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1 | [on Shalako (1968)]: It was almost the worst film I've ever made, from the point of view of pleasure. Edward Dmytryk had just come off the blacklist, so he had a lot to prove and was tense. Eric Sykes was going through a terribly deaf period. Brigitte Bardot they didn't dare leave alone, in case she committed suicide. Stephen Boyd was going through a religious conversion and used to come in each morning saying "Peace", instead of "Good Morning". Jack Hawkins, who played my husband, had recently had an operation for cancer of the larynx and had this hole in his throat covered by a medallion, and we were terrified of getting sand in it. He couldn't speak and therefore mouthed his lines silently. In one scene, we were supposed to have a row in which one tops the other; now, it's very difficult to have a row with someone who's not speaking! |
2 | [on former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher following her death in 2013] She was a powerful figure, but she did damn all for empowering women. She didn't surround herself with any women whatsoever or encourage women to come into politics or do anything in particular. She could have been a quite wonderful role model. |
3 | [on Sean Connery in 2012] I disapprove of him strongly now. Because I don't think you should accept a title from a country and then pay absolutely no tax towards it. He wants it both ways. I don't think his principles are very high. |
4 | [speaking about sex in modern films (2012)] It's like sex scenes, they were more powerful in the Sixties because they were all about suggestion. Now nothing is left to the imagination, everyone humps everyone else, all over the place. I find that boring, frankly. |
5 | [About the Rank charm school] And please don't confuse me with people who were in the charm school. Everybody's always saying I came from the charm school, which I never did. People in the charm school were picked off the street and hadn't had any training, at ten pounds a week. And I was picked off the West End stage, at a hundred pounds a week, which was a lot of money then. The charm school people used to walk about with books on their heads. Mind you, some very good people came out of the charm school. Diana Dors was one. She was a great mate of mine through a couple of pictures. |
6 | I hate that term. They can call other people Bond girls, but I don't like it, for the simple reason that that character would have been a good character in any film, not just a Bond film. I consider Bond girls to be those ladies who took one look at Bond and fell on their backs. Whereas Pussy Galore was quite a character. |
7 | Most of the Bond girls have been bimbos. I have never been a bimbo. |
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1 | Is the first English actress to play the main James Bond girl in Goldfinger (1964). Diana Rigg is the second English actress in to play the main Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). While Jane Seymour and Maryam d'Abo were both born in England and were the main Bond girls in Live and Let Die (1973) and The Living Daylights (1987) respectively, they don't have English ancestry. To date, Blackman and Rigg are the only two true Brits who played the main Bond girls. |
2 | Was previously a supporter of the Liberal Party of Great Britain. Since 2007, had been a supporter of the Liberal-Democrat Party of Great Britain. |
3 | Her brother Ken died at age 35. |
4 | Has 2 adopted children with her 2nd husband Maurice Kaufmann - a daughter named Lottie Kaufmann (b.1967) and a son named Barnaby Kaufmann (b.1968). |
5 | Was 39 when she appeared in Goldfinger (1964), making her the oldest actress to play a love interest of James Bond. The second-oldest is Maud Adams, who was 38 in Octopussy (1983). |
6 | Extensively studied judo while starring in The Avengers (1961). Became so proficient with the martial art, she performed many of her own stunts. |
7 | She allegedly declined a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) honour in 2002. |
8 | Credits her father for her acting career because on her fifteenth birthday he offered her a choice - a bicycle or elocution classes. She chose the classes. |
9 | Honor is involved with an organization called Fairtrade, which aims to ensure that third world producers get treated fairly and can make a living from their work. |
10 | Education: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, England |
11 | 20 March 1964: Filmed her final The Avengers (1961) episode, The Avengers: Lobster Quadrille (1964). |
12 | 23 June 1962: Filmed her first The Avengers (1961) episode, The Avengers: Death Dispatch (1962). |
13 | Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#51). [1995] |
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You, Me & Them | 2015 | TV Series | Rose Walker |
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Casualty | 2013 | TV Series | Agatha Kirkpatrick |
Cockneys vs Zombies | 2012 | | Peggy |
I, Anna | 2012 | | Joan |
Money for Old Rope | 2012 | Short | Doris |
Reuniting the Rubins | 2010 | | Gran Rubin |
