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Shirley Eaton (born 12 January 1937) is an English actress.

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Shirley Eaton (born 13 January 1937) is an English actress. Eaton appeared regularly in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and achieved notability for her performance as Jill Masterson in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. Preferring to devote herself to raising a family, Eaton retired from acting in 1969. Eaton was born in London and raised in the suburb of Harrow Weald. Throughout her career, she appeared with many of the top British male comedy stars from the period including Jimmy Edwards, Max Bygraves, Bob Monkhouse and Arthur Askey. Her female co-stars included Peggy Mount, Thora Hird and Dora Bryan among others. Her early roles include Three Men In A Boat (1956) and Date with Disaster (1957), in which she co-starred with Tom Drake. She also worked with The Crazy Gang in Life Is a Circus (1958) and with Mickey Spillane in The Girl Hunters (1963) in which Spillane played his own literary creation Mike Hammer. She starred in a version of Ten Little Indians (1965) with Fabian, and appeared in several early Carry On films. She rarely appeared on television; an exception was her work in three episodes of The Saint, starring Roger Moore. Although not known as a singer, Eaton participated in the British heat of the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest. Eaton achieved most recognition for her performance as Jill Masterson in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, and she appeared on the cover of Life Magazine in her gold-painted persona. Her character`s death, being painted head to toe in gold paint and suffering "skin suffocation" led to an urban myth that Eaton had died during filming. She appeared in a 2003 episode of the series MythBusters to dispel the rumour. After Goldfinger, Eaton made only a few more films, including The Million Eyes of Su-Muru (1969), before her retirement. Married to Colin Rowe from 1957 until his death in 1994, the couple had two children. Eaton retired from acting to raise her family and later commented in a 1999 interview with Steve Swires of Starlog Magazine, "A career is a career, but you`re a mother until you die." Eaton published an autobiography in 2000 titled Golden Girl.

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