Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman (12 December 1927 -) is a British actress. She is mostly remembered for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and as Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger.

Blackman trained as an actress at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 1963, she married the actor, Maurice Kaufmann, and they appeared together 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.

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

In September 2004 she briefly joined the Coronation Street cast.


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In September 2004 she briefly joined the Coronation Street cast. Campbell co-authored the best-selling novel Swan and followed it up with a photo book titled Naomi. A song she recorded with Patrick MacNee in the 1960s, Kinky Boots, was a surprise hit in 1990 after it was played incessantly by Radio 1 breakfast show presenter Simon Mayo. She is also a successful singer; her album Baby Woman sold over 1 million copies worldwide (mostly in Japan), and she was featured on Vanilla Ice's single "Cool as Ice." She had previously appeared in George Michael's music video, Freedom '90, though she merely lip-synched to his song along with other models rather than performing herself. Following her early career as a glamorous leading lady, she returned to television in the ITV sitcom, The Upper Hand, during the 1990s. She is reputed to have a quick temper. In 1963, she married the actor, Maurice Kaufmann, and they appeared together in the film, Fright (1971); they divorced in 1975. She also posed nude for Playboy magazine and for a series of lesbian-erotic photos with Madonna in her book Sex.

Blackman trained as an actress at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She has been a prominent fashion model on the runway and in print advertising since the late 1980s. She is mostly remembered for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and as Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. Born in Streatham, South London, Campbell studied at the London Academy For Performing Arts. Honor Blackman (12 December 1927 -) is a British actress. Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1970) is an English supermodel and actress.