Britt ekland today
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Britt Ekland
Swedish actress (born 1942)
Britt Ekland | |
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Ekland in 2019 | |
| Born | Britt-Marie Eklund (1942-10-06) 6 October 1942 (age 82) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Spouses | Peter Sellers (m. 1964; div. 1968)Slim Jim Phantom (m. 1984; div. 1992) |
| Partners | |
| Children | 3, including Victoria Sellers |
| Parent | Sven Eklund (father) |
Britt Ekland (born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress, model, and singer. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Double Man (1967), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), Machine Gun McCain (1969), Stiletto (1969), and the British crime film Get Carter (1971), which established her as a sex symbol. She also starred in several horror films, including The Wicker Man (1973), and appeared as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).[1]
Ekland continued to
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Not to be confused with several other Nordic sex symbols - it is hard not to confuse her with, say, Elke Sommer - she, somewhat surprisingly, hung on for a quarter-century after her showy starring role in The Night They Raided Minsky's (US, d. William Friedkin, 1968).
Of her 40-odd films, about 15 were British, most famously the gangster classic, Get Carter (d. Mike Hodges, 1971), the (oc)cult horror, The Wicker Man (d. Robin Hardy, 1973) and the Profumo-based Scandal (d. Michael Caton-Jones, 1988).
An acceptable actress, she became more famous for her off-screen life, including marriage to Peter Sellers (1964-68), with whom she appeared in After the Fox (1966, US/It) and The Bobo (1967), and a tempestuous, headlining liaison with Rod Stewart.
Bibliography
Autobiography, True Britt, 1980.
Brian McFarlane, Encyclopedia of British Film
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Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland | |
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Ekland in 1972 by Allan Warren | |
| Born | Britt-Marie Eklund (1942-10-06) 6 October 1942 (age 82) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Sellers (m. 1964; div. 1968)Slim Jim Phantom (m. 1984; div. 1992) |
| Partner(s) | Lou Adler Rod Stewart |
| Children | 3, including Victoria Sellers |
Britt Ekland (Swedish pronunciation: ; born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress and singer. She was discovered by 20th Century Fox in 1964 after modeling and appearing in advertising. The studio put her up Dorchester Hotel in London, where she met future husband [[Peter Sellers]] <ref name="auto"/> 20th Century Fox<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |last=Hunt |first=Elle|title= Britt Ekland: 'I was put through emotional and psychological warfare'|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/26/britt-ekland-i-was-put-through-emot
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