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Bond's Moneypenny Dies at 80

Miss Moneypenny takes final bow

By Caroline Zimmerman, Newser User

Posted Sep 30, 2007 7:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – Lois Maxwell—better known as Miss Moneypenny, to James Bond devotees—has died at age 80 of cancer in an Australian hospital. She starred alongside Sir Sean Connery and Sir Roger Moore, and clocked a longer Bond career than either of the legendary 007's, the BBC reports. In 14 Bond films, the Canadian actress played the role of secretary to the spy's boss.

Maxwell wasn't invited to continue the role in the Timothy Dalton movies. "It was a great disappointment to her," said Sir Roger. But the Bond films weren't her only gig: she nabbed a Golden Globe for her role in a Shirley Temple film, appeared in Kubrick's Lolita, became a columnist for the Toronto Sun, and even worked on a thriller with Jeremy Irons in 2001.

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In this March 30, 1947 picture, Lois Maxwell, 20-year-old Canadian-born actress, receives her Screen Actors Guild member card from the new president of the guild, actor Ronald Reagan, in Hollywood, Calif.... (Associated Press)

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Bond's Moneypenny Dies at 80