Lynne Frederick

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Lynne Maria Frederick (25 July 1954–27 April 1994) was a British actress, film director, and fashion model best known for her classic English rose beauty, girl next door charm, angelic films, and critically acclaimed performances.

She made more than 30 appearances in film and television during her ten-year career. For many years, she was best remembered as Peter Sellers' last wife and widow.

But in recent years, she has cultivated a newfound cult following for her diverse range of film roles in Hollywood.

Some of her best known performances include appearances in films including Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972), Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), and Voyage of the Damned (1976). Four of the Apocalypse (1975), Phase IV (1974), and Schizo (1976) have all become underground hits or established a following in their respective genres. In 1973, she was the first recipient of the Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best New Coming Actress for her debut in Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) and The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972).

She is one of just eight actresses and the youngest to hold the honor.

Early life

Lynne Wagner Harding Frederick was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, to Andrew Frederick (1914–1983) and Iris C. Frederick (née Sullivan, 1928–2006). Although she was young, her father left the household, and Cecilia, her mother and maternal grandmother, welcomed her up. Lynne never knew or met her father, and she had no personal acquaintances or acquaintances with his side of the family. Although her mother was employed as a casting director for Thames Television, they still lived a frugal lifestyle. Iris developed a reputation for being a stern and imposing individual in her work.

Frederick was born in Leicestershire's Market Harborough. She did not feel socially stigmatized as a result of her parents' divorce. She attended Notting Hill and Ealing High School in London. Her original goal was to become a science and mathematics teacher.

Personal life

Frederick's first marriage, at 22, was to Peter Sellers. They met at a Dennis Selinger dinner party in 1976 after Frederick had stopped making Schizo (1976). Sellers had been first attracted to her two days after their first meeting, but she turned him down. They were arguing for a year before he suggested to her again. On February 18, 1977, they eloped to Paris.

Their marriage started well, and they were a popular red carpet couple in the British nation, contrary to common belief. Stephen Bach recalled about their friendship, "I noticed as he [Peter Sellers] grew, that not once in the long talkative afternoon did he let go of Lynne's hand nor did she move away. She consoled him with patience and vigour, and the hand he clung to was less a glove than a lifeline. Lynne also stated that he had a unique ability to calm Sellers' tumultuous moods until Lynne Frederick came into the room, exuding an aura of calm that had somehow enveloped us all like an Alpine fragrance. She was only in her mid-twenties, but immediately noticeable as the household's maturing center revolved, an emotional anchor that seemed to be a daffodil, was attributed to Lynne's happiness.

As the Sellers' health worsened, their marriage suffered. Frederick was forced to delay her fast-growing and lucrative acting career to care for him. Frederick was offered a lucrative five-month job in Moscow, where she would produce a major budgeted television miniseries, but sellers insisted she would not be left alone.

Since the box-office's devastating loss of The Prisoner of Zenda (1979), negative tabloid news of drug use, infidelity, domestic assault, and other suspected conflicts, tensions between them have grown. Despite their difficulties, Frederick stood by Sellers and cared for him as his health worsened and he became more temperamental. Despite the fact that they had been apart for a few times, they always came back together.

A week before she died of a heart attack on July 24, 1980, the day before her 26th birthday, sellers were apparently in the process of excluding her from his will. The proposed updates to the will not have been completed, but she inherited almost half of his family's wealth, worth £4.5 million (£20.5 million today), and his children's received £800 each (£3,649 today). Despite pressures from a number of Sellers' relatives to make a fair settlement for the children, Frederick is accused of refusing to tell her stepchildren anything due to their turbulent relationship with her and Peter. P.S. : Michael Sellers' stepson, Michael Sellers', published an exposé about his father's death. I Love You: Peter Sellers' Intimate Portrait. Frederick was accused of deceitful, cunning, and narcissistic fraud, but he only married his father for his money, according to the novel. Frederick cheated his sisters and him out of their inheritance by intentionally causing their fathers to change the will in their favor, according to her. This culminated in the press vilifying and referring her as a "gold digger."

