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6 OCTOBER 2013
A CELEBRATION OF BRITT EKLAND |
 This is a special day for us, it is the birthday for Britt Ekland, the lovely Swedish actress who starred in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). In June 2008, FSWL made an interview with Britt about her work on TMWTGG.
With this page, From Sweden With Love would like to send our personal wishes for her on this special day.
"Grattis på din dag kära Britt, FSWL älskar dig!"
About Britt Ekland:
Britt Ekland was born as Britt-Marie Eklund in Stockholm, Sweden and there attended a drama school (Calle Flygares teaterskola) before joining a travelling theatre group.
Following small parts in a few Swedish TV shows and films, Britt was cast in more substantial roles in Italian cinema, and soon became a star in the country.
When Peter Sellers met Britt in a hotel, he fell head over heels in love and they soon married. Due to the success that Sellers was having in films and her natural beauty, Britt became internationally famous. She appeared in two films with her husband After the Fox (1966), written by Neil Simon and The Bobo (1967). The following year she starred, with Jason Robards and Norman Wisdom in The Night They Raided Minsky's. Britt continued to work in film and tv, making three or four films a year. Some of the most memorable being Get Carter (1971) and the cult classic, The Wicker Man (1973).
However, the high point in her career would be her role as Bond babe Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
Following Bond, Britt juggled a career on stage, tv and film; the latter including King Soloman's Treasure (1979), The Monster Club (1981) and Scandal (1989). It is however, perhaps for her part as Mary Goodnight that she remains most popular.
In 2007, Britt appeared on Swedish TV in SVT's portrait series, Stjärnorna på slottet. (Maud Adams appeared in the same series a year before.)
Over the years, Britt has worked on several books: her autobiography True Britt (1980) which was published in America in 1982, the fitness and health book Sensual Beauty (1984), and the novel Det ljuva livet (1993) which she co-wrote with Johan Pråmell.
Editor's note:
The Swedish Bond girls, Britt and Maud, also acted in one other film apart from TMWTGG over the years, The Hostage Tower (1980).
For other posts covering Britt Ekland featured on From Sweden with Love, click here.
Birthdays for other Swedish James Bond related actors on From Sweden with Love:
>Anne Lönnberg (February 17)
>Dolph Lundgren (November 3)
>Eva Green (July 5)
>Izabella Scorupco (June 4)
>Jens Hultén (December 6)
>Kristina Wayborn (September 24)
>Lars Lundgren (May 6)
>Mary Stavin (August 20)
>Maud Adams (February 12)
>Max von Sydow (April 10)
>Ola Rapace (December 3)
Visit Bondstars to purchase official Britt Ekland merchandise: |
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