Attractive and athletic blonde British stage actress Honor Blackman broke into films in the late 1940s,... (Learn more)
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Honor Blackman’s Milestones
| Raised in Chiswick, west London | |
| Starred on British TV in "The Avengers", exited after 52 episodes, before the series arrived on American screens; played Catherine Gale | |
| Taught to box by father at age five | |
| Was working as an understudy in the West End when picked by Rank for grooming as a starlet in late 1940s | |
| 1946 | Stage debut, "The Gleam" |
| 1947 | Film debut in "Fame is the Spur" |
| 1954 - 1955 | TV debut as series regular on "The Vise" (ABC) |
| 1958 | Appeared in early Titanic film, "A Night to Remember" |
| 1963 | Played Hera in Don Chaffey's "Jason and the Argonauts" |
| 1964 | Delivered memorable turn as villainous martial arts expert Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger", starring Sean Connery as James Bond |
| 1965 | Acted "Life at the Top", a sequel to "Room at the Top" |
| 1968 | Reteamed with Chaffey for "A Twist of Sand" |
| 1968 | Worked again with Connery in "Shalako" |
| 1971 | Kidnapped by Dean Martin in Andrew McLaglen's questionable comedy-western, "Something Big" |
| 1975 | Portrayed Margaret Stevenson in "The Rebel" (CBS), the third presenatation of a four-part series on Benjamin Franklin |
| 1979 | Last feature to date, "The Cat and the Canary" |
| 1984 | Appeared in ABC miniseries "Lace" |
| 1984 | Played Ursula Schumann in NBC miniseries, "The First Olympics: Athens 1896" |
| 1987 | Acted in "The Secret Adversary", a two-part adapatation of the Agatha Christie story airing on "Mystery!" (PBS) |
| 1990 | Began as Laura on "The Upper Hand", an anglicized version of American TV's "Who's the Boss"; Blackman gave a lusty performance as a character with a passion for anything wearing pants |
| 1990 | Portrayed Doris Asterman in two-part syndicated "Voice of the Heart" |
| 1994 | Provided the voice of Mrs. Medlock for ABC's animated musical version of "The Secret Garden" |
| 1995 | Interviewed for Fox's "The World of James Bond" |
| 1999 | Portrayed Joy Adamson in the feature "To Walk With Lions" |
| 2001 | Played supporting role of Penny, a family friend, in "Bridget Jones's Diary" |
| 2007 | Co-starred in "Colour Me Kubrick," the true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick |
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