Lynne Frederick

Lynne Frederick

Infobox Person
name = Lynne Maria Frederick
image_size =
birth_place = Hillingdon, Middlesex, England
birth_date = July 25, 1954|
death_place = Los Angeles, California
death_date = April 27, 1994 (aged 39)

Lynne Maria Frederick (July 25, 1954 – April 27, 1994) was an English actress.

Born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, Frederick's film career began in 1970. Her early films included royal roles as Tatiana, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in "Nicholas and Alexandra" (1971), and Catherine Howard in "Henry VIII and his Six Wives" (1972). Other notable roles included Lucy in "The Amazing Mr Blunden" (1972), a doomed Jewish refugee in the fact-based "Voyage of the Damned" (1976) and the teenage leads in Hammer Films' "Vampire Circus" (1972) and Saul Bass's "Phase IV" (1974). She also appeared in the episode of "" entitled "A Matter of Balance".

Despite winning good reviews for her early roles, and being described as a promising talent, Frederick's career quickly stagnated. She became the fourth and final wife of the actor and comedian Peter Sellers, and was criticised by many of his contemporaries who regarded her as an opportunist who married him for his money, though others noted that Sellers was a womanizer and actively pursued her. This was given further credence when she re-married only six months after his death.

Although Sellers was reportedly in the process of excluding Frederick from his will a week before he died of a heart attack in 1980, she inherited almost his entire estate worth an estimated £4.5 million. By contrast, Sellers left his two children with actress Ann Howe only £800 pounds each. Frederick won nearly $1.5 million in a lawsuit against the makers of the posthumous"Trail of the Pink Panther" (1982), claiming the film tarnished her late husband's memory. When Frederick died, her mother Iris inherited everything, including all of the income and royalties from Sellers' work. When Iris dies the whole estate will go to Cassie, the daughter Lynne had with her third husband, Barry Unger.

Frederick was married three times:
# The English actor Peter Sellers (m. 18 February 1977, d.24 July 1980)
# Television presenter and journalist Sir David Frost (m. 25 January 1981, div.1982)
# Barry Unger (m. December 1982, 1 daughter, div.1991)

She died in Los Angeles, California, after suffering from alcoholism for several years.

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