Caroline Bliss

English actress

Andy Secombe

(m. 1995)

Caroline Bliss (born 12 July 1961)^[1] is an English actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She played M's secretary, Miss Moneypenny, in the James Bond films of the Timothy Dalton era.

Early life

She attended Godolphin and Latymer School, in the year above her Miss Moneypenny successor, Samantha Bond.

Miss Moneypenny

Bliss played Miss Moneypenny in the films The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill.^[2] The character had previously been played by Lois Maxwell.

Personal life

Bliss is the granddaughter of composer Sir Arthur Bliss, former Master of the Queen's Music.^[3] She is married to author and actor Andy Secombe and the couple live in Goonbell^[4]^[5] with their two children.^[6]

Filmography

Bliss's film and television work includes appearances in:

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982) (TV) .... Princess Diana^[2]
Killer Contract (1984) .... (TV) Celia Routledge
Pope John Paul II (1984) (TV) .... Rosa Kossack
My Brother Jonathan (1985) (TV) .... Edie Martyn
The Living Daylights (1987) .... Miss Moneypenny
The Moneymen (1987) (TV) .... Sarah
Licence to Kill (1989) .... Miss Moneypenny
Braxton (1989) .... Vanessa Rawlings
The Paradise Club (1990) (TV) .... DI Sarah Turnbull
Insektors (1994) (TV)
Ruth Rendell - A Case of Coincidence (1996) (TV) .... Sarah Quin
Blitzlicht (released as Inside Out in the U.S.) (1996)

Theatre

Her theatre work includes:

Blood Brothers
Blue Remembered Hills
Eve
Fuente Ovejuna
Good
Particular Friendships
Romeo and Juliet
Rough Justice
The Invisible Man
The Night They Raided Minsky's

References

^ "Caroline Bliss - IMDb". IMDb.com. IMDb, Inc. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Field, Matthew; Chowdhury, Ajay (2015). Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films. Foreword by George Lazenby. The History Press. ISBN 978-0-750-96421-0. Retrieved 13 April 2016 – via Google Books.
^ "Bliss, Caroline". spymovienavigator.com. Spy Movie Navigator. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ Turner, Robin (3 October 2010). "Harry Secombe's son recalls childhood of stars and laughter". Wales Online. Media Wales. Retrieved 13 April 2016. Andy Secombe, perhaps best known for providing the voice of insectoid creature Watto in the Star Wars prequels, has fittingly just moved into the Cornish village of Goonbell, with his actress wife Caroline Bliss.
^ "Now in Truro via Tatooine, Star Wars actor James gets ready to publish his fifth novel". The West Briton. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Why I'll always be grateful that my Dad was a Goon". Western Morning News. 27 November 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}