SYDNEY, Sept 30, 2007 (AFP) - Actress Lois Maxwell, who was known to millions of fans through her role as Miss Moneypenny in a series of Bond movies, has died in Australia, an official said Sunday. She was 80.

'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.