Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV

Walker's Women

The Paranormal Peter Sellers

The Prisoner of Zenda

Voyage of the Damned

Schizo

The Other Woman

A Long Return

Space: 1999

Four of the Apocalypse

Red Coat

Vice and Virtue

The Canterville Ghost

Phase IV

The Lady From the Sea

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Vampire Circus

Nicholas and Alexandra

Now Take My Wife

Play for Today

No Blade of Grass

Lynne Frederick (25 July 1954 – 27 April 1994) was an English actress and model. In a career spanning ten years, she made over thirty appearances in film and television productions. She often played the girl next door and performed in a range of genres, from contemporary science fiction to slasher horror, romantic dramas, classic westerns, and occasional comedies, although her greater successes were in period films and costume dramas.
In 1980, after the death of her husband, Peter Sellers, she came to national attention over the nature of his controversial will, in which she was listed as the primary beneficiary. She was publicly criticised, ridiculed and perceived as a gold digger by the press and public. Her career and reputation never recovered from the backlash and she was subsequently blacklisted by Hollywood. She lived out the remainder of her years in California, and kept a low profile until her death in 1994.
In the decades since her death, Frederick has steadily attracted a posthumous cult following for her collection of work in motion pictures and television. Some of her better-known performances include her roles in films such as Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972), Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), and Voyage of the Damned (1976). Other films of hers such as Vampire Circus (1971), Phase IV (1974), Four of the Apocalypse (1975), A Long Return (Largo retorno) (1975), and Schizo (1976) have all become underground hits or established a status as a cult film in their respective genres, contributing to the renewed interest in her life and career.
She was the first recipient of the award for Best New Coming Actress from the Evening Standard British Film Awards in 1973, for her performances in Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) and The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972). She is one of only eight actresses, and the youngest, to hold this title.

Lynne Frederick