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Shirley Eaton is married to Colin Lenton Rowe. Colin Lenton Rowe’s wife is an English actress. In the 1950s and 1960s, she was a regular actress in British films, but her best-known performance was as Bond girl Jill Masterson in the James Bond film Goldfinger, which made her a famous bombshell.

Meet Shirley Eaton’s Husband Colin Lenton Rowe

Most people know Colin Lenton Rowe as Shirley Eaton’s husband. He was born in 1929 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England. He was the son of Victor Rowe and Hilda Rowe, according to Geni. While Eaton began acting at the age of 12 and appeared in 29 films, including “What A Carve Up” and “Goldfinger,” Geni claims her husband was a builder.

The nuptials of Colin Lenton Rowe and Shirley Eaton

On Monday, August 5, 1957, Eaton and Colin Lenton Rowe were united in marriage in a grand ceremony. When they married, she was 21 and he was 27. Grant Rowe and Jason Rowe were the couple’s two children and they also had five grandchildren. In a 1999 interview with Starlog magazine’s Steve Swires, the Goldfinger actress said, “A career is a career, but you’re a mother until you die.”

She later left acting to focus on raising her family. She was 32 years old when she retired. On June 18, 2008, she said in an interview with author James Davies that “the most important thing for me was to be a woman and have a family, rather than being a very famous glamorous actress.”

Death of Colin Lenton Rowe

In 1994, Shirley Eaton’s husband died. He passed away very suddenly when she was only 64 years old. The cause of his death has not been revealed by the family. Shirley lived in France for a time after her husband’s death. In 1995 she returned to London.

The actress published her first book, Golden Girl, in 1999. Her third book, Shirley Eaton, Bond’s Golden Girl; Her own ART gallery contains all of her paintings and sculptures created throughout her life, as well as her art and photography. She also published her second book, Golden Girl Shirley Eaton: Her Reflections, which is an illustrated book of all the film photographs from her career.

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