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Lois Maxwell
Lois Ruth Maxwell (née Hooker; February 14, 1927 – September 29, 2007) was a Canadian actress remembered for portraying Miss Moneypenny in the first fourteen Eon-produced James Bond films (1962–1985). Her film career began in the late 1940s, and she earned the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in That Hagen Girl (1947). Subsequent small film roles led her to Italy, where she worked in film from 1951 to 1955. After marrying, she moved to the United Kingdom, where she appeared in multiple television productions, and later to Canada, and Switzerland. In the James Bond film series, she worked alongside her former RADA classmate, Roger Moore. Moore and Maxwell were on-screen colleagues from Live and Let Die (1973) to A View to a Kill (1985). After her husband's death in the 1970s, Maxwell returned to Canada and began writing a weekly column for the Toronto Sun under the pseudonym Miss Moneypenny and worked in the textile industry. She settled in Perth, Western Australia, in 2001, after she was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and remained there until her death in 2007.
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Given Name: Lois Ruth Hooker
Born: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship: Canadian
Birthday: February 14, 1927
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1946-2001
Children: 2
Spouses: Peter Marriott
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Movies Featuring Lois Maxwell
Lolita
The Haunting
You Only Live Twice
Inside ‘Octopussy’
Bond Girls Are Forever
Best Ever Bond
Inside ‘Dr. No’
The Fourth Angel
Mr. Patman
Invaders from the Deep
Eternal Evil
The Incredible Voyage of Stingray
That Hagen Girl
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Submarine Attack
Passport to Treason
A Matter of Life and Death
Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond
Women of Twilight
Age of Innocence
The Big Punch
Lost and Found
The Dark Past
Aida
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Tomorrow Is Too Late
Satellite in the Sky
Kill Me Tomorrow
Mantrap
Time Without Pity
Endless Night
Behind the Scenes with ‘Thunderball’
Lady in the Fog
Come Fly with Me
Sporting Chance
The Incredible World of James Bond
Hard to Forget
Corridor of Mirrors
The Crime Doctor’s Diary
Operation Kid Brother
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2002
Bond Girls Are Forever
Miss Moneypenny (archive footage)
Best Ever Bond
Miss Moneypenny (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Moneypenny
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Scenes with ‘Thunderball’
Self
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