Eunice Gayson Trench" during a game of baccarat in "Dr. No", Bond replies in kind, mimicking Trench's own cadence. Gayson had initially been cast in "Dr. No" as Miss Moneypenny, the secretary of Bond's boss, who often flirted with Bond, while the actress who played Moneypenny, Lois Maxwell, had been cast as Sylvia Trench. However, Maxwell found the Trench character too immodest, and their roles were switched. Gayson's voice was overdubbed by Nikki van der Zyl, who also dubbed most of the other female characters' voices in both films. Gayson is therefore considered the first "Bond girl". Gayson married the writer Leigh
Miss Moneypenny In "The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe" (2009), Douglas Rogers dedicated chapter 11 (titled "Miss Moneypenny") to his father Ian's black market currency dealer in Mutare. Miss Moneypenny Miss Moneypenny, later assigned the first names of Eve or Jane, is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. She is secretary to M, who is Bond's superior officer and head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Although she has a small part in most of the films, it is always highlighted by the underscored romantic tension between her and Bond (something that is virtually non-existent in