Lois Ruth Maxwell (born Lois Ruth Hooker; 14 February 1927 – 29 September 2007) was a Canadian actress who portrayed

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in the first fourteen Eon-produced ''James Bond'' films (1962–1985). She was the first actress to play the part. The films in which she played Miss Moneypenny were '' Dr. No'' (1962), '' From Russia with Love'' (1963), '' Goldfinger'' (1964), '' Thunderball'' (1965), '' You Only Live Twice'' (1967), '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969), '' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971), '' Live and Let Die'' (1973), '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974), '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977), '' Moonraker'' (1979), '' For Your Eyes Only'' (1981), ''

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'' (1983), and ''

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'' (1985). She did not appear in the 1967 adaptation of '' Casino Royale'', nor in the 1983 remake of ''Thunderball'', '' Never Say Never Again'', as the production was not Eon's, though she did, as a similar character, in the spoof ''

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''. She began her film career in the late 1940s, and won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in ''

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'' (1947). Following a number of small film roles, she became dissatisfied and travelled to Italy, where she worked in film from 1951 to 1955. After her marriage, she moved to the United Kingdom, where she appeared in several television productions. As Maxwell's career declined, she lived in Canada, Switzerland, and the UK. In 2001, she was diagnosed with

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and moved to

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, where she lived with her son until her death, aged 80, in 2007.

Life and career

Early life

Maxwell was born in

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, to a Ruth Adelaide Wells, a nurse, and William Victor Hooker, a teacher. Maxwell was raised in

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and attended

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. She gained her first job working as a waitress at Canada's largest and most luxurious Summer resort, Bigwin Inn, on

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. During

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she ran away from home, aged 15, to join the

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, a unit formed to release men for combat duties. CWAC personnel were secretaries, vehicle drivers, and mechanics, who performed every conceivable noncombat duty. Maxwell quickly became part of the Army Show in Canada. Later, as part of the Canadian Auxiliary Services Entertainment Unit, she was posted to the United Kingdom, where she performed music and dance numbers to entertain the troops, often appearing alongside Canadian comedians

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. Maxwell's true age was discovered when the group reached London. To avoid her being repatriated to Canada, she was discharged; she subsequently enrolled at the

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, where she became friends with fellow student Roger Moore. Moore was later her on-screen colleague, in the ''James Bond'' film series, from '' Live and Let Die'' (1973) to ''

'' (1985).

Career

Moving to Hollywood at the age of 20, Maxwell won the actress Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her role in the

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drama ''

'' (1947). In 1949, she participated in a later famous ''

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'' magazine photo layout, in which she posed with other up-and-coming actresses,

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, Suzanne Dalbert,

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and

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. It was at this time that she changed her surname from Hooker to Maxwell, a name borrowed from a

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friend. The rest of her family also took this name. Most of Maxwell's work consisted of minor roles in

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s. Tiring of Hollywood, she moved back to Europe, living in Rome for five years (1950–1955). There she made a series of films, and at one point became an amateur race driver. One of her Italian films was an adaptation of the opera ''

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'' (1953), in which Maxwell played a leading role,

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hing to another woman's vocals and appearing in several scenes with the then unknown Sophia Loren. While visiting Paris, she met her future husband, TV executive Peter Marriott. They married in 1957 and moved to London, where their daughter Melinda and son Christian were both born (in 1958 and 1959). Maxwell appeared with Patrick McGoohan in the British television series ''

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'' as his accomplice in the 1959 episode "Position of Trust". During the 1960s, Maxwell appeared in many TV series and in films outside the Bond series, in both the UK and Canada. She guest-starred in two episodes of ''

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'' and later in one episode of ''

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''; in both of which she appeared alongside Roger Moore. She provided the voice of Atlanta for the Supermarionation science-fiction children's series '' Stingray'' and was the star of the CBC series '' Adventures in Rainbow Country'' from 1970 to 1971. Maxwell had a minor role as a nurse in Stanley Kubrick's ''

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'' (1962). In 1963 Maxwell played a machine gun-firing nurse in the series ''The Avengers'' (episode "The Little Wonders", which was first aired on 11 January 1964). She had a guest appearance in an episode of the ITC series '' The Baron'' ("Something for a Rainy Day", 1965), as an insurance investigator.

