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Pamela Salem, Miss Moneypenny in ‘Never Say Never Again,’ Dies at 80


The actress also was known for her ‘Doctor Who’ work and roles in ‘Eastenders,’ ‘Into the Labyrinth’ and ‘Gods and Monsters.’

Salem also portrayed the evil sorceress Belor on the 1981-82 ITV kids series Into the Labyrinth and the organized crime family member Joanne Francis on the BBC soap Eastenders for two seasons (1988-89). Salem had made her big-screen debut opposite Connery in The Great Train Robbery(1978), and she said he recommended her to 007 producers for the iconic part of Moneypenny, the secretary to M, head of the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6, in Never Say Never Again(1983). She started showing up on British TV on such series as Out of the Unknown, The Onedin Line, Man at the Top and Gene Barry’s The Adventurer before playing Emily Trent in The Great Train Robbery.

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