. . . Where Are They Now? . . .Hello fans, Actress Britt Ekland is well-known for her roles in such films as The Wicker Man, but also for her high profile relationship with Peter Sellers. In recent years, she has been seen on stage more than on screen. She could also be spotted on a reality TV show a couple of years back. Keep on reading to find out more...
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Judy Tenuta: Comedienne, known for eccentric and ribald stand-up routines
Claude Akins: Played good ol' Sheriff Lobo on the TV series "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" and "B.J. and the Bear", he also appeared in movies such as "The Great Bank Robbery" and "The Devil's Brigade"
Brad Davis: Starred in the movie "Midnight Express"
(Answer at the bottom)*Britt EklandLearn More About Britt Ekland on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: October 6, 1942, Stockholm, Sweden
CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for her roles as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun, and in the British cult horror film The Wicker Man.
FAMILY LIFE: In 1964, EKland had a whirlwind romance and marriage to English actor and comedian, Peter Sellers. Ekland was stepmother to Sellers' children Sarah and Michael (who died of a heart attack at about the same age as his father).
In January 1965 they had a daughter, Victoria. She had a son named Nic Adler with record producer Lou Adler in 1973.
In 1975, she began dating rock star Rod Stewart and they lived together for over two years.
From 1979-1981 she dated and became engaged to Girl frontman and future L.A. Guns singer Phil Lewis.
In 1984 she married rock musician Slim Jim Phantom. They had a son, Thomas Jefferson (born in 1988), and divorced in 1992.
INFO: Ekland played the Bond girl in the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, and followed this with appearances in The Night They Raided Minsky's, Baxter!, The Double Man, Get Carter, and the 1973 cult film The Wicker Man. In 1975 she provided "whispers" in French on the end of then boyfriend Rod Stewart's Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright).
She portrayed real-life actress Anny Ondra (boxer Max Schmeling's wife) in the television movie Ring of Passion (1978), and prostitute Mariella Novotny in the feature film Scandal (1989) about the Profumo affair.
She appeared in the TV series Superboy, playing Lara, Superboy's biological mother, during the show's second season in 1990.
In December 1999 and January 2000, she appeared on stage as a cast member in Cinderella at the Regent Theatre Stoke-on-Trent.
TRIVIA: Is fluent in English, French, and German, in addition to her native Swedish.
Produced her own workout video 'Britt Fit' in 1993, at the age of 51.
In 2004, she was portrayed by Charlize Theron in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
Her best-selling autobiography, True Britt, was published in 1980.
Has three younger brothers.
Her mother died from Alzheimers.
Was one of the judges in the Miss Universe pageant in 1976.
She was pregnant at the time she was filming The Wicker Man (1973), and, as a result, a body double had to be used for some of the rear shots during the sequence where her character is dancing around naked and singing in an attempt to seduce Edward Woodward's character.
Appeared as a guest on the British daytime television show Loose Women, in January 2008.
WHERE IS SHE NOW: She appeared at the Regent Theatre in 2007 in a production of Grumpy Old Women Live, and also participated in the Swedish reality show Stjarnorna pa slottet (The stars at the castle). In December 2007 and January 2008 she starred again in Cinderella at Swindon's Wyvern Theatre.
From December 2008 to January 2009, Britt starred in Cinderella at the Shaw Theatre in London. In 2009 and 2010 she played the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at Princess Theatre, Torquay. Also in 2010, she starred in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Kings, Theatre, Southsea.
Ekland appeared on the reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2010. She was the fourth celeb to be voted off.
CREDITS:2002 Lexx (TV series) ...Dulcibella Sternflanks
Prime Ridge (2002)
1992 Bara med Britt (TV series)...Host
1990 The Children...Lady Zinnia Wrench
1990 Grand (TV series)...Viveca
Blow Off (1990)
1990 The Adventures of Superboy (TV series)...Lara
1989 Cold Heat...Jackie Mallon
1989 Beverly Hills Vamp...Madame Cassandra
1989 Scandal...Mariella Novotny
1987 Moon in Scorpio...Linda
1986 Az aranyifju (TV movie)
1985 Marbella, un golpe de cinco estrellas...Deborah
1985 Simon & Simon (TV series)...Samantha Blake
Love and/or Marriage (1985)
1985 Fraternity Vacation...Eyvette
1984 Love Scenes...Annie
1983 Dead Wrong...Penny Lancaster
1980-1983 Fantasy Island (TV series)...Aphrodite / Berniece Williams / Cathy / ...