Role as Miss Moneypenny

Maxwell lobbied for a role in the

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film '' Dr. No'' (1962), for her husband had suffered a heart attack and they needed the money. Director

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, who had once turned her down on the grounds that she "looked like she smelled of soap", offered her either Miss Moneypenny or Bond's girlfriend, Sylvia Trench, but she was uncomfortable with the idea of a revealing scene outlined in the screenplay. The role as M's secretary guaranteed just two days' work at a rate of £100 per day; Maxwell supplied her own clothes for the filming. Maxwell appeared in the Italian spy spoof ''

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'' in 1967, with

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(who played M) and Sean Connery's brother

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. In the same year she portrayed Moneypenny in a made-for-TV special, ''

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'', in which she co-starred with

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and

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. The role of Moneypenny was nearly recast after Maxwell demanded a pay raise for '' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971). However, the producers felt it important to incorporate the regular character, and it was ultimately decided during production to add the scene where, disguised as a

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, she gives Bond his travel documents at the Port of Dover. Maxwell and Sean Connery filmed their lines separately and were not present together for the short scene. Moneypenny's undercover policewoman's cap disguises the hair Maxwell had already dyed in preparation for another part. Maxwell stayed on as Moneypenny when her former classmate Roger Moore assumed the role of 007 in '' Live and Let Die'' (1973). She reprised her character, weeping for the death of Bond, in a short scene with Bernard Lee in the French comedy '' Bons baisers de Hong Kong'' (1975). During the filming of ''

'' (1985), her final appearance as Moneypenny, producer

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pointed out to her that they were the only cast or crew members from '' Dr. No'' who had not yet left the series. Maxwell asked that Moneypenny be killed off, but Broccoli recast the role instead. According to author

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, Maxwell's Moneypenny was seen as an "anchor", and her flirtatious relationship with Bond provided the films with dramatic

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and

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; for Moneypenny, Bond was "unobtainable", freeing the characters to make outrageous sexual

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Later life

Maxwell's husband died in 1973, having never fully recovered from his heart attack in the 1960s. Maxwell subsequently returned to Canada, settling in Fort Erie, Ontario, where she lived on Oakes Drive. She spent her summers at a cottage outside

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, where she wrote a weekly column for the ''

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'' under the

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"Miss Moneypenny" from 1979 until 1994, and became a businesswoman working in the textile industry. In 1994, she returned to the UK once again to be nearer to her daughter Melinda, retiring to a cottage in

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. A plaque has been placed on her home there by the Frome Society of Local Study.

Death

Following surgery for

in 2001, Maxwell moved to

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, Western Australia, to live with her son Christian's family. She remained there, working on her autobiography, until her death at

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on 29 September 2007. Of his friend's death, Sir Roger Moore said to BBC Radio 5 Live, "It's rather a shock. She was always fun and she was wonderful to be with and was absolutely perfect casting ..It was a great pity that, after I moved out of Bond, they didn't take her on to continue in the

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films. I think it was a great disappointment to her that she had not been promoted to play M. She would have been a wonderful M."

Partial filmography

* '' A Matter of Life and Death'' (1946) as Actress (uncredited) * '' Spring Song'' (1946) as Penelope Cobb (uncredited) * ''

'' (1947) as Julia Kane * ''

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'' (1948) as Lois * ''

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'' (1948) as Karen Long * ''

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'' (1948) as Ruth Collins * ''

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'' (1948) as Miss McIntyre (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1949) as Jane Darrin * ''

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'' (1949) as Louise Maitlin * ''

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'' (1950) as Signorina Anna * ''

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'' (1950) as Queen Christina * ''

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'' (1951) as Erika * ''

The Woman's Angle ''The Woman's Angle'' is 1952 British drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Edward Underdown, Cathy O'Donnell and Lois Maxwell. It is based on the novel ''Three Cups of Coffee'' by Ruth Feiner. Premise The film is the story of three ...

'' (1952) as Enid Mansell * ''Viva il cinema!'' (1952) * '' Ha da venì... don Calogero'' (1952) as Maestrina * ''

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'' (1952) as Margaret 'Peggy' Maybrick * ''

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'' (1952) as Chris Ralston, the New Mother * '' Mantrap'' (1953) as Thelma Speight / Tasman * ''

'' (1953) as Amneris * ''

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'' (1955) as Lt. Lily Donald * '' Passport to Treason'' (1956) as Diane Boyd * ''

Satellite in the Sky ''Satellite in the Sky'' is a 1956 British CinemaScope science fiction film in Warner Color, produced by Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger, directed by Paul Dickson, and starring Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell, Donald Wolfit, and Bryan Forb ...

