Actor Honor Blackman in 2000
Photo: John Mathew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · displayed with a layout crop

Guest-star file · Series 6

Honor Blackman

as Isobel Hewitt in A Talent for Life

The Avengers · Goldfinger

The Midsomer part

Who did Honor Blackman play?

Isobel Hewitt is an adventurous, independent woman whose arrival injects energy into a village already divided by money, family and resentment. Blackman's confident performance makes Isobel much more than a conventional victim or suspect.

This overview explains the character's place in the story without identifying the killer or final outcome.

Open the Series 6 case file →

Acting career

A brief performer profile.

Honor Blackman became a television pioneer as Cathy Gale in The Avengers and a global film icon as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. She continued working across theatre, film and television throughout a career of more than sixty years.

Profile source ↗