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Lois Maxwell (born Lois Hooker on 14 February, 1927 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise.

Maxwell has also appeared in many other television series and movies both in Britain and Canada, and was the star of Adventures in Rainbow Country in the late 1960s. Lois lived in Espanola, Ontario for 18 years, close by to where the series was filmed. She guest starred in episodes of the The Saint and The Persuaders! which both starred Roger Moore.

She also provided the voice of Atlanta for the science fiction children's series Stingray in 1963. In the 1970s, she wrote a popular newspaper column for the Toronto Sun.

In the late 1940s, Maxwell attempted to make a name for herself as a starlet in Hollywood; she participated in a Life Magazine photo layout in which she posed with another up-and-coming actress named Marilyn Monroe. She appeared in Bedtime for Bonzo with Ronald Reagan, whom she declared (in an interview with Hello! magazine) she had found very handsome and attractive.

She lives in Perth, Western Australia.

James Bond

Starring in fourteen James Bond movies, many fans credit her as the definitive Miss Moneypenny. She was succeeded by Caroline Bliss and later Samantha Bond who play the same character.

1. Dr. No (1962)
2. From Russia with Love (1963)
3. Goldfinger (1964)
4. Thunderball (1965)
5. You Only Live Twice (1967)
6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
7. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
8. Live and Let Die (1973)
9. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
11. Moonraker (1979)
12. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
13. Octopussy (1983)
14. A View to a Kill (1985)

The Baron

Lois Maxwell made a guest appearance in the "Something for a rainy day" episode of the ITC series The Baron, playing insurance investigator Charlie. Her character spends most of the episode wearing an olive green PVC raincoat.

External links

• Miss Moneypenny lives here, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 14 January 2005

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