JAMES BOND - MONEYPENNY ACTRESS LOIS MAXWELL DIES

Lois Maxwell, the Golden Globe-winning actress who played Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond films, has died aged 80.

Maxwell passed away at Fremantle hospital in Western Australia on Saturday evening, a statement said.

Having won a Golden Globe for most promising newcomer in the Shirley Temple movie That Hagen Girl in 1947, Maxwell began her career-defining role as secretary to the head of the British secret service in 1962's Dr No.

Her flirtatious appearances proved enduringly popular and she featured in 14 Bond movies in total, finishing with A View To A Kill opposite Roger Moore in 1985.

"She was a very fine actress with a great sense of humour," Moore told BBC News 24.

"She was wonderful, absolutely perfect casting… [but] I'm afraid she got sort of… [typecast] as Miss Moneypenny," he added.

In addition to her career with the Bond franchise Maxwell enjoyed a successful career as a television actress, appearing in UFO, The Persuaders!, and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).

She even provided the voice for Troy Tempest's love interest Atlanta Shore in Gerry Anderson's puppet series Stingray.

Her last film was The Fourth Angel, a 2001 movie starring Jeremy Irons and Forest Whitaker.