Trivia

Initially cast as "Miss Moneypenny" (the role ended up going to Lois Maxwell) at the beginning of the James Bond film series, she instead was given the part of seductive "Sylvia Trench" which was to be a recurring role as well. She has the distinction of appearing in the opening casino scene with Sean Connery in Dr. No (1962), in which she says, "I admire your luck, Mr..." and Connery says, "Bond. James Bond". Her part was cut after the second movie, From Russia with Love (1963).

Her daughter Kate Gayson later appeared as an extra in the '007' film GoldenEye (1995).

She was dubbed by Nikki Van der Zyl in Dr. No (1962) and in From Russia with Love (1963).

Originally trained as an opera singer, before entering films.

Appeared on stage in London for five years playing The Baroness in "The Sound of Music" at the Palace Theatre.

Appeared on stage in the musical production of "Into the Woods" in 1990.

For a long time, she was the only non-'MI6' actress to play the same character in more than one James Bond film until Léa Seydoux played the same character in Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).

She had a daughter Kate.

Born in 1931, she trained for the opera before entering films in 1948 in "My Brother Jonathan" and was also in various British television series and appearances on the British stage in the 70s,.

She nearly drowned while she was filming "Carry on Admiral" (1957).