Lois Maxwell, Original Moneypenny, Dies
Posted September 30, 2007 12:00 pm.
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Lois Maxwell, the Canadian actor best known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond movies, has died.
Maxwell was born Lois Hooker in Kitchener in 1927. She got her start as a radio actor, then joined the army at the age of 15. She traveled throughout Europe with the Entertainment Corps, and stayed after the war. She joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and met future costar Roger Moore in 1944.
Moore said her death comes as “rather a shock.” He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “She was always fun and she was wonderful to be with.”
Maxwell moved frequently, living in Hollywood and Italy before returning to England . In Hollywood, she won a Golden Globe in 1948 for her role in ” The Hagen Girl.” In Italy, she met her husband Peter Marriott. They moved to England and had two children. After he died, she returned to Canada. In 2001, after she was diagnosed with cancer, she moved to Australia to be closer to her son.
Maxwell died in a Perth, Australia hospital. She was 80.
From her first appearance as Moneypenny, with Sean Connery in “Dr No:”
Bond: Moneypenny, what gives?
Moneypenny: Me, given an ounce of encouragement! You never take me to dinner looking like this James. You never take me to dinner period.
Bond: I would you know, only M would have me court-martialled for “illegal use of government property”.
Moneypenny: Flattery will get you nowhere, but don’t stop trying!
The first Miss Moneypenny, Lois Maxwell (L) and the current, Samantha Bond, pose with guns used in earlier James Bond movies. AFP PHOTO:Odd ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images)
