She has starred in films alongside Hollywood’s finest, including Kirk Douglas, Sylvester Stallone and David Niven, but it was playing an undercover agent who seduces James Bond in a snow-covered log cabin that catapulted socialite Susie Vanner to overnight global fame.
One of the most memorable opening scenes of any 007 film, this tantalising introduction to The Spy Who Loved Me is still celebrated over four decades later, as is the actress, model and singer who starred opposite Roger Moore.
“Every week, I receive fan mail from all over the world,” she says with a smile, inviting HELLO! into her magnificent London residence as she releases her new single, That Kinda Love, from her second album of the same name.
“After I’ve been away, there’s a whole stack of it waiting for me – it really makes my day.
“Once you’ve done a Bond movie, you’re immortalised,” she continues, showing us a framed watercolour of herself in the 1977 film. A gift from Los Angeles-based artist Geoffrey Marshall, who is an ardent fan, it takes pride
