Eunice Gayson

Who is Eunice Gayson?

Eunice Gayson is an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's girlfriend in the first two Bond films. Originally, Gayson was going to be cast as Miss Moneypenny, but that part went to Lois Maxwell instead.

She was born in Croydon, South London.

For a number of years she played the part of Frau Schrader 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 Dr. No 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 Dr. No.

As the first female to be seen in Dr. No together with James Bond, 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 TV in series such as The Saint and The Avengers.