Honor Blackman "The Brits would love her because they knew her as Mrs. Gale, the Yanks would like her because she was so good, it was a perfect combination". During the 1960s, Blackman practised judo at the famous Budokwai dojo. This helped her prepare for her roles as Cathy Gale in "The Avengers" and Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger." At 38, she was one of the oldest actresses to play a Bond girl,five years older than Sean Connery. In 1968 Blackman appeared opposite John Neville and Hylda Baker in the musical play "Mr & Mrs", based on the plays of Noël Coward. In
Bond girl Academy Award Nomination for "Gone Girl". The character of Sylvia Trench is the only Bond girl character who recurs in a film ("Dr. No" in 1962 and "From Russia with Love" in 1963). She was meant to be Bond's regular girlfriend, but was dropped after her appearance in the second film. In the series of films, six actresses have made reappearances as different Bond girls: Martine Beswick and Nadja Regin both first appeared in "From Russia with Love", and then appeared in "Thunderball" and "Goldfinger" respectively. Maud Adams played Andrea Anders in "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974) and