Vanner left the profession to have a family in the late 1980s, but restarted her singing career in 2015 with a re-release of her 1969 hit single "Don't Pity Me" with Joanie Sommers.
Vanner also had roles in the high profile movies Nighthawks (1981 film)|Nighthawks and Return to Waterloo (film)|Return to Waterloo. ĭrawing on from this success, Vanner went on to appear in the film Count Dracula (1977 film)|Count Dracula and popular television series including Minder (TV series)|Minder, Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court, A Man Called Intrepid, Tales of the Unexpected and Girls on Top (British TV series)|Girls on Top. Despite only having a small role in the film, Vanner became known worldwide as a sex symbol after appearing naked under a fur rug. Vanner's character was given a name, Martine Blanchaud, in the novelisation of the film. Vanner then appeared as a French KGB agent in the famous and iconic pre-titles sequence of Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me, sharing a scene with Roger Moore.
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Vanner made her screen debut in the sex comedy film Adventures of a Taxi Driver and followed this with parts in Seven Faces of Woman and Curse of the Black Cat, the latter in a starring role. The trio of singles were written by Chris Andrews (singer)|Chris Andrews who also wrote singles for Sandie Shaw.
These, particularly 'Don't Pity Me', have since become Northern Soul classics, and Vanner a Northern Soul icon.
She released three singles under the name Sue Lynne in 1969, 'Don't Pity Me', 'Reach For The Moon' and 'Baby, Baby, Baby', to critical acclaim. After attending Romford Technological High School and then the Royal College of Art, Vanner began her career as a singer in the late 1960s.
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