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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/loismaxwell.jpg]]
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3	Lois Ruth Hooker, better known as [[StageNames Lois Maxwell]] (14 February 1927 – 29 September 2007), was a Canadian actress.
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5	Her most iconic role was Miss Moneypenny, the {{sassy\|secretary}} and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] [=MI6=] secretary who has an UnresolvedSexualTension with Film/JamesBond. She had small but fondly remembered appearances as the character in the first 14 movies of the series without interruption, over 23 years starting with ''Film/DrNo'' and ending with ''Film/AViewToAKill'', chatting or attempting to flirt with the Bonds played by Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/GeorgeLazenby and Creator/RogerMoore. She was friends with the latter when they studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the UK in the late 1940s -- both of them also appeared in ''Series/TheSaint'' and ''Series/ThePersuaders'', and both retired from the ''James Bond'' series with the same film. Creator/CarolineBliss replaced her in the role starting in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''.
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7	She won the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for her role in ''Film/ThatHagenGirl'' (1947).
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9	!!Tropes in her works:
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11	* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/IanFleming himself fully approved of her being cast as Moneypenny.
12	-->''"You know, Miss Maxwell, when I visualized Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond stories, I saw her as a tall, distinguished-looking woman with the most kissable lips in the world. You, my dear, are exactly the woman I visualized."''
13	* CastTheRunnerUp: She auditioned for the role of Sylvia Trench in ''Dr. No'', initially. Creator/TerenceYoung is infamously said to have told her "You smell of soap, not sex". She ended up playing Moneypenny, and for 14 appearances over 23 years at that, perfectly making up for it, while Sylvia Trench (Creator/EuniceGayson) didn't appear in more than two films.
14	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: She was Canadian, so her accent as Moneypenny was mid-atlantic, like when Princess Leia spoke with Grand Moff Tarkin in Film/ANewHope. Her performance was also so good, it didn't detract from anything at all.
15	* SassySecretary: Moneypenny is a very strong contender for the most iconic example of the trope.

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