'' (1956) as Kim * ''

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'' (1956) as Stephanie Blake * ''

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'' (1957) as Vickie Harker * ''

Kill Me Tomorrow ''Kill Me Tomorrow'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Pat O'Brien and Lois Maxwell. It was made by Tempean Films at Southall Studios in West London. The film features a cameo by Tommy Steele.Tom Weaver, ''The H ...

'' (1957) as Jill Brook * ''

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'' (1959) as Ethel Winter * ''

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'' (1961) as Helen Kennedy * ''

'' (1962) as Nurse Mary Lore * '' Dr. No'' (1962) as Miss Moneypenny * '' Come Fly with Me'' (1963) as Gwen Sandley * '' The Haunting'' (1963) as Grace Markway * '' From Russia with Love'' (1963) as Miss Moneypenny * '' Goldfinger'' (1964) as Miss Moneypenny * '' Thunderball'' (1965) as Miss Moneypenny * ''

'' (1967) as Max * '' You Only Live Twice'' (1967) as Miss Moneypenny * '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969) as Miss Moneypenny * '' The Adventurers'' (1970) as Woman at Fashion Show (uncredited) * '' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971) as Miss Moneypenny * '' Endless Night'' (1972) as Cora Walker Brown * '' Live and Let Die'' (1973) as Miss Moneypenny * '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974) as Miss Moneypenny * '' From Hong Kong with Love'' (1975) as Miss Moneypenny * '' Age of Innocence'' (1977) as Mrs. Hogarth * '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) as Miss Moneypenny * '' Moonraker'' (1979) as Miss Moneypenny * ''

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'' (1979) as English Woman * ''

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'' (1980) as Director * '' For Your Eyes Only'' (1981) as Miss Moneypenny * ''

'' (1983) as Miss Moneypenny * ''

'' (1985) as Miss Moneypenny * ''

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'' (1985) as Monica Duval * ''

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'' (1988) as Edie Carmichael * ''

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'' (2001) as Olivia (final film role)

Television

* ''

'' (1960) as Sandi Lewis * ''

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'': "The Room Upstairs" (1961) as Esther Hollis * ''Zero One'' (1962) as Miss. Smith * '' The Avengers'' - episode - The Little Wonders (1964) as Sister Johnson * '' Ghost Squad'' (1964) as Elizabeth Creasey * '' Stingray'' (1964) as Lieutenant Atlanta Shore / Milly Carson / Marinville Tracking Station (voice) * '' The Baron'' (1965) as Charlotte Russell * ''

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'' episode ''The Millionaire's Daughter'' (1965) as Felisa Henderson * ''

'': "Interlude in Venice" (1966-1967) as Beth Parish / Helen * ''

'': "Simon and Delilah" (1967) as Beth Parish * ''

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'' (1969) as Kim Wentworth * '' Adventures in Rainbow Country'' (1969-1970) as Nancy Williams * '' Department S'' (1970) as Mary Burnham * ''Omnibus'' - episode - Ian Fleming Creator of the James Bond Myth (1970) as Herself * ''

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'': " The Cat with Ten Lives" (1970) & " The Man Who Came Back" (1971) as Miss Holland * ''

'' (1972) as Louise Cornell * ''Front Page Challenge'' (Episode - Meet Miss Moneypenny) (1981) as Herself * ''

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'' (1987) as Ms. Golden * ''

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'' - ''Documentary'' (Episode - The Bond Girls)

Miscellaneous

* ''James Bond: Licence to Thrill'' - TV Movie documentary (1987) as Herself * ''In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross'' - TV Movie documentary (1995) as Miss Moneypenny * ''Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball - Video documentary (1995) as Herself / Miss Moneypenny * ''Inside 'Octopussy - Video documentary short (2000) as Herself * ''Terence Young: Bond Vivant'' - documentary video short (2000) as Herself * ''Inside 'Dr. No - Video documentary short (2000) as Herself * ''James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute'' - TV Movie documentary (2000) as Herself

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'', 1 October 2007
"Miss Moneypenny Lives Here"

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