I am agog at the news: Roger Moore – her co-star in The Spy Who Loved Me – also started off as a knitwear model. “Oh that’s right! I knew there was something about him I liked. His knitwear was very classic, really.” She left school with two O-Levels in French and Art. She says: “That wasn’t going to get me very far, so I started going to classes at Brighton College of Art.” But after romping with Hasselhoff in space in Starcrash, whose spin-off merchandise includes a c ollectible Caroline Munro ray-gun-waving action figure (do leather bikini bottoms feature holsters as standard? Sure, why not?), she changed course. In the slasher film Maniac she played a photographer romanced by a New York serial killer who scalps his victims. It remains something of a cult favourite, although at the time it attracted some interest from some British police forces as a putative video nasty. The reason was that Caroline is dyslexic, which wasn’t diagnosed. Instead, the school branded her “slow”. Earlier that year, her dad had dropped her off at Elstree studios to play one of Woody Allen’s gun-toting guards in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale. “We all wore chain mail dresses and gladiator boots. My mum was thrilled. She loved Woody Allen’s work.”

In No Time to Die, Daniel Craig wears two pairs of sunglasses provided by Vuarnet. In Jamaica he sports the Vuarnet Legend 06 model, while later in the film he is wearing the Vuarnet Edge 1613. In 1977, the producer of the Bond films, Cubby Broccoli, cast her as Bond villainess Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me. In one scene, Roger Moore’s Bond arrives in Sardinia, posing as a marine biologist. Naomi, sporting a bikini and diaphanous peignoir, sashays to her boat, as Bond comments: “What a handsome craft – such lovely lines.”I loved the job,” she says. “We had shoots in all kinds of exotic places.” And Cornwall. “I remember being in the sea in the winter. Not a good day.” Caroline Munro is at A Weekend By The Sea with Talking Pictures TV in Christchurch, Dorset, July 16-17. renownfilms.co.uk. Her next Q The Music show is at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, on October 23. Go to qthemusicshow.com/seetheshow

While she was there, an older student asked if he could take some photos of her. Her mum agreed, and she posed at Preston Manor, just outside of Brighton, for portraits. The photographer entered them into a newspaper competition, judged by David Bailey. She was cast in Dracula A.D. 1972 and later starred in The Spy Who Loved Me with Roger Moore and Barbara Bach, springboarding her to a career that has really never stopped.

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Among the millions who saw that poster were James Carreras, chairman of Hammer Films, and Cubby Broccoli, the 007 film franchise legend. The Mirror's newsletter brings you the latest news, exciting showbiz and TV stories, sport updates and essential political information. There was one near-incident, in fact, involving a Hollywood producer who had rented the whole top floor of Claridge’s hotel in London. “I walked in, and I ran out.” Why? “He was with his girlfriend, but there was something wrong. Something I didn’t care for. I just made my excuses and ran. It was an instinctive thing.” She declines to elaborate, but mentions the film she was there to discuss: Two for the Road, the Stanley Donen-directed romcom starring Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. The 007 Store has a great selection of film posters and prints. The early movie posters in particular are real works of art in their own right and any fan of the series should be delighted to receive them. Books

No matter. Munro became a Bond girl. She talks enthusiastically about sharing memories with fellow members of that elite club on the festival circuit. “The roles are getting better for women. When you think about it, the most iconic Bond girl is Judi Dench.” Tasting notes. A dark rum character with the smooth and light body notes of gold. A soft and sweet entrance with vanilla and caramel flavours, followed by toasted marshmallow and a natural spice finish. bottles of this rich, warming and dark golden rum have been released in France, Italy, the UK and the US. Caroline grew up in Richmond, South West London, and then moved with her parents to Rottingdean, a pretty village in Sussex, where her gran lived. She says: “Rottingdean was an idyllic place to grow up, and I would go across the fields each morning to get to school. Not in a great hurry, mind. I didn’t like school and school didn’t like me.”She says: “I never had ambitions to be an actress. I never even had ambitions to be a model. I think my mum thought a nice career for me would have been a window dresser in a shop.” Sunspel’s Riviera Polo shirt was tailored for Daniel Craig in Casino Royale and instantly became a classic. Bond wears the navy shirt after returning to the Bahamas from Miami. Daniel Craig wears Orlebar Brown’s 1950s inspired sky blue Setter swim shorts in a brief scene from Skyfall, when Bond swims lengths of his hotel pool after arriving in China. The company also launched a 007 collection with reimagined items from selected Bond films. But Munro’s big acting break, in 1972, was thanks not to such screen work but her continuing efforts for booze and seamen. James Carreras, head of Hammer horror, had also been transfixed by a Lamb’s Navy Rum billboard. As a result, she became – like Ingrid Pitt, Joanna Lumley, Kate O’Mara – fated to spend aeons being nibbled by gaunt men with false teeth. Instead, she became a hostess on Ted Rogers’ Yorkshire TV gameshow 3-2-1 and had two daughters, Georgina and Iona, with her second husband, the writer-director George Dugdale who directed her in Slaughter High.

Caroline, who was a hostess on game show 3-2-1 with Ted Rogers and Lynda Lee Lewis in the 1980s, also appears every Friday night on Talking Pictures TV, introducing old horror movies, and in July will appear at Christchurch, Dorset, as part of a weekend of Talking Pictures-organised events. Although she loves visiting the US, she was never tempted to live there. She says: “I had the chance to go, and Cubby thought I would do very well in America. But I had my parents here, I had my life here and doing a lot of work in Europe. I had to follow my heart and I said no. Hollywood wasn’t for me.” Taste: Sweet and pleasantly spicy on the palate. The rum is very smooth for its age. I could taste caramel, overripe banana, coconut and later on some slight wood. Nose: Very strong and pleasant: molasses, caramel, spices (cloves, nutmeg, ginger), overripe tropical fruit (banana) and coconut. Whether he is dressed in a tuxedo or more casually, 007 always dresses well. Here you’ll find clothing brands associated with James Bond from the books and films, including Daniel Craig’s films up to and including No Time to Die.Turnbull & Asser have been associated with 007 since 1962 when they provided shirts for Sean Connery. Since then the shirt maker has frequently returned to the series. In time for winter 2020 the company released a 007 collection of shirts and ties, including a pale blue shirt similar to the one in Dr No. Also available are a Casino Royale style white shirt and bow tie. She says: “The next thing I heard was my portrait had won the contest. And suddenly, I was the ‘Face of 1966’.” Summary: For its age, this is a very above average rum with an excellent aroma and a very good taste. It is an excellent choice at a price of around 35 EUR (Czech). Her career could have taken a different turn had she moved to the US. “I went there to audition for some daytime soap in the 80s: Young and Restless or The Bold and the Beautiful – I forget which. But my parents were ageing by then and I didn’t want to leave them.” Her loyalty to them also meant she turned down the role of comic book heroine Vampirella, for whom she would have to shed her clothes entirely. Didn’t her religious parents object to their only child getting into the scanty end of modelling? “I think they were pleased that I found a career that I enjoyed. I had dyslexia which, for a long time, really undermined my confidence. I think my mother hoped I would become a window dresser.”