In 1971, Julie Ege (1943 – 2008) was Voluptua in the first Up Pompeii film, based on the titter-heavy sitcom of the same name. Having starred in Creatures the World Forgot, a Hammer “cave girl” film, Ege was touted as the “Sex Symbol of the 1970s” by Sir James Carreras, head of Hammer Film Productions. The Independent