On January 25, 1981, she briefly married David Frost (on January 25, 1981), but she soon remarry after Sellers' death caused a public image tarnishment, and was one of the primary reasons for her blacklisting. Frederick had been involved with Frost for several years before his marriage, and they were occasional couples in between couples. After 17 months of marriage Frosted Frost of Frederick. She had a miscarriage in March 1982 during their marriage.

Cassie Cecilia Unger, a 1983 native of the United States, married American cardiologists Barry Unger, with whom she had her only child. They divorced in 1991.

Frederick lived a very narrow, private, and reclusive lifestyle after being blacklisted and losing her acting career. When she divorced Frost, she was embroiled in public opinion when it was revealed that she was intoxicated at a formal restaurant and had to be led out. Following this tragedy, she jumped from England to California and never returned to her homeland. She was known for her secrecy in later years. She refused to give interviews and distanced herself from the celebrity lifestyle later.

Frederick lived in a Los Angeles mansion that had previously owned by Gary Cooper following her divorce from her third husband, Barry Unger. She had problems with alcoholism, seizures, and clinical depression as the years went by. Nervous breakdowns and suicide attempts were also mentioned. Despite participating in numerous recovery therapies at hospitals and clinics, she was unable to recover her health. She cloistered herself in her house for days at a time, weary from her years of public scorn and deteriorating conditions. Iris' mother went from England to Frederick to help her and her daughter, Cassie.

Frederick was the sole trustee of Sellers' estate. She took such pride in being Sellers' wife that she changed her last name to Sellers. When she first met with colleagues in group therapy sessions, she introduced herself as "Lynne Sellers, Peter Sellers' wife," according to the tab.

Frederick, who never knew her biological father, regarded actor David Niven as her replacement father. They first met while filming the television film version of The Canterville Ghost (1974). They were close friends for many years before Niven's death in 1983, just eight weeks after her daughter's birth.

Lynne was very close to her mother, Iris, and grandmother, Cecilia, as an infant. After she married Peter Sellers in 1977, her mother's relationship with her mother suffered a lot. In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Iris spoke out against the marriage five days after the fact: In an interview with the Daily Mirror, Iris spoke out against the union:

Lynne, who was hurt and betrayed by this interview, did not see or speak with her mother again during her marriage to Sellers. When asked about breaking ties with her daughter, Iris said: "I have my own life to live." Of course, I still love her. I've cried for her, and I'm sure she's missing her a lot. Lynne is correct when she says we were incredibly close, but it hurts when she sees her using the media to make me look the guilty party in all this.

During a time when Iris was not in touch with Lynne, she continued to smear her daughter's marriage in the media.

Frederick returned to her mother after she died in 1980 after Sellers' death. Despite the rekindling, their friendship was never the same.

Frederick became involved with Curzon House Club casino owner Julian Posner, who was thirty years older than Sellers, in 1972, when she was in her late teens. Frederick's acting career began to flourish after an on-and-off relationship lasted for about three years until 1975. Frederick would often engage in discreet conversations with her friend and future husband, David Frost, during their off hours.

Frederick's friendship with her former stepchildren (Michael Sellers, Sarah Sellers, and Victoria Sellers) was, as Peter's, distant and often strained. Lynne started her friendship with Peter, attempting to establish a friendly relationship with them. "She looked very thoughtful to begin with," Sarah recalled of Lynne. I actually told my dad that I thought she was a little stupid. However, she came across as bubbly, warm, and curious. However, life has certainly changed once they got married. In his memoir, Michael Sellers wrote about Frederick: "My first impression of Lynne didn't do anything to change my views." She was not exactly my idea of sweetness and light. It didn't worry me that she lacked the good looks of dad's previous wives and girlfriends, but those innocent eyes, which were definitely her best feature, didn't deceive me." When they first met, Michael Sellers admitted to his deliberate hostility and lack of compassion toward Lynne: "I'm afraid we weren't entirely generous in our decision of Lynne." Sarah didn't seem to be terribly bright. But our experiences weren't particularly important. "They will be of purely academic interest," regardless of our convictions. Victoria remarked, "I feel now that she's in hell, but that makes me feel better."

