Appearing in this capacity in two movies, she was unique in this regard until Lea Seydoux (as Madeleine Swann) in Spectre and No Time to Die nearly 60 years later.

Gayson and her twin sister Patricia were born in 1928 in Croydon to John and Maria Sargaison (née Gammon).

The family lived in Streatham, London and moved to Purley, Surrey and later Glasgow, before settling in Edinburgh.

[2] Gayson played a major role in the Hammer horror film The Revenge of Frankenstein and appeared on television in series such as The Saint (which starred a future James Bond, Roger Moore) and The Avengers.

"[5][6] Gayson married the writer Leigh Vance in 1953, a marriage that was featured on the American daytime television series Bride and Groom.