But it's safe to assume that no one, until now, has tried to suggest she bears any physical resemblance to a character in the 1968 film Planet Of The Apes.
I stupidly dipped a toe in the other, Amanda Holden, camp.
But former Bouquet Of Barbed Wire star Susan Penhaligon says that, these days, as an older actress, classic images of her in hot pants are proving something of a hindrance.
Still, she confesses that submitting to the treatment was done on a whim.
She has also had a substantial stage career.
It might affect only one per cent of people, but I'm in that one per cent.