Lynne and her co-stars (Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderick Noble, Ania Marson, Candace Glendenning, and Fiona Fullerton) became a family during the nine-month film process, so as to give the film more authenticity. Fiona Fullerton (who appeared in the film) developed a close relationship with her co-star Fiona Fullerton during this period. They were good friends for many years.

Françoise Pascal, a Mauritian actress, was one of Frederick's closest friends. The two first met when they co-starred on a 1972 episode of BBC Play of the Month, and soon became "firm friends" in the television anthology film "Fitch." After Frederick married Sellers in 1977, Pascal recalled that they were friends for many years before suddenly losing touch. Pascal shared a snapshot of herself and Frederick in April 2020, a few weeks before the 26th anniversary of Frederick's death, with the caption "I think of her very often."

Always had that fresh baby face!

RIP Lynne!

Xxx is a character from the film "Xxx."

Judy Matheson revealed in 2018 that she had worked with Frederick in the early 1970s. They were supposed to appear in a film together in the Netherlands with John Hamil, Robert Coleby, and Nina Francis. Matheson, a few years older and had industry expertise at the time, was asked to be Lynne's chaperone for the trip (as Lynne's mother was unavailable). They were held in a hotel room for about three weeks before filming was canceled due to financial constraints. Matheson expressed her admiration for Frederick's company and that they had fun together despite the production challenges. They corresponded for a long time after returning to the United Kingdom before losing touch with each other.

Fabio Testi, who was having problems with actor Ursula Andress at the time), was said to have had a brief romance with her co-star Fabio Testi (1975), which was also during a time when Frederick was having issues with her own relationship with Julian Posner. Naturally, this helped Testi and Frederick with their chemistry in the film, and they were paired again for the film Cormack of the Mounties (1975). There has been a lot of rumors around such a romance between Testi and Frederick, but it has not been confirmed.

Lee Grant wrote a book in 2014 that I Said Yes to Everything. Frederick, 1976, then 19 years old and married to Charlotte Holland at the time, was involved in a tenancy with Sam Wanamaker (1976) during production. Grant also said she saw all the men on set, including film's director Stuart Rosenberg, make salacious passes at Frederick, which she turned down.

Julie Andrews wrote Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years in 2019 that she suspects her husband Blake Edwards was having an affair with Lynne (who was married to Sellers at the time) during the production of Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). Julie and Andrews asked Blake whether they should keep him married or continuing this flirtation when he confronted him about the "flirtations" between him and Frederick. Following this confrontation, Blake seems to have ended any kind of flirtation with Frederick. After winning a lawsuit with Edwards and Andrews (1982), she said it insulted Sellers' memories. She never met them again.

Frederick said in a 1975 interview with Men's Lib that she "partially agreed" with Women's Lib. "I accept the fact that women should have equal rights," she says, although she also believes in some old-fashioned gender roles. "I agree that there are some things that men are meant to do, as well as those that are not."

Margaret Thatcher's mother, she called her a "very capable woman" and said, "I think women are just as capable of leading people and looking after our affairs as men are." Women can often have a greater sense of sensibility and sensitivity than men do, which is something that men don't often do."

Frederick, although not gay, was known for his openness and outspoken advocacy for same sex and LGBT rights during a time when it was still stigmatized. Following her appearance on a controversial episode of television show Play for Today, in which she played a sexually fluid character and posted an on-screen kiss with Jane Lapotaire, she said, "I just don't think you should put a ban on it." I don't think you can say it's wrong. People should live how they want to live, according to me. I don't believe it should be unlawful."

Frederick was raised as a Methodist. When she was asked about a progressive Catholic priest's reaction to the pope's announcement of premarital sex as a sin, she expressed some agnostic viewpoints. "I actually agree with the other priests that it should not have been released." I believe that puts the Church back; I do agree. I can't say it because I'm not religious. However, I believe people who are religious will not be concerned that this is not a step forward. I think premarital sex is a good idea. I believe the hardest thing that could have been done is not to have sex before you get married, then get married and find out it's dreadful." Doris Collins, a psychic and psychic medium, visited Peter Sellers after they died. When asked if she liked life after death, she replied, "I've always believed that death was not the end." Frederick later said in an interview that she retained her Methodist faith: "I never touch hard liquor." For a good Methodist like me, I suppose wine is fine.

