Honor Blackman 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). Blackman was born in Plaistow. Her father, Frederick Blackman, was a civil service statistician. She attended North Ealing Primary School and Ealing County Grammar School for Girls. For her 15th birthday, her parents gave her acting lessons and
Honor Blackman she started training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1940. While attending the Guildhall School, Blackman worked as a clerical assistant for the Home Office. Blackman's film debut was a nonspeaking part in "Fame Is the Spur" (1947). Other films include "Quartet" (1948), based on short stories by W. Somerset Maugham; "So Long at the Fair" (1950), in which she appeared with Dirk Bogarde; "A Night to Remember" (1958), an account of the "Titanic" disaster; the comedy "The Square Peg" (1958); "Life at the Top" (1965) with Laurence Harvey; "The Virgin and the Gypsy" (1970), and the