Lois
Maxwell
Her real name just wouldn't do for a
marquee in the Bible Belt, so Canadian-born actress Lois Hooker became
Lois Maxwell when she arrived in Hollywood. Maxwell appeared in one
British picture and a handful of American programmers before she sought
out better opportunities in the Italian film industry. She returned
to Britain as a second lead and character actress in 1956. In 1970,
Maxwell co-starred in the Canadian TV series Adventures in Rainbow
County. Lois Maxwell is best remembered for her appearances as the
coolly efficient, subtly predatory Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond
films produced between 1962 and 1985 -- at least until she was unceremoniously
dumped in favor of a younger actress for the two Timothy Dalton "Bond"
epics of the late 1980s. |