Following her first husband Peter Sellers' death, she became involved in pledging to several heart charities.

In November 1980, she purchased and donated an echocardiograph (valued at £12,400) to the Middlesex Hospital in London, where Sellers died of a heart attack. "I wanted to try and reciprocate in some way to the enormous love and compassion that my husband displayed," Frederick said.

Sellers donated $250,000 to the British Heart Foundation and the Middlesex Hospital in London as a tribute to them (who died of a heart attack). The Middlesex Hospital hung a plaque thanking both Sellers and Frederick for their generous contributions.

Frederick also filed a lawsuit against MGM, United Artists, and film director Blake Edwards for $3 million in fees and to prevent the film from being distributed shortly after it was announced. Peter Sellers' reputation was tarnished by the film, she claimed, and it was made without permission from his estate, which she controlled.

The defence said the film was supposed to be a tribute to Sellers but rather an insult to his memory, but Frederick said "it was an appalling film" and that her late husband had specifically forbidden the use of outtakes from earlier Pink Panther films in his lifetime, and that his estate should have the right to control the use of outtakes after his death. When Edwards shot and edited a three-hour version of The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), the possibility of using outtakes in future Pink Panther films was first presented in Sellers' lifetime. However, artists protested this long version, and the film was reduced from three hours to an hour and a half.

Edwards was chosen by UA, wanting to cash in on the continuation of the series, to produce a new film based on outtakes and deleted scenes from the five previous Pink Panther films starring Sellers. A handful of new clips involving other actors was specially shot in order to be included. Some of the older records go back to 1963, nineteen years ago. In several scenes, the lack of continuity was evident, and film critics chastised it harshly.

Judge Charles Hobhouse ruled in favour of Frederick, awarding her $1 million but dismissing her appeal to prohibit the film. Despite her efforts to shield Sellers' legacy, the media kept sneering at her. "I hope this shows that I am not a gold digger," Frederick said. To protect Peter's name, I've risked my entire fortune and the financial stability of my daughter's future." Frederick continued to protect Sellers' films and went to great length to ensure that each one was treated with respect and dignity after the lawsuit.

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Career

Cornel Wilde, a Hungarian-American actor and film producer who was a friend and colleague of her mother's, discovered Frederick at the age of 15. Wilde had been looking for a young, unknown actress to appear in his film adaptation of the best-selling post-apocalyptic science fiction book The Death of Grass. Wilde first saw her when she first arrived to work with her mother to shoot some test photos and was immediately captivated by her beauty, charisma, and bubbly personality. Wilde played her in a theatre, film, or commercial setting, despite her that she had no previous experience in theatre, films, or televisions, she was given the opportunity without an audition.

Critics gave the film mixed praise when it was first published in 1970. Frederick became an overnight sensation after the film's lukewarm reception, and her career took off right away. Frederick, who was represented by Hazel Malone Management, became a celebrity among the British people in the early 1970s, and was regarded as the successor to Hayley Mills and Olivia Hussey. She was often included in newspaper papers and fashion magazines as a model and cover girl. Patrick Lichfield was photographed by Patrick Lichfield for a spread in the British Vogue's September 1971 edition. In addition, she appeared in numerous television advertisements for Camay soap. Frederick later signed a Mennen cosmetics deal, and became a spokesmodel for Protein 21 shampoo, appearing in national print and television commercial commercial campaigns. She was voted "Face of 1971" by a British national newspaper, and she was hailed as one of the UK's most promising newcomers.

She appeared in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), in which she appeared in the Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Russia's second oldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, in 1971. She and her three co-stars, Ania Marson, Candace Glendenning, and Fiona Fullerton toured Europe on the film's press tour. She auditioned for Alice in Alice's Adventures (1972), but she lost the role to her friend Fiona Fullerton that same year. She was also the first runner-up for the role of Saint Clare of Assisi in the Franco Zeffirelli film Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972), which later went to Judi Bowker.

