Honor Blackman

Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Birthday: August 22, 1926

Attractive and athletic blonde British stage actress Honor Blackman broke into films in the late 1940s, finally achieving a measure of fame in the 60s as the predecessor to Diana Rigg on the popular British TV series "The Avengers". Playing leather-clad judo expert Catherine Gale from 1962 to 1964, prior to the show's arrival on American screens, led to her best known role as villainous martial arts expert Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger" (1964), a memorable entry to the James Bond series. Blackman's post-Bond movie cred…more

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Actor

The Wide Open Door
Jill Marriott
The Rebel
Margaret Stevenson
The Secret Adversary
Rita Vandemeyer
The Avengers
Catherine Gale
The World of James Bond
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Career Milestones

2007
Co-starred in "Colour Me Kubrick," the true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick
2001
Played supporting role of Penny, a family friend, in "Bridget Jones's Diary"
1999
Portrayed Joy Adamson in the feature "To Walk With Lions"
1995
Interviewed for Fox's "The World of James Bond"
1994
Provided the voice of Mrs. Medlock for ABC's animated musical version of "The Secret Garden"