Attractive and athletic blonde British stage actress Honor Blackman broke into films in the late 1940s, finally achieving a measure of fame in the 60s as the predecessor to Diana Rigg on the popular British TV series "The Avengers". Playing leather-clad judo expert Catherine Gale from 1962 to 1964, prior to the show's arrival on American screens, led to her best known role as villainous martial arts expert Pussy Galore in "Goldfinger" (1964), a memorable entry to the James Bond series. Blackman's post-Bond movie credits included "Life at the Top" (1965), "The Last Grenade" and "The Virgin and
