Honor Blackman, the actress best known for her iconic role as Pussy Galore in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, has died of natural causes at the age of 94 at her home in Lewes, England.

Blackman, a judo expert, abruptly quit her role as the leather-clad Cathy Gale in the the hugely popular British TV series The Avengers after just two seasons to become a Bond girl, to be replaced by Diana Rigg as Emma Peel.

In Goldfinger, Blackman’s Pussy Galore character played the leader of an all-female flying display team:

After Goldfinger, Blackman enjoyed a long-running movie career. Highlights included 1965’s The Secret of My Success with Shirley Jones and Stella Stevens, 1970’s Lola with Charles Bronson and Susan George, and more recently 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary, and the 2012 thriller, I, Anna.

For most of the 1990s, Blackman starred as Laura West in the long-running ITV sitcom The Upper Hand, an adaptation of the ABC hit Who’s The Boss, with Blackman playing the role of the sexually-active mother originated by Katherine Helmond.

Blackman is survived by two children and four grandchildren.