- Date of Birth: October 06, 1942
- Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Britt Ekland Biography
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Britt Ekland mini-bio: Britt Ekland 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 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 didn't
hurt, either). She appeared in two films with her husband: Caccia alla volpe
(1966) (aka "After the Fox"), written by Neil Simon, and the forgettable The
Bobo (1967). Her claim to fame would come as the young girl who invented the
striptease in The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968). 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) 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--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) and Beverly
Hills Vamp (1988).
