Sean Connery's ex-wife, Diane Cilento died at 78

Australian theatre and film actress and Sean Connery's first wife, Diane Cilento died at the age of 78.

The actress who starred in films such as "The Wicker Man" (1973) and "The Boy Who Had Everything" (1984) was married to Connery for 11 years until they divorced in 1960.

Cilento was an Oscar-nominated actress who starred with Charlton Heston in "The Agony And The Ecstasy" (1965) and "Hombre" with Paul Newman in 1967.

The actress passed away on Thursday, after her birthday, at Cairnes Based Hospital in her native Australia following a long illness.

SOURCE: DailyMail