   britt-marie eklund (born 6 october 1942), better known as britt ekland, is a swedish actress and singer, and a long-time resident of the united kingdom. she appeared as a bond girl in the man with the golden gun, and starred in the british cult horror film the wicker man. her high-profile social life and her 1964 marriage to actor peter sellers attracted considerable press attention. ==life and career== ekland's father was a retailer in stockholm, sweden, her birthplace. the family name was eklund. she has three younger brothers. her mother died from alzheimers. she was the bond girl in the 1974 james bond film the man with the golden gun. other notable film appearances include the night they raided minsky's, baxter!, the double man, get carter (in the 1999 bbc television series i love the '70s she hosted the 1971 episode in homage to her role as "anna" in the film), and the 1973 cult film the wicker man (for which her voice was dubbed to disguise her swedish-accented english). in 1976 she provided the french spoken part at the end of then boyfriend rod stewart's hit single "tonight's the night (gonna be alright)". ekland also portrayed biographical characters, such as the one based on 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 has guest-starred on various tv shows, including an appearance on the popular tv series superboy, playing an alien disguised as lara, superboy's biological mother, during the show's second season in 1990. ekland published a beauty and fitness book in 1984 sensual beauty: how to achieve it, followed by a fitness video in 1992. she appeared on stage as a cast member in cinderella at the regent theatre, stoke-on-trent in december 1999 and january 2000. she also appeared in grumpy old women live, parti
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