Father dies at 31
At the age of five, the actress losses her father, British actor Richard Beckinsale, to a sudden heart attack. He was at the height of his career at the time and was a British household name starring in two English sitcoms: Rising Damp and Porridge. Richard was 31 years of age.
I started expecting bad things to happen, that friends will leave, that loved ones will die. It kept building until I had a nervous breakdown when I was a teenager.
Kate Beckinsale born in London
Kathrin Romary Beckinsale is born in London to British comedian and actor Richard Beckinsale and actress Judy Loe. At the age of five, she loses her father to a heart attack which causes her to develop anorexia. Her widowed mother later remarries director Roy Battersby, with whom she maintains a close relationship. She also has a paternal half-sister, actress Samantha Beckinsale. About her step-father:
I couldn’t have knitted a better one … He wasn’t pushy, he let me come to him.