Background

Britt Ekland's father worked as a successful retailer in Stockholm, Sweden, where she was born. Her mother died after a long battle with Alzheimers disease. She has three younger brothers.

Education

She attended a drama school Calle Flygare Teaterskola in Stockholm and then joined a traveling theater group.

Career

Britt entered films thanks to her beautiful looks and became a star in Italy. Ekland's rise to international fame began while she was making a film in Rome in 1963. When she was sitting in a side walk cafe sipping a cappuccino with an American friend, she was approached by a stranger who, struck by her extraordinary beauty, asked her if she'd like to meet the then head of 20th Century Fox, Daryl F. Zanuck. So, she felt that there was an opportunity to become a celebrity in the US. Britt was signed to a contract and sent off to drama school to sharpen her acting skills and to prepare for the English speaking market. Ekland even gave up her career to focus on the relationship, because her private life was full of men.Britt also started a well-known affair with a rock star Rod Stewart; they were introduced in 1975 by Joan Collins and lived together for over two years. In 1979-1981 she dated and got engaged to the Girl frontman and future L.A. Guns singer Phil Lewis. Then she was married with Slim Jim Phantom. Ekland is still a regular fixture on the rock'n'roll social scene due to her acquaintance with the Osbournes.

Britt still actively participates in various projects. Among them are a live stage appearance in Grumpy Old Women and reality TV.

In 2004 Ekland was portrayed by Charlize Theron in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. Theron invited Britt to accompany her at the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival, where she became highly emotional when she saw the film.

Achievements

• Acted in a great deal of films.The top of Britt's carrer as actrees was a film "The Man With the Golden Gun", where she played Bond's girl.

Works

• book

  • True Britt, 1980

  • Sensual Beauty, 1984

• Civil Defense

  • Do It To Me (Once More With Feeling) (1979).

• film

  • G.I. Blues (1960)

  • The Happy Thieves (1962)

  • Kort är sommaren (1962)

  • The Commandant (1963)

  • Det är hos mig han har varit (1963)

  • The Devil (1963)

  • The Prize (1963)

  • Company of Cowards? (1964)

  • Carol for Another Christmas (1964)

  • Do Not Disturb (1965)

  • Too Many Thieves (1966)

  • After the Fox (1966)

  • The Double Man (1967)

  • The Bobo (1967)

  • The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)

  • Stiletto (1969)

  • Machine Gun McCain (1969)

  • The Conspirators (1969)

  • The Year of the Cannibals (1970)

  • Tintomara (1970)

  • A Time for Loving (1971)

  • Percy (1971)

  • Get Carter (1971)

  • Diabólica malicia (1972)

  • Endless Night (1972)

  • Asylum (1972)

  • Baxter! (1973)

  • The Wicker Man (1973)

  • The Ultimate Thrill (1974)

  • Royal Flash (1975)

  • High Velocity (1976)

  • Casanova & Company (1977)

  • King Solomon's Treasure (1977)

  • Slavers (1978)

  • The Monster Club (1980)

  • Satan's Mistress (1982)

  • Doctor Yes: Hyannis Affair (1983)

  • Dead Wrong (1983)

  • Erotic Images (1983)

  • Love Scenes (1984)

  • Fraternity Vacation (1985)

  • Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas (1985)

  • Moon in Scorpio (1987)

  • Scandal (1989)

  • Cold Heat (1989)

  • Beverly Hills Vamp (1989)

  • The Children (1990)

• movie

  • The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

Interests

• Traveling is a great love of Ekland's.
  
  iLanguages: is fluent in English, French, and German, in addition to her native Swedish.
  
  Her own quote: "The ideal man doesn't exist. A husband is easier to find."

Connections

ex-husband (1984 - 1992):

Slim Jim Phantom

ex-husband(1964 - 1968):

Peter Sellers

Ekland became famous in one instant after her 1964 whirlwind romance and then marriage to English actor and comedian, Peter Sellers. First he saw her picture in the newspaper then met her in London and finally he made a proposal. Ekland became a stepmother to Sellers' children Sarah and Michael. In January 1965 their daughter Victoria was born. The couple made three films together - Carol for Another Christmas in 1964, After the Fox in 1966 and The Bobo in 1967 - before divorcing in 1968.

Daughter:

Victoria Sellers.

Son:

T.J. Mcdonnell

Son:

Nikolaj Adler

In June 1973, she gave birth to a son, Nic Adler, whose father was a record producer Lou Adler.

close friend:

Sharon Osbourne

close friend:

Ozzy Osbourne