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
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.