She was one of the top blonde bombshells to star as a Bond girl opposite Roger Moore’s dapper 007 in the 1970s.
This Swedish actress also shared the screen with Michael Caine in a British gangster thriller.
She was unforgettable in her guest role for Lee Majors’ hit TV show The Six Million Dollar Man. And she also had a role opposite Bridget Fonda in a high-profile ’80s film.
Then there was her headline-making love life that included comedian Peter Sellers and rock icon Rod Stewart.
The international star made a rare sighting in Los Angeles this week with her little Chihuahua as she proved she still has her thick golden mane and slender figure.
Can you guess who this 83-year-old from Stockholm is?
She was one of the top blonde bombshells to star as a Bond girl opposite a dapper Roger Moore in the 1970s. Can you guess who she is?
This actress also shared the screen with Michael Caine in a British gangster thriller
She is Britt Ekland.
The Hollywood stalwart looked chic in a black All Saints hoodie with fingerless gloves as she held the leash of her dog.
She also wore straight-legged black slacks and black sneakers. A black cap was worn over her flaxen tendrils as she added stylish black sunglasses.
The versatile actress is best known for her role as Bond girl Mary Goodnight opposite Roger Moore in the 1974 James Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun.
She gained early fame through her marriage to actor Peter Sellers and later had a high-profile romance with rock star Rod Stewart from 1975 to 1977.
Ekland’s heyday was the 1960s and 1970s, as she remained popular in the 1980s as well with supporting roles.
Her first big acting roles were in the films The Double Man (1967), The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968), Machine Gun McCain (1969), Stiletto (1969), and the British crime film Get Carter (1971).
She also starred in several horror films, including The Wicker Man (1973).
Then came the role of a lifetime as the sexy Bond girl in The Man With The Golden Gun in 1974.
She is Britt Ekland, seen here posing for the camera in 1971, the year she appeared in Get Carter alongside Caine
She was unforgettable in her guest role for Lee Majors’ hit TV show The Six Million Dollar Man
Then there was her headline-making love life that included comedian Peter Sellers and rock icon Rod Stewart. In 1973, Ekland had a son, Nicolai Adler, with record producer Lou Adler
The pinup had a great run in the 1970s.
She was the bright light in the flicks The Ultimate Thrill (1974), Royal Flash (1975), High Velocity (1976) and King Solomon’s Treasure (1979).
In the 1980s her hit films were Fraternity Vacation (1985), Moon in Scorpio (1987) and Scandal (1989), which costarred Fonda as well as Joanne Whalley and Ian McKellen.
The looker was discovered in a coffee shop in Italy by a talent agent who sent her to audition for films.
She started acting in Swedish films Kort är sommaren (1962) and Det är hos mig han har varit (1963).
Then came her break in the Western, Advance to the Rear (1964).
Her new husband Peter Sellers worked with her in the Christmas television film A Carol for Another Christmas.
She followed this with After the Fox (1966), also starring Sellers; she made one more film with Sellers, The Bobo (1967).
This was followed with a lead role as an Amish girl turned New York City burlesque dancer in The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968),
Next came Stiletto (1969), a crime drama, based on a racy novel by Harold Robbins.
She then starred in a string of Italian films: Machine Gun McCain (1969), The Conspirators (1969), and as Antigone in The Year of the Cannibals (1970).
In 1971 she was cast in Get Carter, opposite Caine.
She is best known for her role as Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun with Roger Moore (pictured)
The actress wore a bikini while at the controls for the 1974 James Bond movie
Here she wore nothing but a towel while in bed with Moore
Pictured right with Moore center and fellow Bond girl Maud Adams on the left
The 1970s also saw Ekland in several horror films: Peeper Saw (1972), Endless Night (1972), and Asylum (1972).
Her best known horror role came in 1973s The Wicker Man.
Other roles included in the thriller The Ultimate Thrill (1974) and the British drama Baxter! (1973).
On television, she was cast in the TV film The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973) opposite Lee Majors.
Ekland’s next prominent role came in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
In 1976 Ekland provided the French spoken part in her boyfriend Stewart’s single Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright).
She was then in Ring of Passion (1978), The Monster Club (1980) and Satan’s Mistress (1982).
Ekland with then husband Peter Sellers in 1964. They divorced in 1968 on the grounds of cruelty
Ekland in Los Angeles in 1975 with Rod Stewart, the only ex with whom she has parted on bad terms
In 1978 she hosted the TV series Jukebox and she appeared in Superboy in 1990.
Her last feature film role was in The Children (1990).
In 2010 Ekland took part in the reality TV show I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.
Ekland was one of the housewives of Swedish Hollywood Wives from 2012 to 2014.
In 2018 she participated in Let’s Dance and in 2020 Ekland appeared in Season 4 of BBC TV’s The Real Marigold Hotel.
Ekland married Sellers soon after he proposed, and in January 1965 they had a daughter, Victoria.
The couple made three films together: A Carol for Another Christmas (1964), After the Fox (1966), and The Bobo (1967), before divorcing in 1968.
Ekland seen in 2024 on Good Morning Britain
In June 1973, Ekland had a son, Nicolai Adler, with record producer Lou Adler.
She then dated Stewart. They were introduced in 1975 by Joan Collins and lived together for more than two years. Bur their split was not a happy one.
From 1979 to 1981, she dated and became engaged to singer Phil Lewis of the groups Girl and L.A. Guns.
In 1984, at age 42, she married Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom, who was 23. They had a son, Thomas Jefferson, in 1988. They divorced in 1992.
In 2004, Charlize Theron portrayed Ekland in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
