'I was homeless and on welfare': Face of the '80s Lysette Anthony reveals how she was left destitute after a string of 'expensive husbands'
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.
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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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