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Ekland became famous overnight as a result of her 1964 whirlwind romance and marriage to English actor and comedian, Peter Sellers, who proposed after seeing her photograph in the paper and then meeting in London.

She stood by him after he suffered a series of massive heart attacks shortly after their marriage.

Ekland was stepmother to Sellers ' children Sarah and Michael ( who died of a heart attack at about the same age as his father ).

In January 1965 they had a daughter, Victoria.

The couple made three films together-Carol for Another Christmas in 1964, After the Fox in 1966 and The Bobo in 1967-before divorcing in 1968.