Does Honor Blackman actually have a Cockney accent?

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vnisanian2001 — 13 years ago(April 02, 2013 07:09 AM)

Does she actually have a Cockeny accent? Or does she fake one for this film?

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benman46 — 13 years ago(April 03, 2013 04:55 PM)

No it's a fake.

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vnisanian2001 — 13 years ago(April 03, 2013 06:47 PM)

Pardon my ignorance, but I always thought a Cockney was someone born in London. Honor is a London native herself.

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benman46 — 13 years ago(April 04, 2013 05:15 AM)

Cockneys traditionally come from the east end of London,but are also found in certain areas of North London eg.Tottenham. Honor Blackman was born in Plaistow which is in east London but spent most of her early life in Ealing which is west London.After drama school she moved out of London altogether. Apparently people from other parts of London can get quite upset if they are called Cockneys.

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vnisanian2001 — 13 years ago(April 04, 2013 12:58 PM)

BTW, are there any recent interviews she gave in which she talks about having to fake a Cockney accent for this film? I'd like to read some of them.

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benman46 — 13 years ago(April 04, 2013 06:18 PM)

I can't think of any interviews where she talks specifically about the accent, but there are probably interviews she gave for the film online. Many of the actors faked a Cockney accent including Harry Treadaway,Rasmus Hardiker,Michelle Ryan, Dudley Sutton, and Richard Briers. Alan Ford is the only one with a genuine accent.

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benman46 — 13 years ago(April 04, 2013 06:19 PM)

I can't think of any interviews where she talks specifically about the accent, but there are probably interviews she gave for the film online. Many of the actors faked a Cockney accent including Harry Treadaway,Rasmus Hardiker,Michelle Ryan, Dudley Sutton, and Richard Briers. Alan Ford is the only one with a genuine accent.

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perniciouspen@hotmail.com — 11 years ago(May 28, 2014 04:18 AM)

If she was born in Plaistow she probably did originally have a 'cockney' accent but I should think that her time at drama school got rid of that. Although like some actors she can probably call upon it when required.

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huwdj — 11 years ago(June 28, 2014 12:43 PM)

I think that might depend on what kind of family she grew up in. If
working class
then yes, probably a cockney accent but if
middle class
then possibly not. But also, at the time Honor Blackman started acting it would have been trained out of her anyway.

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!!!deleted!!! (2212087) — 10 years ago(July 08, 2015 12:50 AM)

"Her plummy tones were famously acquired as a result of elocution lessons when she was 16 to knock the East End accent out of her."
http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/455937/Honor-Blackman-It-s-time-for-me-to-start-slowing-down