Most recently she was recognizable to American audiences as Lady Rosamund Painswick on the hit series Downton Abbey.
Shirley Eaton played Jill Masterson in Goldfinger 1964.
In 1995 she gained more international fame as Queen Isabella in Braveheart, and in 1999 she achieved more blockbuster success as the villainous Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough.