54 Facts About Lynne Frederick

Lynne Frederick was an English actress and model.

Lynne Frederick often played the girl next door and performed in a range of genres, from contemporary science fiction to slasher horror, romantic dramas, classic westerns, and occasional comedies, although her greater successes were in period films and costume dramas.

Lynne Frederick was publicly criticised, ridiculed and perceived as a gold digger by the press and public.

Lynne Frederick lived out the remainder of her years in California, and kept a low profile until her death in 1994.

Lynne Frederick was the first recipient of the award for Best New Coming Actress from the Evening Standard British Film Awards in 1973, for her performances in Henry VIII and His Six Wives and The Amazing Mr Blunden.

Lynne Frederick is one of only eight actresses, and the youngest, to hold this title.

Lynne Frederick never knew or met her father, and had no personal relationships or connections with his side of the family.

Lynne Frederick occasionally faced social stigma due to her parents' divorce.

Lynne Frederick attended Notting Hill and Ealing High School in London.

Lynne Frederick was discovered at the age of 15 by American actor and film director Cornel Wilde, who was a friend and colleague of her mother.

Notwithstanding the lukewarm reception of the film, Lynne Frederick became an overnight sensation, and her career quickly took off.

Lynne Frederick was regularly featured in newspaper articles and fashion magazines as a model and cover girl.

Lynne Frederick then signed a cosmetics contract with Mennen, and became a spokesmodel for Protein 21 shampoo, starring in nationwide print and television advertising campaigns.

Lynne Frederick was first runner-up for the role of Saint Clare of Assisi in the Franco Zeffirelli production of Brother Sun, Sister Moon, which ultimately went to Judi Bowker.

Lynne Frederick continued to work in film and television projects throughout 1973 and 1974.

Lynne Frederick landed a role in the Spanish romance film A Long Return, where she played her first grown-up character.

Lynne Frederick appeared alongside Fabio Testi in Four of the Apocalypse as well as in the adventure film Cormack of the Mounties.

Lynne Frederick returned to playing a teenaged character in the Spanish film El Vicio Y La Virtud.

Lynne Frederick followed that with a leading role in a Pete Walker slasher horror film Schizo, a movie that became an underground hit in the horror film genre.

Lynne Frederick's profile expanded to Japan, and she became a frequent face in the Japanese entertainment magazine Screen.

Lynne Frederick was featured as a celebrity centrefold pin-up, and made the cover three times in the space of eighteen months.

Lynne Frederick was listed in several press and editorial publications as one of photographer Terry Fincher's muses.

Lynne Frederick was being represented by A-list Hollywood agent Dennis Selinger, who represented internationally successful British actors such as Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Caine, and Sean Connery.

Lynne Frederick attempted to make a career comeback in 1978, but the year-long absence had cost Frederick her burgeoning stardom.

Lynne Frederick made her final onscreen appearance with Sellers in the 1979 remake of The Prisoner of Zenda, which was a box-office and critical flop.

David Niven, who was a friend to both Sellers and Frederick, had credited Peter's happiness to Lynne being a devoted and loving wife.

Lynne Frederick forced Frederick to forfeit her growing and lucrative acting career to care for him.

Sellers's biographer Ed Sikov claimed that Lynne Frederick was offered a lucrative five-month job in Moscow where she was to lead a big-budgeted television miniseries, but Sellers insisted she should turn it down so that he would not be left alone.

Lynne Frederick alleged that Frederick had cheated his sisters and him out of their inheritance by intentionally manipulating their father to alter the will in her favour.

Lynne Frederick's supposed eagerness to remarry so quickly after Sellers's death caused a loss of reputation in the public eye, and was one of the major factors in her blacklisting.

Lynne Frederick struggled with alcoholism, epileptic seizures, and clinical depression.

Lynne Frederick took such pride in being Sellers' wife that she legally changed her last name to Sellers.

Lynne Frederick [Peter Sellers] is a brilliant man, but not the kind of son in law I would have chosen.

Lynne Frederick is right when she says we were terribly close and it hurts when I see her using the press to make me look the guilty party in all this.

Lynne Frederick met Peter Sellers on the rebound from David Frost.

Lynne Frederick must understand that I am staying clear for her sake even though it hurts me to do so.

In 1972, while in her late teens, Lynne Frederick became involved with Curzon House Club casino owner Julian Posner, who like Sellers was 30 years her senior.

When Lynne Frederick began her relationship with Peter, she made efforts to establish a friendly connection with them.

Lynne Frederick was not exactly my idea of sweetness and light.

Pascal recalled that they remained friends for several years before regretfully losing touch after Lynne Frederick married Sellers in 1977.

Lynne Frederick later had a falling-out with Edwards and Andrews after successfully suing them for their involvement with the film Trail of the Pink Panther, claiming that it insulted Sellers' memory.

Lynne Frederick stated "I wanted to try and reciprocate in some way to the enormous love and care which staff here showed my husband".

Shortly after the release of Trail of the Pink Panther, Lynne Frederick filed suit against MGM, United Artists, and film director Blake Edwards for $3 million in damages and to block the film's distribution.

Lynne Frederick claimed that the film tarnished Peter Sellers' reputation and that it was made without authorisation from his estate, which she controlled.

At the High Court in London, the defence argued that the film was meant to be a tribute to Sellers, but Lynne Frederick stated "It was an appalling film: Not a tribute to my husband but an insult to his memory".

In 1985, Judge Charles Hobhouse ruled in favour of Lynne Frederick, awarding her $1 million, but dismissed her request to ban the film.

On 27 April 1994, Lynne Frederick was found dead by her mother in her West Los Angeles home, aged 39.

Lynne Frederick's remains were cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in London, and her ashes were interred with those of Peter Sellers.

Lynne Frederick denied accusations that her daughter had a problem with drugs including alcohol.

Lynne Frederick liked a glass of wine, but so do most people and she was no more an alcoholic than the next person.

British journalist Nigel Dempster had a profound dislike for Lynne Frederick and referred to her as an "avaricious and cunning man-eater".

Lynne Frederick received minimal attention in the 2004 film adaptation of Lewis's book where she was portrayed by British actress Emilia Fox.

All scenes featuring Fox's portrayal of Lynne Frederick were deleted from the final cut of the film, but included in the supplemental features of the film's DVD release.

The Times obituary for Lynne Frederick called her the "Olivia Hussey of her day".