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Encyclopedia > Pussy Galore (James Bond)

Pussy Galore is a fictional character from the James Bond film and novel Goldfinger. In the film, she is played by Honor Blackman. She has 38 lines in the movie. Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... For other uses, see Goldfinger (disambiguation). ... Honor Blackman (born in London on 12 December 1927) is an English actress. ...

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Biography

Novel

Goldfinger novel cover featuring Pussy Galore, drawn as described by the author.

In the novel, Pussy Galore is the only woman in America who runs an organized crime gang. Initially a trapeze artist, her group of circus performing cat-women, "Pussy Galore and her Abrocats" (sic, a pun) were unsuccessful and were later trained as cat burglars. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (522x832, 88 KB)James Bond 007 - Goldfinger © 1961 Pan Books. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (522x832, 88 KB)James Bond 007 - Goldfinger © 1961 Pan Books. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... An acrobat below a balloon Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. ... Burglary is a crime related to United States burglary is a felony and involves trespassing, or entering a building with intent to commit any crime, not necessarily a felony or theft. ...


Her group grew into a Harlem lesbian organization known as "The Cement Mixers." In fact, Galore is a lesbian until the end of the novel, at which point she falls in love with Bond. In the novel, her hair is black, and she has the only violet eyes Bond thinks he has ever seen. She is about thirty and she is very pretty, with pale skin and her voice is low and attractive. A lesbian is a woman who is romantically and sexually attracted only to other women. ...


Her group is enlisted by Goldfinger to aid in "Operation Grand Slam," an operation that would poison the Ft. Knox water supply with nerve gas, and, if successful, would rob the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox of fifteen billion in gold bullion. Goldfinger enlists the Cement Mixers because he needs a group of criminal women to impersonate nurses (always women, in the world of the novel) in the fake emergency medical teams he plans to send into the poison-stricken Fort Knox. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The U.S. Bullion Depository at Ft. ...


After "Grand Slam" fails, Galore is still working to impersonate a nurse, not a pilot. However, as in the film, she escapes with Bond after Bond kills Goldfinger aboard an airplane.


Pussy's past (which somewhat explains her name) is suppressed in the movie, her sexuality is never openly discussed yet traits of lesbianism are thinly veiled throughout the film. [1].


Her original band of Amazon catwomen still feature in the film as they did in the book. They are in keeping with a long list of 1950s movies and books about dangerous bands of cat-woman lesbians. Cat-Women of the Moon is a 1953 Science fiction 3-D film directed by Arthur Hilton. ...


Film

James Bond character
Pussy Galore
Gender Female
Role Bond girl / Henchman
Affiliation Auric Goldfinger (film)
The Cement Mixers (novel)
Portrayed by Honor Blackman

Concerned about censors, the film's producers thought about changing Pussy Galore's name to "Kitty Galore". They kept the original name when British newspapers began to refer to Honor Blackman as "Pussy" in the lead up to production. Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Bond Girl Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable villains and henchmen. ... Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Goldfinger. ... Honor Blackman (born in London on 12 December 1927) is an English actress. ...


Pussy is first seen after Bond is knocked out with a tranquilizer gun in Goldfinger's private jet. She claims she's a "damn good pilot" and seems at first immune to Bond's trademark boyish charms. Pussy is the leader of Pussy Galore's Flying Circus, a group of professional women aviators in connection with Goldfinger's "Operation: Grand Slam." Pussy is seen later using judo on Bond after catching him eavesdropping on Goldfinger's plan. She turns him in to Goldfinger. Pussy and her Flying Circus girls use nerve gas during "Grand Slam" on Fort Knox's security and military. After Bond foils Goldfinger plan, Goldfinger and Pussy hijack the President's private plane. Bond defeats Goldfinger and saves Galore from the descending plane and they make love in an unknown region under a parachute. The U.S. Bullion Depository at Ft. ...


Trivia

  • Pussy Galore's Flying Circus is a team of women pilots, however in the film the stunt pilots are men in blonde wigs.
  • The actress who played Pussy Galore, Honor Blackman, (age 37 at filming) is the oldest actress to take the role of a Bond Girl in the series of Bond films from EON Productions.
  • The name of Pussy Galore comes from 007 creator Ian Fleming's pet octopus.

Bond Girl Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress and a major sex symbol of the 1960s. ... Spoiler warning: Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, the first Bond girl. ... Honor Blackman (born in London on 12 December 1927) is an English actress. ... EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Naval Officer. ... Honor Blackman (born in London on 12 December 1927) is an English actress. ... Dame (Enid) Diana (Elizabeth) Rigg, DBE, (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930 ) is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema. ... On Her Majestys Secret Service is the eleventh novel in Ian Flemings James Bond series. ... George Robert Lazenby (born September 5, 1939) is an Australian actor best known for portraying James Bond only once in the 1969 James Bond film, On Her Majestys Secret Service. ...

Film Quotes

Pussy Galore: My name is Pussy Galore.
James Bond: I must be dreaming.

Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ...


[At a Kentucky airfield, Bond observes a squad of planes flying in formation.]
Bond: Talented chaps!
Pussy: They should be — I trained them. Come on.
Bond: You're a woman of many parts, Pussy.



 

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