British actress Bella Emberg has died aged 80, prompting a flood of tributes from her family, friends, colleagues and fans.
The “huge comedy talent” is most fondly remembered for her character Blunder Woman, the comic sidekick of hapless superhero Cooperman, in the 1980s television programme The Russ Abbot Show.
In an interview with the Daily Mirror last year, Emberg insisted the Blunder Woman character had been a positive thing, despite struggling to find work when the show finished in 1996.
“Once every few weeks I go and look at that Blunder Woman costume – still hanging up at home – and I feel nothing but gratitude.”