Legendary British actress Honor Blackman, best known for playing iconic Bond girl Pussy Galore in the James Bond film “Goldfinger,” has died at the age of 94. Blackman reportedly passed away peacefully today in her home, dying of natural causes.

Considered one of the best female characters ever created for that long-running franchise, Blackman’s career also included famed British TV series “The Avengers” along with films like “Jason and the Argonauts” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary”. She was also a highly talented talented stage performer and sung the 1964 song “Kinky Boots”.

Her family released a statement to The Guardian, saying: “As well as being a much-adored mother and grandmother, Honor was an actor of hugely prolific creative talent; with an extraordinary combination of beauty, brains and physical prowess, along with her unique voice and a dedicated work ethic, she achieved an unparalleled iconic status in the world of film and entertainment and with absolute commitment to her craft and total professionalism in all her endeavours she contributed to some of the great films and theatre productions of our times.”

Blackman also had a sense of humor about her work, amused by American audience prudishness about the Pussy Galore name: “It’s tongue-in-cheek, isn’t it? I mean, if you’re so po-faced that you have to take that seriously, well bad luck. But I mean, it was very funny. In the States, I was quite shocked that they were shocked. I was rather taken aback. So I used to quite deliberately say, ‘Oh, you mean Pussy?’.”