Actress found dead in producer’s mansion got a taste of Hollywood

LANA CLARKSON, the actress found shot dead at music legend Phil Spector’s ten-bedroom castle in Los Angeles, was well-known to B-movie fans.

Born in 1966 in California, Clarkson set her heart on making it in the tough world of Hollywood.

After appearing in numerous American TV shows, including Knight Rider in 1982 and The A-Team a year later, she starred in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Amy Heckerling's 1982 film about sex, sun and Californian shopping malls.