Known For: British actress (1925–2020)
Category: Actresses
Occupation: actor, singer, film actor, stage actor
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
Date of Birth: Saturday, 22 August 1925
Died: 2020-04-05 00:00:00 in Q246884
Language English
Also known as Little Richard
Honor Blackman was an English actress, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers (1962–1964), Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964), Julia Daggett in Shalako (1968), and Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963). She is also known for her role as Laura West in the ITV sitcom The Upper Hand (1990–1996).
| BirthPlace | London |
| Education | Q1419737, Q7731813, Q7055172 |
| Spouses | Maurice Kaufmann |
| Website | http://www.honorblackman.co.uk |
| Wikipedia | Honor_Blackman |
Honor Blackman was born on 22 August 1925 at 200 Cumberland Road, Canning Town, West Ham, England, the daughter of Edith Eliza (Stokes) and Frederick Blackman, a civil service statistician. She attended North Ealing Primary School and Ealing County Grammar School for Girls. For her 15th birthday, her parents gave her acting lessons and began her training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1940. While attending the Guildhall School, Blackman worked as a clerical assistant for the Home Office. Following graduation, she was an understudy in the West End play The Guinea Pig. In 1947 she appeared in the Patrick Hastings play The Blind Goddess at the Apollo Theatre.