Hotel Babylon | 2009 | TV Series | Constance Evergreen |
Sound | 2007 | TV Movie | Danny's gran |
Summer Solstice | 2005 | TV Movie | Countess Lucinda Reeves |
Color Me Kubrick | 2005 | | Madam |
New Tricks | 2005 | TV Series | Kitty Campbell |
Girl Afraid | 2004 | Short | |
Coronation Street | 2004 | TV Series | Rula Romanoff |
Jack Brown and the Curse of the Crown | 2004 | | Madeline Dubouir |
Revolver | 2004 | TV Series | Mother |
The Royal | 2003 | TV Series | Mrs. Lyons |
Midsomer Murders | 2003 | TV Series | Isobel Hewitt |
The American Embassy | 2002 | TV Series | Mrs. Wellington |
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible | 2001 | TV Series | Transeet Van Eyre |
The Armando Iannucci Shows | 2001 | TV Series | Ivy Diner |
Bridget Jones's Diary | 2001 | | Penny Husbands-Bosworth |
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | 2001 | TV Mini-Series | Jules - Jack's Secretary |
The Sight | 2000 | TV Movie | Margaret Smith |
Doctors | 2000 | TV Series | Rachel Knott |
To Walk with Lions | 1999 | | Joy Adamson |
Tale of the Mummy | 1998 | | Captain Shea |
The Upper Hand | 1990-1996 | TV Series | Laura West / Laura |
ABC Weekend Specials | 1994 | TV Series | Mrs. Medlock |
Voice of the Heart | 1989 | TV Movie | Doris Asterman |
Crossbow | 1987 | TV Series | Noblewoman |
Doctor Who | 1986 | TV Series | Professor Lasky |
Minder | 1985 | TV Series | Helen Spender |
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | Madam Ursula Schumann |
Lace | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | Selma |
The Secret Adversary | 1983 | TV Movie | Rita Vandemeyer |
In Performance | 1983 | TV Series | Juno Empress Eugenie |
Never the Twain | 1981-1982 | TV Series | Veronica Barton |
Holding the Fort | 1982 | TV Series | Lavinia Cattermole |
Crown Court | 1979 | TV Series | Jean Frazer Allardyce |
The Cat and the Canary | 1978 | | Susan Sillsby |
Robin's Nest | 1977-1978 | TV Series | Marion Nicholls |
Jubilee | 1977 | TV Series | Lady Harriet |
Age of Innocence | 1977 | | Mrs. Boswell |
To the Devil a Daughter | 1976 | | Anna Fountain |
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin | 1974-1975 | TV Mini-Series | Margaret Stevenson |
Columbo | 1972 | TV Series | Lillian Stanhope |
Boney | 1972 | TV Series | Mary Answorth |
Something Big | 1971 | | Mary Anna Morgan |
Fright | 1971 | | Helen |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1970 | TV Series | Gillian groome |
The Virgin and the Gypsy | 1970 | | Mrs. Fawcett |
The Last Grenade | 1970 | | Katherine Whiteley |
Lola | 1970 | | Mummy |
The Name of the Game | 1969 | TV Series | Bethany Cromwell |
The Last Roman | 1968 | | Amalaswintha |
ITV Playhouse | 1968 | TV Series | Lena Hamilton |
A Twist of Sand | 1968 | | Julie Chambois |
Shalako | 1968 | | Lady Daggett |
Armchair Theatre | 1968 | TV Series | Anne |
ABC Stage 67 | 1967 | TV Series | Jane & Jill Marriott |
ITV Play of the Week | 1956-1967 | TV Series | Liz Essendine / Louise Rogers |
Moment to Moment | 1965 | | Daphne Fields |
Life at the Top | 1965 | | Norah Hauxley |
The Secret of My Success | 1965 | | Lily, Baroness von Lukenberg |
Goldfinger | 1964 | | Pussy Galore |
The Avengers | 1962-1964 | TV Series | Catherine Gale |
Jason and the Argonauts | 1963 | | Hera |
Ghost Squad | 1963 | TV Series | Laura |
The Saint | 1962 | TV Series | Pauline Stone |
Serena | 1962 | | Ann Rogers |
Top Secret | 1961 | TV Series | Diana / Rauch |
A Matter of WHO | 1961 | | Sister Bryan |
Bootsie and Snudge | 1961 | TV Series | Flag-seller |
Knight Errant Limited | 1961 | TV Series | Lady Cambroke |
The Pursuers | 1961 | TV Series | Sue Brooks |
Danger Man | 1960 | TV Series | Joan Bernard |
The Four Just Men | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Nicole |
Suspense | 1960 | TV Series | Diana |
Danger List | 1959 | Short | Gillian Freeman |
Probation Officer | 1959 | TV Series | Iris Cope |
The Third Man | 1959 | TV Series | Maureen |
The Invisible Man | 1959 | TV Series | Katherine Holt |
African Patrol | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Isobel Thorne / Grace Bowler / Pat Murray |
The Vise | 1954-1958 | TV Series | Sally Evans / Syd Lewis / Helen Stone / ... |
The Square Peg | 1958 | | Lesley Cartland |
A Night to Remember | 1958 | | Mrs. Liz Lucas |
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan | 1957 | TV Series | Elizabeth Vernon |
Account Rendered | 1957 | | Sarah Hayward |
Boyd Q.C. | 1957 | TV Series | Mary Allen |
Suspended Alibi | 1957 | | Lynn Pearson |
You Pay Your Money | 1957 | | Susie Westlake |
Breakaway | 1956 | | Paula Grant / Paula Jackson |
Rheingold Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Kathy |
Flame in the Forest | 1956 | TV Short | Christine Gould |
The Infinite Shoeblack | 1956 | TV Movie | Mary |
The Three Musketeers | 1956 | TV Series | Charlotte Brion |
The Glass Tomb | 1955 | | Jenny Pelham |
The Delavine Affair | 1955 | | Maxine Banner |
Diplomatic Passport | 1954 | | Marcelle |
The Rainbow Jacket | 1954 | | Monica |
The Fifth Season | 1954 | TV Movie | Lorraine McKay |
Little Red Monkey | 1953 | TV Movie | Jocelyn Cullum |
Manchas de sangre en la luna | 1952 | | Eva |
