Background
She was born in Croydon, South London.
She was born in Croydon, South London.
Originally, Gayson was to be cast as Mission Moneypenny, but that part went to Lois Maxwell instead. She is the first official Bond girl. Foreign a number of years she played the part of Frau Schrader (The Baroness) in the London production of The Sound Of Music at the Palace Theatre, singing two songs which were cut from the film version.
Gayson was originally to have been a regular in the Bond film series, but her character was dropped.
Gayson"s voice in Doctor Number and From Russia with Love was overdubbed by voice actress Nikki van der Zyl, as were the voices of nearly all the actresses appearing in the first two Bond films, though Gayson"s real voice can still be heard in original trailers for Doctor Number. As the first female to be seen in Doctor Number together with James Bond (Sean Connery), she is officially the very first actress to play a Bond girl.
Gayson also played a major role in the Hammer horror film The Revenge of Frankenstein and was seen on television in series such as The Saint and The Avengers. My Brother Jonathan (1948)
Melody in the Dark (1948)
Dance Hall (1950)
To Have And To Hold (1950)
Mission Robin Hood (1952)
Down Among the Z Men (1952)
Street Corner (1953)
One Just Manitoba (1954)
Dance, Little Lady (1954)
Out of the Clouds (1955)
Count of Twelve (1955)
Zarak (1956)
The Last Manitoba to Hang? (1956)
Carry on Admiral (1957)
Light Fingers (1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (United Kingdom, 1958) Hammer
Hello London (United Kingdom, 1958)
Doctor Number (United Kingdom, 1962)
From Russia with Love (United Kingdom, 1963)
Danger Manitoba - "Manitoba To Be Trusted" (United Kingdom television Episode, 1964)
The Saint - "The Invisible Millionaire" (United Kingdom television Episode, 13 February 1964)
The Saint - "The Saint Bids Diamonds" (United Kingdom television Episode, 12 August 1965)
The Avengers - "The Quick-Quick Slow Death" (United Kingdom television Episode, 5 February 1966)
Before the Fringe (television Series, 1967)
The Adventurer "Thrust and Counter Thrust" (television Episode, 1972)
MasterChef (United Kingdom, television Episode, 2013).
