Blackman, Honor (1926–)

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Blackman, Honor (1926–)

English stage and screen actress. Born Dec 12, 1926, London, England; m. Bill Sankey, 1946 (div. 1956); m. Maurice Kaufmann, 1963 (div. 1975); children: (2nd m.) 2.

Made London stage debut as Monica Cartwright in The Gleam (1946); other plays include The Blind Goddess, The Fifth Season, Wait Until Dark, Mr. and Mrs., Who Killed Santa Claus? and The Deep Blue Sea; on tv, appeared as Cathy Gale on "The Avengers" (1962–64) and as Laura West in "The Upper Hand," among others; appeared in such films as Fame Is the Spur, Quartet, So Long at the Fair, Diplomatic Passport, A Night to Remember, Serena, Jason and the Golden Fleece, Life at the Top, Moment to Moment, A Twist of Sand, Shalako, The Virgin and the Gypsy, Something Big, Fright, Lola, The Cat and the Canary, To Walk with Lions, Bridget Jones's Diary, and as Pussy Galore in James Bond's Goldfinger (1964).