VideoDetective.com

Lois Maxwell

Lois Maxwell
Lois Maxwell
Born: Feb 14, 1927 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Died: Sep 29, 2007 in Fremantle, Australia
Occupation: Actor
Active: '40s-'80s
Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: The Haunting, Women of Twilight, Martha, Ruth and Edie
First Major Screen Credit: The Big Punch (1948)
18 Videos for Lois Maxwell
Eternal Evil (1987) The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Thunderball (1965)
A View to a Kill (1985) Live and Let Die (1973) Goldfinger (1964)
Octopussy (1983) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) From Russia With Love (1963)
For Your Eyes Only (1981) Endless Night (1971) The Haunting (1963)
Moonraker (1979) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Dr. No (1962)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) You Only Live Twice (1967) Submarine Attack (1954)
Photos


There are currently no photos.

Biography:

Her real name just wouldn't do for a marquee in the Bible Belt, so Canadian-born actress Lois Hooker became Lois Maxwell when she arrived in Hollywood. Maxwell appeared in one British picture and a handful of American programmers before she sought out better opportunities in the Italian film industry.

She returned to Britain as a second lead and character actress in 1956. In 1970, Maxwell co-starred in the Canadian TV series Adventures in Rainbow County. Lois Maxwell is best remembered for her appearances as the coolly efficient, subtly predatory Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond films produced between 1962 and 1985 -- at least until she was unceremoniously dumped in favor of a younger actress for the two Timothy Dalton Bond epics of the late 1980s.

Maxwell died at age 80 in September 2007. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.