At
the peak of her career she was raking in up to $30,000-per-day after
being branded 'the face of the Eighties' by photographer David Bailey.
But
actress Lysette Anthony has revealed she was left 'homeless and on
welfare' after expensive legal battles with a string of ex-partners.
Things
got so bad for the star, most famous for her roles on Woody Allen's
Husbands and Wives and sitcom Three Up, Two Down, she couldn't afford to
eat.
Struggle: Actress Lysette Anthony has
revealed how she was left 'homeless and on welfare' after a string of
bad relationship choices
Talking
to The Sunday Telegraph, she explained: 'Over the years I’ve had a lot
of expensive husbands. I have been homeless and on welfare. That was
during what I called 'the troubles’, and I had a mucky break-up with my
son’s stepfather.
'Everyone’s
behaving now and that’s fine, but there have been times when I got
incredibly thin because I couldn’t really afford to eat.'
The
51-year-old's first marriage was to actor Luc Leestermaker ended in 1995
after just five years. She walked down the aisle for a second time with
director David Price, bu they split two years later.
Lysette
also went through a high-publicised break up from her partner of six
years, BAFTA-nominated composer Simon Boswell, the father of her son,
Jimi.
Hey-day: The beauty shot to fame after becoming the muse of revered snapper David Bailey, who branded her 'the face of the '80s'
Go-to girl: The star, pictured above
filming sitcom Three Up, Two Down, was able to demand up to $30,000 for
lucrative American campaigns
The pair ended up in court in 2011 amid claims he had assaulted her. He was subsequently acquitted.
But
it's not just bad luck in her love life which Lysette blames for her
financial woes: she slams the huge drop in fees paid to TV actors over
the last two decades.
In
her interview with the broadsheet, Lysette added: 'In those days you
could earn a living but it’s got to the stage where we actors can’t go
on like this.
Doomed:
Lysette's marriage to actor Luc Leestermaker (above left) ended in 1995
while she went through an acrimonious split from her son's father,
composer Simon Boswell
Fall in pay: The 51-year-old - picture
above with Phillip Bretherton on TV show Murder In Suburbia - reveals
her annual salary has now dropped to £6,000 because of meagre acting
fees
'By
the end of this year I’ll have done some television, starred in a
fantastic play just off the West End and I will have made just £6,000.'
Despite
her hardships, Lysette revealed to the Mail on Sunday earlier this year
that she had a new man in her life - but she was adamant she had no
intention of settling down again.
She insisted: 'I like being on my own, just with Jimi. I don't want another child to look after!'
'There's a lot of love in my world now. I've survived. I'm happy.'
Back on form: The star revealed to the
Mail On Sunday in July that she was dating again - but would never move
in with another man
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