Caroline Bliss
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 Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny in The Living Daylights. |
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| Born | Caroline Bliss July 1961 England |
| Other names | Caroline Seacombe |
| Height | 5'6" (1.68m) |
Caroline Bliss (born 1961) is an English actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and a granddaughter of composer Sir Arthur Bliss. She is best known for her appearance as M's secretary, Miss Moneypenny, in the James Bond films of the Timothy Dalton era. At the age of 26, she replaced the long-standing Lois Maxwell in the film The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill. She was succeeded by Samantha Bond, who would play the role in 1995's GoldenEye alongside Pierce Brosnan.
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[edit] James Bond franchise
Caroline Bliss was featured in two James Bond movies although her role in Licence to Kill was reduced to little more than a cameo. Bliss is also the youngest actress to have played Moneypenny.
[edit] Filmography
Her film and television work includes appearances in:
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982) (TV)... princess diana
- Killer Contract (1984)... (TV) Celia Routledge
- Pope John Paul II: The Movie (1984) (TV)... Rosa Kossack
- My Brother Jonathan (1985) (TV)... Edie Martyn
- The Moneymen (1987) (TV)... Sarah
- The Living Daylights (1987)... Miss Moneypenny
- Licence to Kill (1989)... Miss Moneypenny
- Braxton (1989)... Vanessa Rawlings
- The Paradise Club (1990) (TV)... DI Sarah turnbull
- Insektors (1994) (TV)
- Ruth Rendell - A Case of Coincidence (1996) (TV)... Sarah quin
- Blitzlicht (aka Inside Out in the U.S.) (1996)
[edit] Theatre
Her theatre work includes:
- Blood Brothers
- Blue Remembered Hills
- Eve
- Fuente Ovejuna
- Good
- Particular Friendships
- Romeo and Juliet
- Rough Justice
- The Invisible Man
- The Night They Raided Minskys
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| Preceded by Lois Maxwell 1962 - 1985 |
Miss Moneypenny 1987 - 1989 |
Succeeded by Samantha Bond 1995 - 2002 |
