- Born
- Birth nameBritt-Marie Eklund
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Britt Ekland was born in Sweden and grew up to be the poster girl for
beautiful, big-eyed Scandinavian blondes. She attended a drama school
and then joined a traveling theater group. With her looks as her
passport, Britt entered films and became a star in Italy. When
Peter Sellers met her in a hotel,
he fell hard for her and they soon married. The combination of Sellers'
stardom and her stunning beauty contributed to her fame (the fact that
Sellers suffered a heart attack in bed on their wedding night did not
hurt, either). She appeared in two films with her husband:
After the Fox (1966),
written by Neil Simon, and the
forgettable The Bobo (1967). Her claim
to fame would come as the young girl who invented the striptease in
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968).
After that, she appeared in a string of movies that were built around
her looks and not much else. She did appear in some first-rate
productions over the years, though, two of them being
Get Carter (1971) and the cult classic
The Wicker Man (1973). The high
point in her career would be her role as Bond girl Mary Goodnight in
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
After her much publicized breakup with rocker
Rod Stewart in 1977, Britt continued
to make movies--both features and made-for-TV films--and tried the
stage. By that time, the quality of her film projects had decreased
markedly, and she was reduced to appearing in things like
Fraternity Vacation (1985)
and Beverly Hills Vamp (1989).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
- SpousesSlim Jim Phantom(March 20, 1984 - 1992) (divorced, 1 child)Peter Sellers(February 19, 1964 - December 18, 1968) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsSven EklundMaj-Britt Eklund
- Platinum blonde hair
- Sparkling blue eyes
- Deep sultry voice
- She was pregnant at the time she was filming The Wicker Man (1973), and as a result, a body double had to be used for some of the rear shots during the sequence where her character is dancing around naked and singing in an attempt to seduce Edward Woodward's character.
- Had an affair with rocker Rod Stewart in the mid-'70s, and sang French on his smash hit "Tonight's the Night". When she found out he was unfaithful to her, she filed a $12.5-million palimony suit, claiming that she gave up much of her career for him and that she deserved a large portion of his income as compensation. The lawsuit was dismissed by the courts.
- Lost her mother in May 1995 to Alzheimer's Disease after a lengthy
illness. Britt is currently involved with the Alzheimer's Disease
Association, trying to spread awareness, etc., of this illness. - Daughter with Peter Sellers: Victoria Sellers (born January 20, 1965).
- As a teenager, she had a resemblance to Brigitte Bardot and got work as a lookalike.
- The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find.
- I said I don't sleep with married men, but what I meant was I don't
sleep with happily married men. - [on Peter Sellers] I would squirm with embarrassment at the demeaning
lengths he would go to in order to ingratiate himself with the Royal
Family. - [on Warren Beatty] Warren is the most divine lover of all. His libido
was as lethal as high-octane gas. I had never known such pleasure of passion in my life. - I just like someone who satisfies me sexually and is fun, but puts no demands on me and who disappears out of my life when I like them to disappear out of my life.
- The Double Man (1968) - $20,000 .00
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