Kate Beckinsale: Her stepfather Roy Battersby has died

British actress Kate Beckinsale (50) mourns the death of her stepfather Roy Battersby. The director died on January 10th at the age of 87. The actress confirmed his death on Instagram. There she initially shared last Wednesday (January 10th) without comment. on Monday (January 15) and wrote: “I don’t have any words yet. […] I fought for you with everything I have. Oh Roy, I’m so sorry I lost.”

His family was with Roy Battersby

Beckinsale also shared a short obituary on her Instagram story: “It is with great sadness that the family of film and TV director Roy Battersby announces the news of his death after a short illness.” He died peacefully surrounded by his family in Los Angeles on January 10th at the age of 87, it said. The funeral will take place in London.

After the Golden Globes on January 8th, Beckinsale had , including some pictures that show her still in the hospital at Battersby’s bedside in her glamorous red carpet outfit. “Golden Globes 2024 from start to finish,” she wrote about the footage.

Battersby was Beckinsale’s stepfather for more than 20 years

Roy Battersby was born in London in 1936 and worked as a film and television director from the late 1960s. Among other things, he directed several episodes of the BBC series “Between The Lines” and the ITV series “Cracker” as well as the thriller “Red Mercury” (2005). In 1996 he received the Alan Clarke Award from the British BAFTAs.

In 1997, after a long relationship, Battersby married actress Judy Loe (76) and officially became Kate Beckinsale’s stepfather. Her biological father, Richard Beckinsale, died of a heart attack in 1979, when Beckinsale was five years old.