She made her first appearance in Henry VIII and His Six Wives in 1972, when she portrayed Catherine Howard in Henry VIII and His Six Wives. She appeared in the 1972 family film The Amazing Mr. Blunden; in 1973, she received the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best New Actress. She continued to work in film and television productions from 1973 to 1974, where she was often cast in the archetypal roles of the girl next door, an ingénue, or a princess. Wessex Tales, Follyfoot, The Generation Game, and an adaptation of The Canterville Ghost, where she first met David Niven, a lifelong friend, were among the shows in which she appeared.

Frederick's most well-known television appearance came in 1974 when she appeared in three episodes of the critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning film The Pallisers. Anthony Andrews, a leading and rising British actor, appeared in the series, as well as Janet Andrews, who played the love interest.

Frederick was cast in A Long Return (Largo retorno, 1975), where she made her debut and first appearance on a film's soundtrack. She appeared in Four of the Apocalypse as well as in the adventure film Cormack of the Mounties, as well as in the adventure film Cormack of the Mounties. In the Spanish film El Vicio Y La Virtud (1975), she reprised her role as a teen protagonist.

Frederick debuted in 1976 with an appearance in "The Other Woman," a then-controversial BBC series Play for Today in which she portrayed a young woman falling for a lesbian artist portrayed by Jane Lapotaire. She gave a critically acclaimed appearance in the Oscar-nominated film Voyage of the Damned (1976). She continued to appear in a Pete Walker slasher horror film, Schizo (1976), a film that became a minor hit in the horror film genre.

Frederick's modeling career was also flourishing alongside her actor's increasing fame as an actor. Frederick grew to become a movie sex symbol of the late 1970s, transforming her appearance and appearance to that of a more sophisticated glamour girl. Her fame in Japan has grown, and Screen, a Japanese entertainment magazine, became a regular feature. She was uncovered as a celebrity centerfold pin-up and appeared on the front page three times in the space of eighteen months. Frederick was also listed in many press and editorial magazines as one of photographer Terry Fincher's muses.

Frederick was making over £4,000 (£30,628 today) per week for her film work alone by this time in her career. Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Caine, and Sean Connery were also represented by Dennis Selinger, an A-list Hollywood agent who has worked with internationally respected British actors such as Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Caine, and Sean Connery. Selinger was increasingly preparing Frederick for international crossover success in more accessible and mainstream film and television productions, as he had previously with Susan George. In addition, Frederick had now reached the point where she no longer had to audition for roles, and she was being sent stacks of scripts and lucrative film offers.

Frederick's career stalled for more than a year after she married Peter Sellers in 1977 in an effort to tend to him in the event of poor health. This involved assisting him and following him on the set of his films. Frederick was hoping to make a comeback in 1978, but her yearlong absence cost her her burgeoning stardom.

Frederick applied for and auditioned for several films. Meggie Cleary, the leading role in The Thorn Birds, was the one she most wished for and spent a considerable amount of time lobbying for. Despite Rachel Ward's lengthy and accomplished acting career, the producers decided they wanted a much bigger audience. Cosette was also involved in the 1978 television version of Les Misérables (1978) and Anne Sullivan in the television version of The Miracle Worker (1979), neither of whom she was accepted. In the 1979 revival of The Prisoner of Zenda, a box-office and critical flop, she made her last on-screen appearance with her husband, Sellers. Her last film role was as an executive producer on Dr. Fu Manchu's last film, The Fiendish Plot. (1980).

Frederick became a symbol of hate and ridicule in the press and other media following Sellers' death, his turbulent will, ongoing rivalry with her stepchildren, and her brief marriage to David Frost. In 1980, The Daily Mirror included her in a smear campaign list of disgraced public figures. She was then shunned and barred from the film industry after being branded a "gold digger" and "professional wife." By 1982, she was still unemployed and gradually fell out of the public eye.

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