Stella Rimington, first woman to lead UK’s domestic spy agency MI5, dies
She was widely credited as the inspiration for Dame Judi Dench’s spy chief ‘M’ in the James Bond movies
She was widely credited as the inspiration for Dame Judi Dench’s spy chief ‘M’ in the James Bond movies

Dame Stella Rimington, the first female director general of MI5, dies

Stella Rimington, first female chief of Britain's MI5, dies at 90 - UPI.com

First female boss of MI5 dies aged 90

Dame Stella Rimington, ‘housewife superspy’ first female head of MI5 who later wrote thrillers

Stella Rimington, First Woman to Lead British Intelligence Agency, Dies at 90

Stella Rimington, first female MI5 chief, dies aged 90

Dame Stella Rimington, former MI5 director general, dies at 90

Frühere MI5-Chefin Stella Rimington gestorben

Addio a Stella Rimington, prima donna a dirigere gli 007 di Sua Maestà

Stella Rimington battled communists, terrorists and literary critics

She fought the pipe-smoking, tweedy male managers to become head of MI5, the first woman to lead any of Britain’s intelligence…

Dame Stella is widely credited as the model for Dame Judi Dench’s M in the James Bond films

Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain's spy agency MI5 and the inspiration behind Judi Dench's M in James Bond, has…

She is widely credited as the model for Dame Judi Dench’s M in the James Bond franchise

She inspired Judi Dench’s portrayal of M and helped to change MI5’s old-boys’ club image but later clashed with the service over…

Widely regarded as the inspiration for the recast of the James Bond character “M,” she was the first British spy chief to be…