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 Mother Superior in the West End production of "Nunsense". Blackman returned to the theatre in 2005, touring through 2006 with a production of "My Fair Lady," in which she played Mrs. Higgins. She developed a one-woman show, "Word of Honor," which premiered in October 2006. In April 2007, Blackman took over the role of Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret" at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End. She left the show at the end of September 2007. Blackman started acting on television in the recurring role of "Nicole", secretary/assistant to Dan Dailey's character of Tim Collier on the 1959 television series