Pamela Salem as Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again
Pamela Salem, an India-born actress who played the character of Miss Moneypenny in 1983's Never Say Never Again, has died at the age of 80, according to her Wikipedia entry.
In the early 1980s, Never Say Never Again amounted to a serious Bond attack against the Eon 007 series. Until that decade, there had been a parody Bond film (1967's Casino Royale).
In 1983, Eon came out with Octopussy with Never Say Never Again (essentially a remake of Thunderball) coming out months later. Never Say Never Again featured the return of Sean Connery as the cinematic Bond.
For enthusiasts of Never Say Never Again, Sean Connery's interactions with Pamela Salem were a highlight. Salem was different from Lois Maxwell's interpretation of Moneypenny in the Eon movies.
Octopussy and Never Say Never Again, to this day, still generate a debate. I've seen comments where Eon fans feel NSNA was an insult to Eon. I've seen NSNA fans that movie was better than better than Octopussy.
Regardless, 1983 was a once-in-a-lifetime event for Bond fans. Pamela Salema was part of that.
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