Honor Blackman figure, but she did damn all for empowering women. She didn’t surround herself with any women whatsoever or encourage women to come into politics or do anything in particular. She could have been a quite wonderful role model." Honor Blackman Honor Blackman (born 22 August 1925) is an English actress, widely known for the roles of Cathy Gale in "The Avengers" (1962–64), Bond girl Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger" (1964), Julia Daggett in "Shalako" (1968) and Hera in "Jason and the Argonauts" (1963). She is also notable for her role as Laura West in the ITV sitcom "The Upper Hand" (1990–1996).
Helena Blackman Helena Blackman Helena Blackman (born 10 December 1982 in Southampton) is a British musical theatre actress best known for being the runner-up in the hit BBC1 Reality TV programme "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?". She trained at the Guildford School of Acting. On 29 October 2006, Blackman was seen as Gypsy Rose Lee in a production of "" which was performed at the Wales Millennium Centre as part of the "Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre". In December 2006, Blackman played Dorothy in an acclaimed run of "The Wizard of Oz" at the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester.