Biography
Honor Blackman (22 August 1925 - 5 April 2020) was an English actress, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers (1962–64) and Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964).
Known For
Complete Filmography

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of the most iconic cars.

Cockneys vs Zombies
2012
as Peggy
A group of Cockneys arm themselves to rescue their elderly relative and his retirement home friends who are trapped and fighting off a zombie attack d...

I, Anna
2012
as Joan
A noir thriller told from the point of view of a femme fatale, who falls for the detective in charge of a murder case.

Come Fly With Me: The Story of Pan Am
2011
as Narrator
The film tells the story of how Pan American World Airways kickstarted the Jet Age and shrank the globe. Real-life 'Pan Am girls' recall a high-life o...

The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
2011
as Herself - Friend and Co-star
Family and friends pay tribute to the funnyman, who was one of Britain's best-loved stars of stage, TV and film for more than 50 years - and also beca...

Reuniting the Rubins
2011
as Gran Rubin
An up-tight lawyer, Lenny Rubins, (Timothy Spall), has to put his dream retirement on hold when his ailing mother (Honor Blackman) emotionally blackma...

Summer Solstice
2005
as Countess Lucinda Reeves
Summer Solstice is a collection of love stories about, and for, people of all different ages and generations. Each character's tale connects, weaving ...

Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Madam
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very littl...

National Theatre: My Fair Lady
2005
Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with an unmistakable Cockney accent which keeps her in the lower rungs of Edwardian society. When Professor H...

Appointment with Dr. Terrible
2003
as Interviewee – Actor
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible" featuring Steve Coogan.
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self / Pussy Galore
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as Pussy Galore, 'Goldfinger' (archive footage)
Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ur...

To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002
A short retrospective documentary looking at the making of the final Hammer Films production of the 1970s, "To the Devil a Daughter."

Bridget Jones's Diary
2001
as Penny Husbands-Bosworth
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's r...

The Sight
2000
as Margaret Smith
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is...

Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Diamonds are Forever"

Harry Saltzman: Showman
2000
as Self
The story of Harry Saltzman, producer of the first James Bond movies.

To Walk with Lions
1999
as Joy Adamson
Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Liv...

Tale of the Mummy
1998
as Captain Shea
Centuries ago, under the sands of ancient Egypt, a Prince was buried and his tomb eternally cursed so that no man would ever again suffer from his evi...

The Secrets of 007
1997
as Self
Behind-the-scenes look at more than three decades of the James Bond feature film series.

In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
1995
as Self
Jonathan Ross delves into the world of James Bond and meets with new and former cast members who reveal humorous stories and anecdotes in a series of ...

The World of James Bond
1995
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.

Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
1995
as Self / Pussy Galore (archive footage)
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Goldfinger".

The Goldfinger Phenomenon
1995
A look at the marketing, advertising and merchandising of the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964) including trailers, interviews, TV spots and rare pro...

The Secret Garden
1994
as Mrs. Medlock (voice)
Animated TV-film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story about a spoiled English orphan who lives in India but is transplanted t...
The Making of 'A Night to Remember'
1993
as Self (archive footage)
A sixty-minute documentary featuring William MacQuitty’s rare behind-the-scenes footage

Voice of the Heart
1989
as Doris Asterman
Mini-series based on the novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Lady Frances Cunningham, a writer of historical biographies, becomes heavily involved with ...

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986
as Professor Sarah Lasky
As evidence for the defense at his ongoing trial, the Doctor presents an adventure from his future when he is travelling with a computer programmer na...

Orpheus in the Underworld
1983
as Juno / Empress Eugnie
Offenbach's popular comic opera poking fun at Greek mythology in english translation, staged for television by Christopher Renshaw.

The Secret Adversary
1983
as Rita Vandemeyer
After a chance meeting and an indiscreet conversation, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley become involved in a convoluted intrigue ...

The Cat and the Canary
1978
as Susan Sillsby
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending mani...

