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Anita Ekberg

  • Birthplace: Malmo, Sweden
  • Birthday: September 29, 1931

Curvaceous and statuesque, Anita Ekberg utilized her natural attributes to win the Miss Sweden contest in 1951. She traveled to the USA to compete in the Miss Universe pageant and remained in America where she first found work as a model. Hollywood eventually beckoned but the studios and filmmakers cast the voluptuous, husky-voiced blonde more for her looks than for her talent in such forgettable films as "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars" (1953) and "Zarak" (1956). Her one real shot at playing a three-dimensional character wa…more

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Career Milestones

  • 1998

    Appeared as a flamboyant opera star who is romance by the titular character in "Le Nain rouge/The Red Dwarf" (released in the USA in 1999)

  • 1996

    Played an elderly restaurant owner who is killed in a gas explosion in ""Bambola"

  • 1991

    Acted in "Il Conte Max", a film directed by Christian de Sica (son of Vittorio)

  • 1987

    With Mastroianni, appeared as themselves in Fellini's mock documentary "Intervista"

  • 1979

    US TV-movie debut, portrayed the queen in "Gold of the Amazon Women" (NBC)

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Awards

  • 1955

    Golden Globe Award: Most Promising Newcomer-Female

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