Lynne Frederick - TV Tropes
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Lynne Maria Frederick (25 July, 1954 - 27 April, 1994) was a British actress, film producer, and fashion model. She was often cast in Girl Next Door roles and appeared in a wide range of genres ranging from horror to sci-fi to historical dramas.
She was married to Peter Sellers at the time of his death. Following a nasty legal battle over Sellers' will that saw her named the sole beneficiary and a short-lived marriage to journalist David Frost, Frederick was the target of a vicious smear campaign by the British media portraying her as a Gold Digger, resulting in her being blacklisted from working in the film industry. Her career never recovered, and she died in obscurity in 1994 in what many suspect was a suicide.
Film roles:
- No Blade of Grass (1970) as Mary Custance
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) as Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna
- Vampire Circus (1971) as Dora Müller
- Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) as Catherine Howard
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) as Lucy Allen
- The Lady from the Sea (1974) as Hilde
- Phase IV (1974) as Kendra Eldridge
- The Canterville Ghost (1974) as Virginia Otis
- Four Of The Apocalypse (1975) as Emmanuella "Bunny" O'Neill
- A Long Return (1975) as Anna Ortega
- Schizo (1976) as Samantha Grey / Jean
- Voyage of the Damned (1976) as Anna Rosen
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) as Princess Flavia
Television roles:
- BBC Play of the Month (1972) as Nellie Ewell
- Softly, Softly: Task Force (1972) as Judith Oram
- Play for Today (1976) as Nicola "Nikki" Cole
- Space: 1999 (1976) as Shermeen Williams