Miss Moneypenny was 80
Posted: Sunday, September 30th, 2007 7:08 pm
Lois Maxwell, the Canadian-born actress who was to many fans the definitive Miss Moneypenny in James Bond films, has died in Western Australia aged 80, the BBC reported last night.
It said Maxwell, the demure foil to Bond’s suave rake in 14 films from 1962’s Dr No to 1985’s A View to a Kill, had died in Fremantle Hospital. She had been suffering from cancer.
In the Bond films Moneypenny, as secretary to Bond’s chief, M, has a flirtatious relationship with the spy, evidently attracted to him but never succumbing to his advances. …
She became close friends with Roger Moore, who succeeded Sean Connery as Bond in 1973 and played the character in seven films. “She was a very fine actress and had a great sense of humour,” Moore told BBC television. “It was a great disappointment to her that she had not been promoted to play M. She would have been a wonderful M.” … Read full obituary
