Lois Maxwell the character as the producers felt it important to incorporate the regular character and actress Lois Maxwell. Maxwell and Connery filmed their lines separately and were not present together for the short scene However, she stayed on as Moneypenny when her former classmate, Roger Moore, assumed the role of 007 in "Live and Let Die" (1973). She reprised her character, weeping for the death of Bond, in a short scene with Lee in the French comedy "Bons baisers de Hong Kong" (1975). During the filming of "A View to a Kill" (1985), her final appearance as Moneypenny, producer Cubby Broccoli
Samantha Bond fans reacted by petitioning ITV to reinstate the popular drama, to no avail. It played in the US on PBS's Masterpiece in 2016 and 2017, where viewers were similarly disappointed to learn of the show's demise. The series creator, Simon Block, has stated he intends to continue the story in written form, as novels. She lives in St Margarets, London, and has been married since 1989 to Alexander Hanson, with whom she has two children, Molly and Tom. Samantha Bond Samantha Bond (born 27 November 1961) is an English actress, perhaps best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James