Miss Moneypenny: Difference between revisions

In [[Ian Fleming]]'s first draft of ''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]'' (1953), Moneypenny's name was originally "Miss 'Petty' Pettaval", which was taken from Kathleen Pettigrew, the personal assistant to [[MI6]] director [[Stewart Menzies]]. Fleming changed it to be less obvious.<ref name="macintyre20080405">{{cite news | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/for_your_eyes_only/article3652410.ece | title=Was Ian Fleming the real 007? | accessdate=8 March 2011 | author=Macintyre, Ben | date=5 April 2008| publisher=The Times}}</ref> Other candidates for Moneypenny's inspiration include [[Vera Atkins]] of [[Special Operations Executive]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=20071015_110172_110172 |title=Miss Moneypenny is forever |magazine=Maclean's|first=Mark |last=Steyn |date=15 October 2007}}</ref> [[Paddy Ridsdale]], a [[Military intelligence|Naval Intelligence]] secretary;{{r|macintyre20080405}} [[Joan Bright Astley]], whom Fleming dated during [[World War II]], and who was noted for giving a warm and friendly reception to senior officers who visited her office to view confidential papers;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/joan-bright-astley-secretary-to-winston-churchills-war-cabinet-1517799.html|title=Obituary|work=[[The Independent]]|date=28 January 2009}}</ref> and Joan Howe, Fleming's red-haired secretary at ''[[The Times]]'' who had typed the manuscript of ''Casino Royale''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Maclean|first=Rory|authorlink=Rory Maclean|title=Gift of Time|year=2012|publisher=[[Constable & Robinson]]|location=London|isbn=978-1-84901-857-9}}</ref> The [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] has used the term "Fleming's Miss Moneypenny" when referring to Jean Frampton, who typed out the manuscripts for Fleming's later works and made plot suggestions to him, even though the two never met.<ref>{{cite news|last=Salkeld|first=Luke |title=Revealed: The letters that show how Ian Fleming called on his REAL Miss Moneypenny to bring James Bond up to scratch |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-544888/Revealed-The-letters-Ian-Fleming-called-REAL-Miss-Moneypenny-bring-James-Bond-scratch.html |accessdate=11 May 2012 |newspaper=[[The Daily Mail]] |date=25 March 2008|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fleming letters raise thousands|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7341882.stm|accessdate=11 May 2012|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|date=11 April 2008|location=London}}</ref>