Green Grow the Rushes | 1951 | | Meg Cuffley |
Joseph Proctor's Money | 1951 | TV Movie | Ruth Marsh |
So Long at the Fair | 1950 | | Rhoda O'Donovan |
Diamond City | 1949 | | Mary Hart |
Conspirator | 1949 | | Joyce |
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | 1949 | | Susie Bates |
Quartet | 1948 | | Paula (segment "The Alien Corn") |
Daughter of Darkness | 1948 | | Julie Tallent |
Fame Is the Spur | 1947 | | Emma (uncredited) |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Terry and Gaby Show | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer | 2002 | Video documentary short | Herself |
James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Best Ever Bond | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Open House | 1999-2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Bond Girls Are Forever | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Host |
Top Ten | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Harry Saltzman: Showman | 2000 | Video documentary short | Herself |
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' | 2000 | Video documentary short | Herself |
Avenging the Avengers | 2000 | Video documentary short | Herself |
The BAFTA TV Awards 2000 | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Preview | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
Blankety Blank | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
Arena | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Best of British | 1999 | TV Series | Herself - Co-Star Fright |
The Bunny Years | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (UK version) (voice) |
Collector's Lot | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
The Heaven and Earth Show | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
Star Secrets | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
Holiday on a Shoestring | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Holiday | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Natural World | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Narrator |
Top Tip Challenge | 1998 | TV Series | Herself |
So Graham Norton | 1998 | TV Series | |
Wheel Nuts | 1997 | TV Series | Herself (1997) |
The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Pussy Galore |
Going Going Gone | 1997 | TV Series | Herself - Team Captain |
The Forests of the Lakes | 1997 | Documentary | Narrator |
Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
Richard and Judy Exclusive | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
Light Lunch | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
The Saturday Night Armistice | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
Barrymore | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
The Time, the Place | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
Afternoon Live | 1997 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Joy to the World | 1996 | TV Movie | Herself |
Noel's House Party | 1994-1996 | TV Series | Herself |
The Entertainers | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
My Favourite Nosh | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
This Is Your Life | 1969-1996 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Noel's Telly Years | 1996 | TV Series | Herself |
Today's the Day | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
Pebble Mill at One | 1994-1995 | TV Series | Herself |
Tale of Three Seaside Towns | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Paul Daniels's Secrets | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
Good Morning... with Anne and Nick | 1993-1995 | TV Series | Herself |
The World of James Bond | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Goldfinger Phenomenon | 1995 | Video documentary short | Herself |
The Little Picture Show | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
Masterchef | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
Celebration Concert - It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow | 1995 | TV Movie | Herself - Narrator |
The Weekend Show | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
The Good Sex Guide | 1994 | TV Series | |
For Love or Money | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
La différence | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Narrator |
Entertainment UK | 1993 | TV Series | Herself - Interviewee |
Lose a Million | 1993 | TV Series | Herself (1993) (voice) |
Without Walls | 1992 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Garden Party | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
Wogan | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
Give Us a Clue | 1982-1985 | TV Series | Herself |
Vintage Quiz | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
Breakfast Time | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
Play It Again | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
Coast to Coast | 1982 | TV Series | Herself (1983) |
Saturday Night at the Mill | 1981 | TV Series | Herself |
Night of One Hundred Stars | 1980 | TV Movie | Herself |
ATV Today | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
Square One | 1980 | TV Series | Herself |
