On 27 April 1994, Frederick was found dead by her mother in her West Los Angeles home, aged 39.

[40] Many credit the negative events in her life (the loss of her acting career, blacklisting in Hollywood, and untimely death) to her marriage to Sellers. music [4], When No Blade of Grass (1970) was released, the film received mixed reviews from critics. Peter was possessive and tricked Britt into taking time off her filming, but then never letting her return back to set so that her part got re-cast and filmed. They spent about three weeks lodged together in a hotel room before production on the film was prematurely closed due to financial withdrawals. The actress remarried once after Peter, but one of her most notable relationship was with Rod Stewart. That same year, she auditioned for the role of Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1972),[6] but lost the role to her friend and Nicholas and Alexandra co-star, Fiona Fullerton.

Lynne Maria Frederick (25 July 1954 – 27 April 1994) was a British actress, film producer, and fashion model. After her divorce from her third husband, Barry Unger, Frederick lived in a Los Angeles mansion that was previously owned by Gary Cooper. Maurice Woodruff was trying to get Peter to agree to do a film so after faking the ability to read tea leaves he told Peter the initials B.E would become important to his life - the initials of the film. Last modified on Mon 4 May 2020 08.23 EDT. The plan was I would spend the weekend and then I would fly back. In addition, Frederick had reached the point where she no longer needed to go on auditions for roles, and was being sent stacks of scripts and lucrative film offers. I think premarital sex is a good idea. She was not exactly my idea of sweetness and light. A handful of new material involving other actors was filmed for this movie. Britt has spoken out after their messy divorce, opening up on how psychologically abusive he was with her. "[30], She was agnostic and briefly spoke on her religious beliefs when she was asked about the progressive Catholic priest's response to the pope's declaring premarital sex a sin.


RIP Lynne! "[30], She was a supporter of Margaret Thatcher, calling her a "very capable woman", and stating that "I think women are just as capable of ruling people and looking after our affairs as men are. Seller’s biographer, Ed Sikov, claimed that Frederick was offered a lucrative five-month job in Moscow where she was to lead a big budgeted television miniseries, but Sellers made her turn it down so that he would not be left alone.[16]. Much of Peter Sellers’s adult life was spent shouting at various wives and girlfriends. I tried to compensate for her having no father by devoting all the time I wasn’t working to her. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Some of the older material dated as far back as nineteen years before this movie was made, to 1963. Adding "I agree with the fact that women should have equal rights", but adding that she also believed in some old fashioned gender roles. British Actor Peter Sellers was born Richard Henry Sellers on 8th September, 1925 in Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK and passed away on 24th Jul 1980 London, England, UK aged 54. I was 21 years old, fit as a fiddle, but I had no choice. [15] British journalist Nigel Dempster had a profound dislike for Frederick and referred to her as an “avaricious and cunning man-eater”. [3][2], Frederick was first discovered at the age of 15 by Hungarian-American actor and film director Cornel Wilde, who was a friend and co-worker of her mother. ".

She received minimal attention in the 2004 movie adaptation of Lewis's book where she was portrayed by British actress Emilia Fox. Regularly he would throw her possessions around and destroy them and even through Britt out of hotel rooms. He performed in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, featured on a number of hit comic songs, and became known to a worldwide audience through his many film roles, among them Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series of films.