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 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