Britt Ekland
Britt was born in Sweden and grew up to be a beautiful blond
with big eyes. Britt attended a drama school and then joined a traveling theater group.
With her beauty as her passport, Britt entered films and became a star in Italy. When
Peter Sellers met Britt in a hotel, he fell hard for her and they soon married. Due to the
success that Sellers was having in films and her natural beauty, Britt became well known.
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 strip-tease in 'The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)'. After that, she
appeared in a string of movies that were built on her looks and not on the script. Some of
the standouts over the years were 'Get Carter (1971)' and the cult classic, 'The Wicker
Man (1973)'. The high point in her career would be her role as Bond babe 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, including Television, and tried the
stage. But by that time, her movie roles went from low budget to worse as she worked
stories with titles such as 'Tintomare (1981)' and 'Fraternity Vacation (1985)'.
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