As a filmbuff in the 1970s Julie Ege was unavoidable.

Her pneumatic figure, explosion of honey blonde hair and classic European looks exuded from the pages of Photoplay and Film Review magazines, forever promoting a new or upcoming film and always seemingly free for a photo shoot. The former Miss Norway and Penthouse model's appearance in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE earned her the Gaumont-goers most prestigious female honour: A Bond Girl.

She could never be accused of being an actress but she was a definite presence and could have been given a bit more to handle than the sexy siren roles she was given in a run of British comedies and horror movies in the 1970s.

She later turned her back on acting to become a nurse in her native Norway. Julie had battled breast and lung cancer since the 1980s and sadly she succumbed to the illness yesterday at the age of 65.