Wonderful to see you again

She captured the hearts of teenage boys in the Seventies with a combination of spandex, sex appeal, superpowers and, of course, her golden lasso.

Now Lynda Carter - the original Wonder Woman - is to join the cast of hit musical Chicago in the West End. The former beauty queen will swap her star-spangled costume for a black powersuit to play Mama Morton, the merciless jailer of Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and the other bad girls behind bars in Chicago, at the Adelphi Theat re between 26 September and 22 November.

Carter, 54, will be joined by Sally Ann Triplett as Roxie, Amra-Faye Wright as Velma, Terence Maynard as Billy Flynn and Victor McGuire as Amos Hart.

She is the latest in a line of stars to join the musical which opened in the West End eight years ago, including Denise van Outen and Brooke Shields, who both played Roxie, and Alison Moyet, who played Mama Morton.

Carter became an international pin-up thanks to Wonder Woman but her career waned after the s e r ies ended. More recently, she appeared as Pauline in the film remake of The Dukes Of Hazzard.