Eighties bombshell unrecognisable 39 years after hit TV show and insuring her famous legs for $1m

THIS brunette bombshell was once the most desired woman in Hollywood.

The natural beauty rose to fame donning a pair of hotpants and was given sex symbol status worldwide.

Former Hollywood star Catherine was seen out and about in LA looking relaxed and wearing casual clothing.

Dressed head to toe in black, the star wore her long brunette hair down and accessorised her tight top and leggings with dark shades and an over-the-shoulder black handbag.

The model rose to fame starring in the iconic role as Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard and made Catherine Bach a household name.

The actress went onto star in movies Street Justice, Driving Force, Masters of Menace, The Breakup Girl and soap opera The Young and the Restless.

She was last seen on the big screen in 2015's flick, Book of Fire.

Speaking about wowing the casting directors at her first audition for the hit show, she said: “After I did my reading during the audition, there was total silence.

"I thought, ‘Oh no, they didn’t like what I did.’ Then everyone, we’re talking about 30 people, got up and started clapping.

“They just connected with my vision of how this part should be played. Two weeks later, I was on a plane to Georgia.”

She told CMT News in 2005 about being a bombshell: “I think what made Daisy Duke stand out is that I am a ‘sex symbol’ who never took her clothes off and never had a love scene.”

"I never did anything embarrassing. And by the way, to this day, people know that I’m not going to shock them or surprise them with some crazy thing.

"Somebody’s got to be able to carry the bottom line and have a dignified life and not be crazy. And I guess that’s just gonna be me.”

During the height of her fame, the star made headlines after insuring her legs for $1 million.

She said at the time: "You know what it is? I do things that I shouldn’t really do... I ski.

"I had a plane when I started the series, which they made me get rid of… [I do] a lot of things. And I sort of take chances. So they thought that they should insure my legs."

Bach made her mark and posed as Daisy Duke for a poster which sold 5 million copies.

The Monk actress married David Shaw (the stepson of Angela Lansbury) in 1976.

The couple divorced in 1981 and Bach went onto marry entertainment lawyer Peter Lopez in 1990.

The couple had two daughters. Sadly, in April 2010, the 60-year-old was found shot dead in what's thought to be a suicide.