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
Bond girl use three Bond girls: The first should die "preferably in Bond's arms" early, the second a villain whom Bond seduces before she dies in an unusual and gory way midway, and the third survives to the end of the film. In several, the Bond girl is revealed, after her tryst with Bond, to be a villainess. Examples are Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) in "Never Say Never Again" (1983), Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) in "The World Is Not Enough" (1999), and Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) in "Die Another Day" (2002). As of 2013 there have been only two films in which