Looks Familiar | 1978 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Winner Takes All | 1977 | TV Series | Herself |
City Lights | 1977 | TV Series | Herself |
The Pleasure Is Mine | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
Bring on the Girls | 1976 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Sweepstakes Game | 1976 | TV Series | Herself - Panellist |
Whodunnit? | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Panellist |
Going for a Song | 1976 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Andy Stewart Show | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
Good Afternoon! | 1975 | TV Series | Herself |
The Movie Quiz | 1973 | TV Series | Herself |
Whose Baby? | 1973 | TV Series | Herself (1982) |
Collector's World | 1972 | TV Series | Herself |
Call My Bluff | 1971 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
The Magic Box | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1966 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself |
The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Herself |
The Merv Griffin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
Hollywood Backstage | 1964 | TV Series | Herself (1965) |
Top on Television | 1964 | TV Movie | Herself - Presenter |
Today | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
The Dream Machine | 1964 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Pierre Berton Show | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
Midlands News | 1962-1964 | TV Series | Herself |
Party Political Broadcast | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
Cinema | 1964 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Juke Box Jury | 1964 | TV Series | Herself - Panellist |
Variety Club Awards | 1964 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Thank Your Lucky Stars | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
A Sense of Belonging | 1962 | Documentary | Herself - Narrator |
The 31st Annual Academy Awards | 1959 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
Film Fanfare | 1956 | TV Series | Herself - Quiz contestant |
The Nation's Favourite Bond Song | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
VE Day: Remembering Victory | 2015 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Aged 19 on VE Day |
The One Show | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
Daybreak | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
This Morning | 1998-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
Bond's Greatest Moments | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
James Bond 50th Anniversary Gala Concert | 2012 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Lorraine | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
Loose Women | 2008-2012 | TV Series | Herself |
Come Fly with Me: The Story of Pan Am | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Narrator |
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Friend and Co-star |
That Sunday Night Show | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
BBC News 24 | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
Norman Wisdom: His Story | 2010 | | Herself - Actress |
The Afternoon Show | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
The Paul O'Grady Show | 2005-2009 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
Breakfast | 2006-2009 | TV Series | Herself |
ITV Lunchtime News | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
Revealed | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Narrator |
Saturday Night with Miriam | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
London Tonight | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
Girls! Girls! Girls! The 1960s | 2009 | Video documentary short | Herself |
The South Bank Show | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
How TV Changed Britain | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Surviving Midsomer: An Insider's Guide | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Isobel Hewitt |
Market Kitchen | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Memoirs of a Cigarette | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
The Verdict | 2007 | TV Series | Herself - Juror |
Legends | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Narrator |
The Sharon Osbourne Show | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
Greatest Movie Love Scenes | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Ultimate Bikini Guide | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Must See TV | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Avengers Revisited | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
ITV 50 Greatest Shows | 2005 | TV Movie | Herself |
Dial a Mum | 2005 | TV Series | Narrator (voice) |
The Story of ITV: The People's Channel | 2005 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
Kelly | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
The Best of 'So Graham Norton' | 2004 | Video | Herself |
GMTV | 1993-2004 | TV Series | Herself |
Kings of Cool the Classic Crooners | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Narrator |
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