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Eunice Gayson (born Eunice Sargaison, 17 March 1928 – 8 June 2018) was an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's girlfriend in the first two Bond films (Dr. No and From Russia with Love). 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 (The Baroness) in the London production of The Sound of Music at the Palce 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 (Sean Connery), she is officially the very first actress to play a Bond girl.

Decades later, Gayson's daughter appeared in a casino scene in the 1995 Bond film GoldenEye.

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