Miss Moneypenny in 'Never Say Never Again' Was 80 Years Old – The Hollywood Reporter

Pamela Salem

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Pamela Salem, who played Miss Moneypenny Never say never again He died opposite Sean Connery in his final role as James Bond. She was 80 years old.

Salem died on Wednesday in Surfside, Florida, according to Big Finish Productions, which had featured her in several audio productions.

“Whenever there was a big recording of hers, she would fly in from Miami on board, without fuss or fanfare, and show up at the studio armed with the warmest smiles, biggest hugs and often gifts,” said producer David Richardson. He said In the current situation.

For BBC Doctor WhoSalem played sand miner pilot Lesh Toss in the 1977 film The Robots of Death and Professor Rachel Jensen in the 1988 film Remembrance of the Daleks. She reprized both roles for Big Finish in the audio drama series Robots and occasional radio series Countermeasures.

Salem also portrayed the evil witch Baelor in the 1981-82 ITV children's series. In the maze And organized crime family member Joan Francis in the BBC soap Orientals For two seasons (1988-89). And in Bill Condon Gods and monsters (1998), who is a mother Frankenstein Director James Whale (played by Ian McKellen).

Salem made her big screen debut opposite Connery in The Great Train Robbery (1978), she was recommended to the producers of 007 for the famous part of Moneypenny, secretary of M, the head of the British secret service MI6, in Never say never again (1983).

“I've seen Moneypenny before, of course, in previous films where she played Lois Maxwell.” He said In a 1984 interview with Double-O-Seven magazine. “in the beginning [the media] I tried to stir things up between us – it was all absolute nonsense, and Lois Maxwell wrote me a very nice letter, and I called her, and they had to drop it in the end because they realized we were friends.

“I actually owe the role to Lois because she cemented the role so beautifully in everyone's mind. As soon as you mention the name Moneypenny, people automatically think of Lois.

Irvin Kirshner Never say never againfrom Warner Bros., was one of two “unofficial” Bond films not produced by Eon Productions.

Pamela Fortuny Salem was born on January 22, 1944 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. She attended Heidelberg University in Germany and the Central School of Speech in London and performed in repertory theater in Chesterfield and York.

She began appearing on British television in series such as From the unknown, Ondine line, Man at the top And Jane Barry Adventurer Before playing Emily Trent The Great Train Robbery.

Her first job for Doctor Who He was the voice of Xoanon in the 1977 film “The Face of Evil.”

Salem's CV also included work in British shows Black 7, Tripods, All creatures great and small And French fields And in such American shows as Magnum, P, er, West wing – As Maureen Graty, the fictional Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – Party of Five And Big Love.

Salem, who moved to Los Angeles in the 1990s and then to the Miami area, was married to Irish actor Michael O'Hagan from 1983 until his death in November 2017.