Age of Innocence
1977
as Mrs Boswell
A British schoolteacher finds trouble in a conservative Canadian town.

To the Devil a Daughter
1976
as Anna
An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her...

Something Big
1971
as Mary Anna Morgan
Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this, he seeks out a black marketeer. The price he wa...

Fright
1971
as Helen
Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of fr...

The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
as Mrs. Fawcett
Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young E...

The Last Grenade
1970
as Mrs. Katherine Whiteley
Two ruthless mercenaries break their friendship when one of them changes sides.

Twinky
1970
as Mummy
A middle aged writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old school girl. This alone is cause for concern but when the ...

The Fight for Rome
1968
as Amalaswintha
A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus ...
The Explorer
1968
as Lena Hamilton
Drama about the emotional problems left behind by a young explorer murdered in the Matto Grosso jungle in South America. (Shotlist)Work historyTV play...

A Twist of Sand
1968
as Julie Chambois
A former British Naval Officer now makes his living by smuggling goods around the Mediterranean. After being forced to dump his cargo after nearly bei...

Shalako
1968
as Lady Julia Daggett
Sean Connery is Shalako, a guide in the old West who has to rescue an aristocratic British hunting party from Indians and bandits.

Present Laughter
1967
as Liz Essendine
An aging and self-obsessed actor finds himself in a situation bordering on farce when he is besieged by the demands of his estranged wife, women who w...

Moment to Moment
1966
as Daphne Fields
When an erring wife's supposedly dead lover turns up an amnesiac, it's her unsuspecting shrink husband who's enlisted to get those memories back.

Life at the Top
1965
as Norah Hauxley
Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But hi...

The Incredible World of James Bond
1965
as Self (archive footage)
This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the release of Thunderball (1965). Narrated by Alexander ...

The Secret of My Success
1965
as Lily, Baroness von Lukenberg
Women (Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens) and his mother help an English constable (James Booth) rise to ruler of a banana republic.
The Dream Machine
1964
as Self
Follows Francis Essex as he puts together a variety special for television.

Goldfinger
1964
as Pussy Galore
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to pre...

Jason and the Argonauts
1963
as Hera
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that...

Serena
1962
as Ann Rogers
Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time...

A Matter of WHO
1961
as Sister Sheila Bryan
Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.

The Square Peg
1958
as Lesley Cartland
Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly after...

A Night to Remember
1958
as Mrs. Liz Lucas
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspect...
Danger List
1957
as Gillian Freeman
When a pharmacist accidentally prescribes poison instead of painkillers, the race is on to find the killer pills.

Account Rendered
1957
as Sarah Hayward
Police find that everyone had a motive for the murder of a wealthy woman.

You Pay Your Money
1957
as Susie Westlake
Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.

Suspended Alibi
1957
as Lynn Pearson
A married man having an affair visits a friend to establish an alibi for a rendezvous with his girlfriend. His friend is murdered the same night and h...

Breakaway
1956
as Paula Grant / Paula Jackson
When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret agents, his every move is followed when he returns to En...

The Glass Cage
1955
as Jenny Pelham
A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in ...

The Delavine Affair
1955
as Maxine Banner
Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds u...

Diplomatic Passport
1954
as Marcelle
An American diplomat and his wife arrive in London, and are soon involved in a series of confusing and sometimes frightening events

The Rainbow Jacket
1954
as Mrs Tyler
A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.

Manchas de sangre en la luna
1952
as Eva

Green Grow the Rushes
1951
as Meg Cuffley
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back...

So Long at the Fair
1950
as Rhoda O'Donovan
Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the ...

Diamond City
1949
as Mary Hart
Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

Conspirator
1949
as Joyce
A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
as Susie Bates
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.

Quartet
1948
as Paula (segment "The Alien Corn")
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

Daughter of Darkness
1948
as Julie Tallent
In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters ...

Fame Is the Spur
1947
as Emma (uncredited)
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to ...