From: davidc@wa-wd.com   
      
   On Tue, 5 Aug 2025 20:48:31 -0000 (UTC), Big Mongo    
   wrote:   
      
   >Somebody else wrote...   
   >   
   >>>Rimington, who led MI5 from 1992 to 1996, was widely believed to be the   
   >>>inspiration behind the female role of M in the James Bond movies, played   
   >>>by UK star Judi Dench.   
   >   
   >I'm suspecting she might have been the basis for Kristin Scott Thomas's   
   >character, Diane Taverner, in the recent "Slow Horses" series.   
      
   Also Mrs. Pynchon in "Lou Grant."   
      
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