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 surprise as the subject of "This Is Your Life". In 1972, Blackman and Richard Basehart played a married pair of Shakespearean actors who commit murder in the American crime mystery series "Columbo" (episode "Dagger of the Mind"). In 1983, she appeared in a film production of Agatha Christies novel, "The Secret Adversary", in the role of Rita Vandemeyer. In 1986, she had a role in "Terror of the Vervoids", a segment of the "Doctor Who" serial "The Trial of a Time Lord". From 1990 to 1996, she appeared as Laura West on "The Upper Hand". In 2003, Blackman took a