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Honor Blackman (born in London on 12 December
1927, although many sources incorrectly list her
date of birth as August 1926) is a United
Kingdom|British actress. She is mostly remembered
for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers (TV
series)|The Avengers and as Bond girl Pussy Galore
(James Bond)|Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. Aged 36
when she filmed Goldfinger, Blackman as of 2005
remains the oldest actress to play a Bond girl.

Blackman trained as an actor|actress at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.  In
1963, she married actor Maurice Kaufmann, with
whom she appeared in the film Fright (1971); they
divorced in 1975.  Following her early career as a
glamorous leading lady, she returned to television
in the ITV sitcom The Upper Hand during the 1990s.
After her appearance in Goldfinger, Blackman
recorded a full album of songs entitled Everything
I've Got.

In 1985 she had a role in the Doctor Who serial
Trial of a Time Lord.

A song she recorded with Patrick MacNee in the
1960s, "Kinky Boots", was a surprise hit in 1990
after it was played incessantly by BBC Radio
1|Radio 1 breakfast show presenter Simon Mayo.

She is said to have declined a Commander of the
British Empire (CBE) honour in 2002.

In September 2004 she briefly joined the
Coronation Street cast.

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