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Eunice Gayson played the role of James Bond’s girlfriend in the 007 franchise Dr. No and From Russia With Love. She was the very first Bond girl and took huge pride in that. She also featured in The Saint and The Revenge of Frankenstein. Her career lasted for 7 decades before retiring and she is now enjoying the benefits of her savings as well the fruits of her investments. Before becoming popular as the first Bond girl, she appeared on The Revenge of Frankenstein and The Saint, where Roger Moore, who played James Bond after Sean Connery, was featured in the lead role. Gayson also appeared in the 1962 stage play The Sound of Music.

She still performed in theater plays after ending her stint as Sylvia Trench on two consecutive James Bond movies, only to be replaced by Honor Blackman starting with Goldfinger. Her daughter to Brian Jackson, Kate Gayson, had a cameo in Goldeneye, making both of them appear in respective Bond movies — and that cameo surely served as a continuation to Eunice Gayson’s legacy on Bond movies (albeit it was only a cameo).