Tributes have been paid to the comedy actor Bella Emberg, who has died aged 80.

Emberg was described by Russ Abbot, with whom she appeared on The Russ Abbot Show as Blunderwoman, as a “a woman of immense warmth and generosity”.

Emberg appeared in programmes including The Benny Hill Show, Doctor Who and Z Cars during a television career that spanned six decades.

Russ Abbot and Bella Emberg as Cooperman and Blunderwoman. Photograph: ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

She had recently finished filming In The Long Run, a Sky One comedy created by Idris Elba, the BBC said.

However, she will be best remembered for her turn as Blunderwoman, the comic sidekick of Abbot’s Cooperman in the 1980s.



Abbot said: “It is with a heavy heart that I heard the news about Bella. She was not only a great sport but a huge comedy talent. A genuinely funny woman, I count myself very lucky to have worked alongside her. She really was a one-off.”

Les Dennis, who appeared on The Russ Abbot Show, shared a photo of him and Emberg on Twitter.