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Colin Lenton Rowe: Meet Shirley Eaton’s Husband

Shirley Eaton’s Husband

Colin Lenton Rowe is Shirley Eaton’s husband. The wife of Colin Lenton Rowe is an English actress. She was a fixture in British films during the 1950s and 1960s, but her most famous role was as Bond Girl Jill Masterson in the James Bond film Goldfinger, which earned her bombshell notoriety.

Quick Facts

Full NameColin Lenton Rowe
famous asHusband of Shirley Eaton
Age64 years old at the time of death
Date of Birth1929
Place of BirthEdmonton, Middlesex, England.
Date of death1994
Zodiac signN/A
NationalityEnglish
EthnicityCaucasian
Children Grant Rowe, Jason Rowe
Spouse Shirley Eaton (m. 1957–1994)

Colin Lenton Rowe: Meet Shirley Eaton’s Husband

Colin Lenton Rowe is most known as Shirley Eaton’s Husband. He was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, England in 1929. According to Geni, he was the son of Victor Rowe and Hilda Rowe. While Eaton began his acting career at the age of 12 and has been in 29 films, including ‘What A Carve Up’ and ‘Goldfinger,’ her spouse, according to Geni, was a building constructor.

The marriage of Shirley Eaton and Colin Lenton Rowe

Eaton and Colin Lenton Rowe married on Monday, August 5, 1957, in a magnificent wedding ceremony. She was 21 at the time of their wedding, and he was 27. The couple’s marriage produced two children, Grant Rowe and Jason Rowe, as well as five grandchildren.

The Goldfinger actress gave up acting to raise her family, saying in a 1999 interview with Starlog magazine’s Steve Swires, “A career is a career, but you’re a mother until you die.” When she retired, she was 32 years old. In an interview with writer James Davies on June 18, 2008, she stated, “The most important thing for me was being a woman and having a family more than being a very famous glamorous actress.”

Colin Lenton Rowe’s Death

Shirley Eaton’s husband died in 1994. He was 64 years old at the time of his untimely death. The family has not divulged the cause of his death. Shirley resided in France for several years after her husband died. She returned to London in 1995.

In 1999, the actress released his first autobiography, Golden Girl. Later, she published her second book (Golden Girl Shirley Eaton: Her Reflections), which is a picture book of all her film photos from her career, and her third book (Shirley Eaton, Bond’s Golden Girl; her own ART Gallery), which is full of her paintings and sculptures made over a lifetime, as well as her art and photography.