. Holly Goodhead opposite Roger Moore's James Bond in ""Moonraker"". It was Moore´s fourth performance as Bond, the final 1970's Bond film and the third (and final) Bond film which Lewis Gilbert directed, as he had previously directed ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967, Sean Connery) and ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977, Roger Moore). Chiles had initially been approached to"
"that she was a sex slave, and his cold response to her death. However, some critics defended Sévérine's story arc as appropriate for Bond's character development. The character has also been a topic of racial criticism. Sévérine (Bérénice Marlohe) first encounters James Bond (Daniel Craig) while on an assignment in Shanghai. She leads an art dealer to a large window to position his assassination by the mercenary Patrice (Ola Rapace). After the dealer is killed, Bond confronts Patrice about his employer, but does not receive an answer before the assassin falls to his death. Sévérine and Bond exchange a glance,"
"1942 as a contract player. Among the programs in which she appeared were ""Beat the Band"" and ""The Abbott and Costello Show"". The head of MGM, Louis B. Mayer, insisted she change the ""Marvel"" part of her real name. She dropped her first name and kept the middle one. Some of her film roles included ""Lost in a Harem"" (1944), ""Champion"" (1949), ""The Lemon Drop Kid"" (1951), and ""Rock-A-Bye Baby"" (1958). The song ""Silver Bells"" made its debut in ""The Lemon Drop Kid"", sung by Maxwell and Hope. Maxwell appeared twice as a singer in the second season (1955–56) of"