“A lot of people think I’m dead anyway,” adds tiny, chuckling 79-year-old Bella, after shuffling into her local pub in Wimbledon, South West London, wearing a plastic rainhood.Īt its peak, a staggering 18 million viewers saw Blunderwoman battling criminals alongside Cooperman, a mix of Superman and comedian Tommy Cooper, played by the show’s namesake. If I tried to spin round like Blunderwoman today, I’d probably fall over. “Now my right leg’s gone and the left’s going. anyway I did and the first time I put it on I span round and my boobs fell out! I was always very careful after that.
She says: “The first time I saw the costume I said: ‘I am NOT wearing that!’. No, for generations of Brits there was only one crime-fighting female – Blunderwoman – and the lady who played her, Bella Emberg.īut she had to be persuaded to try the costume that led to her superstardom on 1980s Saturday night sketch show Russ Abbot ’s Madhouse. this movie was a right of passage for any boy growing up from the 80s. Not, of course, the new Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot. its impossible to have a top 10 list of greatest boob scenes from 80s movies and NOT include a scene from the porkys trilogy. With her lasso of truth and bulletproof headband, she once whirled on to our TV screens in a blur of star-spangled hotpants and red boots.īut these days, this superhero has a bad case of gout, which has left her hobbling around on a walking stick.
