Britt Ekland was born on Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942 and is a Swedish actress, model and singer.
28 Facts About Britt Ekland
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Britt Ekland starred in several horror films including the British horror film The Wicker Man, and appeared as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun.
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Britt Ekland's mother died of Alzheimer's disease in the 1980s, which had a profound effect on her.
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Britt Ekland had small roles in the Swedish films Kort ar sommaren and Det ar hos mig han har varit, before landing her first major supporting part in the George Marshall Western Advance to the Rear.
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Britt Ekland followed this with After the Fox, starring Sellers; she made one more film with Sellers, The Bobo.
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Britt Ekland then starred in a string of Italian films, Machine Gun McCain, The Conspirators, and as Antigone in The Cannibals.
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Britt Ekland played a comedy role in Royal Flash, which has been described as "perhaps her best screen work".
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In 1976 Britt Ekland provided the French spoken part at the end of then-boyfriend Rod Stewart's hit single "Tonight's the Night ".
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Britt Ekland portrayed biographical characters, such as the one based on real-life actress Anny Ondra in the television film Ring of Passion.
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Britt Ekland was featured in the horror films The Monster Club and Satan's Mistress.
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Britt Ekland appeared in the comedy film Fraternity Vacation, followed by a role in the slasher film Moon in Scorpio, and as prostitute Mariella Novotny in the feature Scandal about the Profumo affair.
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Britt Ekland has guest-starred on various television series, including an appearance on the popular TV series Superboy, playing an alien disguised as Lara, Superboy's biological mother, during the show's second season in 1990.
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Britt Ekland published a beauty and fitness book, Sensual Beauty: How to Achieve It, followed by a fitness video in 1992.
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Britt Ekland appeared on stage as a cast member in Cinderella at the Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent in December 1999 and January 2000.
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Britt Ekland appeared as a guest on the British daytime television show Loose Women, in January 2008.
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From December 2008 to January 2009 Britt Ekland starred in Cinderella at the Shaw Theatre in London.
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Britt Ekland starred in further pantomimes at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, in 2011 and 2012.
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In 2010 Britt Ekland took part in the reality TV show I'm a Celebrity.
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Britt Ekland was one of the housewives of Svenska Hollywoodfruar on TV3 from 2012 to 2014.
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In 2020 Britt Ekland appeared in Season 4 of BBC TV's The Real Marigold Hotel.
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Also in 2020, Britt Ekland toured the country in a production of The Cat and the Canary playing Mrs Pleasant.
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Britt Ekland became famous overnight as a result of her 1964 whirlwind romance and marriage to English actor and comedian Peter Sellers, who proposed after seeing her photograph in the paper and then meeting her in London.
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Britt Ekland stood by him after he suffered a series of heart attacks shortly after their marriage.
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Britt Ekland was stepmother to Sellers' children Sarah and Michael.
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In June 1973, Britt Ekland had a son, Nicolai Adler, with record producer Lou Adler.
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Britt Ekland had a much publicised romance with rock star Rod Stewart.
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In 2004, Britt Ekland was portrayed by Charlize Theron in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
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Britt Ekland accompanied Theron to the Cannes Film Festival, where she became highly emotional when she saw the film.