Lois Maxwell(1927-2007)
- Actress
Everyone knows (or should know) Lois Maxwell as the one and only "Miss
Moneypenny", but there's much more to her acting career than that. She
started out against her parents' will, and without their knowledge, in
a Canadian children's radio program, credited as "Robin Wells". Before
the age of 15 she left for England with the Canadian army's
Entertainment Corps and managed (after her age had been discovered) to
get herself enrolled in The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she
met and became friends with
Roger Moore. Her movie career
started with a Michael Powell and
Emeric Pressburger production,
Stairway to Heaven (1946).
After having won The Most Promising Newcomer Golden Globe Award in
1947, she went to Hollywood and made six films before she decided to
try her luck in Italy. She had to leave Italy to go to England when her
husband became ill, and since then she has had roles in a number of
movies besides the first 14 Bond movies. In 1989 she retired.
