The Rose: It was when she uprooted to Hollywood that this Somerset lass hit the payload. Having appeared in both the BBC and film versions of The Railway Children, Ms Agutter jumped a jet to Hollywood. Not before, thanks to new laws on film nudity, she stripped off at just 16 in Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout.

The Awesome: Best-known for her early flirtations with sci-fi and horror, Agutter cut an iconic figure in Logan’s Run before appearing in the cult classic An American Werewolf In London.

American Equivalent: Farrah Fawcett found similar success in television (which Agutter has stuck to post-'80s), and achieved superstar icon status - though she never quite had the film success that Agutter enjoyed.