Trivia

Possibly most recognized because of her role in Goldfinger (1964), her character was killed only 16 minutes into the movie.

Has appeared in both the "Carry On" and "James Bond" franchises.

Appeared on the stage at London's Prince of Wales Theatre as one of the lead roles in "Come Blow Your Horn" while busily filming The Girl Hunters (1963). The film's co-star, Mickey Spillane, became a family friend as a result of the shoot.

Her being painted gold in the film Goldfinger was done to a strict time limit. Doctors warned that after 60 minutes the continued blocking of the pores by the paint could be dangerous. An inch square on her midriff was left clear as an added precaution on the doctors insistence, A doctor and a nurse were on standby during filming, The scene only lasted 3 minutes but what made things more difficult was that she had flu at the time.

Became pregnant during the filming of Carry on Nurse (1959).

Following the death of Sean Connery in October 2020, she is the last surviving member of the credited cast of Goldfinger. Ironically, it had become an urban myth that she actually died after being painted gold during the making of it.

She left acting in 1969 to devote all her time to her family,.

She had appeared at the London Palladium three times, once when she was 17 and performing in a pantomime, and then in the early 1960s at two annual Royal Variety Performance galas that included Nat 'King' Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier. When in 2008 she appeared again, this time to celebrate the new James Bond film phenomenon, she received a standing ovation.

She married a builder in 1957 and had 2 sons,.

Contrary to Hollywood folklore, she did not test for the part of Emma Peel in The Avengers (1961) when it was found that Elizabeth Shepherd was unsuitable for the part. The part eventually went to Diana Rigg.

As a child actress she appeared on stage at the London Palladium with Max Bygraves.

Turned her back on stardom for motherhood in 1969 sons Grant born 1959 and Jason born 1966.

She (along with a few other actors) refused to sign the 'deal' to do multiple "Carry on" films after doing the first two ('Carry on Sergeant' and 'Carry on Nurse'). She however, did agree to do one more ('Carry on Constable').