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Eunice Gayson, as Sylvia Tench, met James Bond over the cardboard desk in Dr No
Eunice Gaysonthe actor who performed the first "Bond girl"has died at the age of 90.
She performed Sylvia Trench in 007's 1962 debut, Dr No.
During the filming Ms Gayson helped calm Sean Connery's nerves so he might ship the spy's most well-known catchphrasegiving his identify as "Bond, James Bond"for the first time.
A submit on her official Twitter feed stated: "She will be very much missed."
Twitter submit by @EuniceGayson
We are very unhappy to study that our expensive Eunice handed away on June eighth. An wonderful woman who left a lasting impression on all people she met. She will likely be very a lot missed. pic.twitter.com/c5kVHs256Y
— Eunice Gayson (@EuniceGayson) June 9, 2018
In her function as Sylvia Trench, Ms Gayson, who died on June eight, helped to create one in every of cinema's most enduring catchphrases.
Meeting 007 over playing cards at the Le Cercle Club on line casino, she suggests elevating the stakes. Bond replies: "I admire your courage, Miss, er...?"
"Trench, Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mr..."
"Bond, James Bond."
Ms Gayson stated in 2012 that filming the enduring scene had not been straightforward as Sean Connery struggled with the road.
She stated: "He had to say Bond, James Bond, but he came out with other permutations like Sean Bond, James Connery. 'Cut! Cut! Cut!'"
At the instigation of the director, Terence Young, Ms Gayson took Mr Connery for a drink, and he returned to ship it completely.
Sylvia Trench was on account of be a recurring character, however the concept was dropped by the director of Goldfinger, Guy Hamilton.
But whereas she is the one Bond lady to function in two filmsshe additionally seems in a clinch with 007 in From Russia with LoveMs Gayson's voice shouldn't be heard in both of them.
As with lots of the Bond ladies within the 1960s and 1970s, her traces had been rerecorded by voiceover artist Nikki van der Zyl.
Ms Gayson was born in Surrey in 1931. She performed a collection of display roles, together with in Hammer Horror's 1958 film The Revenge of Frankenstein, earlier than changing into the first Bond lady.
After the Bond movies, she appeared in a number of traditional TV collection reminiscent of The Saint and The Avengers.