Bond`s Miss Moneypenny dies in Australia

"She passed away on 29th September at 11:40 pm," a spokeswoman for Fremantle Hospital in western Australia told AFP.

The Canadian-born actress had been living in Australia for several years because her son and his family are based there.

She first played the character, with whom the ever-charming 007 constantly flirted, alongside Sean Connery in "Dr No" in 1962.

She continued to play the role for more than two decades, starring in her final Bond movie, the 1985 "A View To A Kill," with Roger Moore.