Happy Mother’s Day from The Spy Command

Here’s a sampling of images of Mothers from the spy genre for Mother’s Day. If your mother is still available for a chat, take advantage of the opportunity.

Barbara Feldon’s 99 became a mother toward the end of Get Smart’s 1965-70 run.

Boris Karloff’s title card from The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.’s The Mother Muffin Affair

Judi Dench, who played two versions of M in James Bond films.

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Judi Dench’s M, the most prominent mother in the 007 film series.

Happy Mother’s Day

Everybody has a mother, even fictional characters such as James Bond.

James Bond was born of a Scottish father, Andrew Bond of Glencoe, and a Swiss mother, Monique Delacroix, from the Canton de Vaud…When he was eleven years of age, both his parents were killed in a climbing accident in the Aiguilles Rouges above Chamonix, and the youth came under the guardianship of an aunt, since deceased, Miss Charmian Bond….

Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice, Chapter 21, “Obit,” 1964. The chapter is written as if it were an obituary in The Times of London and penned by M.

Happy birthday to all the moms out there. Some of us get to spend more time with our mothers than others can. Each Mother’s Day you can can visit or talk with a mother is precious.