p2pnet news | Movies:- Canadian-born actress Lois Ruth Hooker is dead.

You knew her better as Lois Maxwell, the actress who starred as Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond movies.

She died from cancer in hospital Saturday night near her home in Perth, Australia, aged 80.

Moneypenny left Toronto in 1943 at the age of 16 to join the Canadian Army Show and, “When she finally returned to her native Toronto 19 years later, she was Lois Maxwell, film star of James Bond movies,” says the Toronto Star.

She once predicted her obituary would start with ‘Miss Moneypenny Dead,’ says the story, adding:

“Her role in 14 Bond films as secretary to M, Bond’s boss and head of the British secret service, was small but always memorable for its hint of sexual tension between herself and Agent 007.”

How did she wind up as Miss Moneypenny?

“She ended up in London, where she met Roger Moore at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, beginning what was to be a life-long friendship,” says Agency France-Presse, adding:

“She changed her name in Hollywood, won a Golden Globe award and worked with Ronald Reagan on “Bedtime For Bonzo.”

“When the first Bond movie came along, Maxwell was an experienced actor in need of an income after her husband, British television executive Peter Marriott, developed a heart problem.”

Maxwell told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2005, “I had a husband who was desperately ill, with two small children and no money, so I called producers I had worked with before and said ‘help me’,” says AFP.

She came from Kitchener, Ontario.

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Also See:
Toronto Star – `Miss Moneypenny’ made 14 Bond films, October 1, 2007
Agency France-Presse – Miss Moneypenny actor Lois Maxwell exits stage, October 1, 2007

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