1983 Dr. Yes: Hyannis Affair...Susannah
1983 Erotic Images...Julie Todd
1982 Matt Houston (TV series)...Vera Martin
Deadly Fashion (1982)
1982 Satan's Mistress...Ann-Marie
1980-1982 The Love Boat (TV series)...Alice Robbins / Karen Ellison
1981 Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (TV movie)...Francoise
1981 The Monster Club...Busotsky's Mother
1980 The Hostage Tower (TV movie)...Leah
1979 King Solomon's Treasure...Queen Nyleptha
1979 Skeppsredaren (TV series)
1979 Return of the Saint (TV series)...Laura
The Murder Cartel (1979)
1978 Battlestar Galactica (TV series)...Tenna
1978 Slavers...Anna von Erken
1978 The Great Wallendas (TV movie)...Jenny Wallenda
1978 Ring of Passion (TV movie)...Amy Ondra Schmeling
1977 Some Like It Cool...Countess Trivulzi
1972-1977 McCloud (TV series)...Tatiana Krasnavian / Vicki Erickson
1976 High Velocity...Mrs. Andersen
1975 Royal Flash...Dutchess Irma
1974 The Man with the Golden Gun...Goodnight
1974 The Ultimate Thrill...Michele
1973 The Wicker Man...Willow
1973 The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (TV movie)...Katrina Volana
1973 Baxter!...Chris Bentley
1972 Endless Night...Greta
1972/I Asylum...Lucy (segment 3 "Lucy Comes to Stay")
1972 A Time for Loving...Josette Papillon
1972 What the Peeper Saw...Elise
1971 The Stronger (TV movie)...Woman 1
1971 Percy...Dorothy Chiltern-Barlow
1971 Get Carter...Anna
1970 Tintomara...Adolfine
1970 The Year of the Cannibals...Antigone
1969 The Conspirators...Princess Spada
1969 Stiletto...Illeana
1969 Machine Gun McCain...Irene Tucker
1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's...Rachel Schpitendavel
1967 The Bobo...Olimpia Segura
1967 Too Many Thieves...Claudia
1967 The Double Man...Gina
1966 After the Fox...Gina Romantica
1966 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)...Claudia
1965 Do Not Disturb...Party Girl (uncredited)
1965 Armchair Theatre (TV series)...Karen
A Cold Peace (1965)
1964 Carol for Another Christmas (TV movie)...The Mother
1964 Advance to the Rear...Greta (uncredited)
1963 The Prize...Nudist (uncredited)
1963 To Bed or Not to Bed (uncredited)
1963 Det är hos mig han har varit...Li's Work Mate (uncredited)
1963 The Commandant...Iris (as Britt Marie Eklund)
1962 Kort är sommaren...Edvarda's Friend
1962 Handen pa hjartat (TV movie)
1961 The Happy Thieves...Mrs. Pickett (as Britta Ekman)
1960 G.I. Blues...Britta - Redhead (uncredited)
To see Then & Now pictures of Britt Ekland, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Judy Tenuta - ALIVE
Born: 11/07/1956
Claude Akins - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 05/25/1926 Died: 01/27/1994
Brad Davis - DEAD (Suicide)
Born: 11/06/1949 Died: 09/08/1991
*WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...12/4
Miguel Calero, 41, Colombian footballer, cerebral thrombosis.
Besse Cooper, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person.
Anthony Deane-Drummond, 95, British army general.
Janet Shaw, 46, Australian Paralympic bronze medal-winning (2004) cyclist and author, cancer.
Ken Trickey, 79, American basketball coach (Oral Roberts University).
12/3
Tommy Berggren, 62, Swedish footballer.
Kuntal Chandra, 28, Bangladeshi cricketer, strangulation.
DC Drake, 55, American professional wrestler.
Fyodor Khitruk, 95, Russian animator and animation director (The Story of a Crime).
M. Mahroof, 62, Sri Lankan politician, MP for Colombo (2000-2010).
Diego Mendieta, 32, Paraguayan footballer, viral infection.
Eileen Moran, 50s, American visual effects producer Avatar, King Kong, District 9), cancer.
Jeroen Willems, 50, Dutch actor and singer, cardiac arrest.
12/2
Tom Hendry, 83, Canadian playwright, founder of Manitoba Theatre Centre.
Israel Keyes, 34, American alleged serial killer, suicide.
Ehsan Naraghi, 86, Iranian sociologist and writer, Director of UNESCO's Youth Division (1980-1996), long illness.
Sylvester Odhiambo, Kenyan football coach (Muhoroni Youth F.C.).
Klaus Ohmsen, 77, German football referee.
Errol Peart, 59, Jamaican-born American cricketer, shooting.
Decio Pignatari, 85, Brazilian poet, essayist and translator, respiratory failure.