Shirley Eaton
(Jill Masterson) images

Shirley Eaton playing Jill Masterson

Born in London, England on 12th January 1937

Starred In Goldfinger (1964)

film information

After Felix Leiter tells Bond to keep an eye on Auric Goldfinger, he suspects that Goldfinger is not playing by the rules in the card game he is playing.

007 meets Jill when he enters Goldfinger's suite. She hastily remarks, "who are you?!" to which Bond replies rather smoothly "Bond, James Bond". He threatens Goldfinger with the Miami beach police unless he looses $15,000. Pleased with his new find, Bond and Jill then retire to the bedroom for the evening.

Later that evening whilst getting another Dom Pérignon ‘53 from the fridge, Oddjob knocks Bond unconscious. When 007 wakes he discovers Jill dead, suffocated after being painted completely in gold.

character information

Jill Masterson is employed by Goldfinger to help him win at cards and to be "seen" with him. She can see Goldfinger's opponent’s cards through her pair of binoculars. She communicates with Goldfinger telling him what cards his opponent has and what is going on in the game.

She is an intelligent, very beautiful woman who Bond thinks is too nice to be involved with Goldfinger. She enjoys humiliating Goldfinger but pays the ultimate price when Goldfinger gets his revenge.

other information

Even though Shirley Eaton only appears in the film for less than five minutes the scene with her painted in gold remains one of the most striking in the whole Bond series. In November 1964 this image caused a sensation when it was recreated on the front cover of Life magazine >. §