Pussy no more

RIP, Miss Honor Blackman. You were our favourite "Bond Girl" by far.

Such style, such elegance - and what a voice! She knew how to make an entrance...

The Avengers: Enter Cathy Gale

Goldfinger: Pussy Galore

And then, there is this - our favourite moment from her oft-overlooked musical career [as first featured here way back in 2009]...

Honor Blackman - The Star Who Fell From Grace

Honor Blackman (22nd August 1925 – 5th April 2020)

Read my previous tribute to the great lady

My face in the spotlight

Many happy returns (yesterday) to the very lovely Miss Honor Blackman (aka Pussy Galore, aka Mrs Cathy Gale), who celebrated her 86th birthday.

I know I have posted this song before, but it is too wonderful not to be repeated...

Honor Blackman - The Star Who Fell From Grace

Oh such regrets, I've been foolish it's true
I'm the star who fell from grace,
It's how I'll be remembered, if remembered by you.
I've had my chance, I've had my day
No more opening nights, with my name up in lights
On the Champs-Élysées
I've had my dreams, I've had my day
I've had my fame and I've thrown my dreams away

I hid all my torments in life, on stage night after night
My face in the spotlight,
No more curtain calls, all the encores are memories today
I've had my fame, I've had my day
I've had my chance, I could have been one of the greats

Once there were five star reviews, endless press interviews,
But my life, my life was front page news,
Now there is no more applause, I'm no longer adored
There's no star on my door
I'm the star who fell from grace
The star who fell from grace.

Honor Blackman official website

[PS My PC at Dolores Delargo Towers is currently experiencing a virus attack, so blog posts may be a bit erratic over the next few days]

Pussy in Boots

Happy 84th birthday today to the magnificent Honor Blackman, one of the coolest stars of stage and screen Britain has produced! With her hourglass figure and faultlessly clipped English voice, she is probably most famous for her roles as Pussy Galore in Dr No and Cathy Gale in The Avengers, as well as her feisty appearance in the otherwise dreadful 90s sitcom The Upper Hand. Miss Blackman has had a career that spans six decades, and she's still in demand!

Here's a great fan tribute video, set to her version of Serge Gainsbourg's La Javanaise:

Honor Blackman Tribute

Of course I had to feature the notoriously kitsch Kinky Boots, with Avengers co-star Patrick MacNee:

Honor Blackman and Patrick McNee - Kinky Boots (Top of the Pops video)

And only this year, Miss Blackman returned to the spotlight singing this brilliantly tongue-in-cheek melancholy number. Originally intended for Eartha Kitt, when the diva unfortunately died last year apparently Miss Blackman called the composer Adrian Munsey and lyricist Jeff Chegwin (brother of Keith) every day until they agreed for her to record it:

Honor Blackman - The Star Who Fell From Grace

What a woman!

Honor Blackman official website