Saturday 22 August 2009

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:


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


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:


What a woman!

Honor Blackman official website

1 comment:

  1. and though i've no proof, it appears to me that honor has had nothing done to her face and is still a knock out.

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