Honor Blackman (22 August 1925 – 5 April 2020) was an English actress and singer, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers (1962–1964), Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964), Albert R. Broccoli said Blackman was cast opposite Sean Connery in the Bond film because of her success in the British television series The Avengers. He knew that most American audiences would not have seen the programme. Broccoli said, „The Brits would love her because they knew her as Mrs. Gale the Yanks would like her because she was so good — it was a perfect combination.“ During the 1960s, Blackman practised judo at the Budokwai dojo. This helped her prepare for her roles as Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964). She was Julia Daggett in Shalako (1968), and Hera in Jason and the Argonauts (1963), which featured stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen. She is also known for her role as Laura West in the ITV sitcom The Upper Hand (1990–1996). Blackman’s film debut was a nonspeaking part in Fame Is the Spur (1947). She had roles in the films Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) and Jack Brown and the Curse of the Crown (also 2001). We celebrate this remarkable actress with an AI Graffiti of her…