Britt Ekland

'Britt Ekland' (qv) 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' (qv) 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)_ (qv), written by 'Neil Simon' (qv), and the forgettable _The Bobo (1967)_ (qv). Her claim to fame would come as the young girl who invented the striptease in _The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)_ (qv). 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)_ (qv) and the cult classic _The Wicker Man (1973)_ (qv). The high point in her career would be her role as Bond girl Mary Goodnight in _The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)_ (qv). After her much publicized breakup with rocker 'Rod Stewart' (qv) 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)_ (qv) and _Beverly Hills Vamp (1989)_ (qv).::Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>