Anita Ekberg

 

Kerstin Marianne Ekberg (Swedish pronunciation (listen), 29 September 1931-11 January 2015.) was an Swedish actress best known for her beautiful shape and beauty. Her iconic performance as Sylvia in Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita (1960) has made her famous. Ekberg primarily worked in Italy and was granted a permanent residence in the year 1964. Anita Ekberg was the eighth child in a family of eight. As a teenager, Anita worked as a fashion model. Ekberg upon the request of her mother in 1950 was a contestant in Miss Malmo. It resulted in her winning the Miss Sweden contest. Even though she spoke very little English she travelled to the United States to compete for the 1951 Miss Universe title (an unofficial pageant until the pageant officially became official in 1952). Ekberg didn't win the Miss Universe pageant. However she was among six Finalists. Universal Studios offered her the chance to sign a starlet contract. She was an Universal starlet who received instruction in dramatization, elocution dance horses, horseback riding, and elocution. The film she appeared in was The Mississippi Gambler (1953), Abbott and Costello (as an actress in Venus), Take Me to Town (1853), and The Golden Blade (1953).





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