Françoise Pascal

Born 14 October 1949 on the Island of Mauritius. She was educated in Paris and London. Her first taste of showbiz came when she was dancing on Top of the Pops in the 60s. Her first film was 'Loving Feeling' (1968), a film by Bashoo Sen. In 1970, she was one of the co-stars in 'There's a Girl in My Soup' (1970) playing Paola with Peter Sellers. Whilst she was having lunch with her then partner Richard Johnson at the White Elephant in Mayfair. Kirk Douglas spotted her and offered her the lead role in 'Skallawag' but she turned it down to do a Jean Rollin film 'The Iron Rose' (1973).