Ann-Margret

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Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941), professionally known only as Ann-Margret , is a Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer.

As an actress, Ann-Margret is best known for her role in Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Carnival Knowledge (1971), Tommy (1975), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Grumpier Old Men (1995). He has won five Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards.

In 2010, Ann-Margret won her first Emmy Award for her guest appearance at Law & amp; Order: Special Victim Unit . His singing and acting career span five decades, beginning in 1961; initially, he was billed as a female version of Elvis Presley. He had a lively passionate contralto voice. He had a small hit in 1961 and a charting album in 1964, and scored a disco hit in 1979. In 2001, he recorded a critically acclaimed Gospel album, and an album of Christmas carols from 2004 continues to be available.

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Ann-Margret Olsson was born in ValsjÃÆ'¶byn, JÃÆ'¤mtland County, daughter of Anna Regina ( nÃÆ' Â © e Aronsson) and Carl Gustav Olsson, originally from ÃÆ'â € "rnskÃÆ'¶ldsvik. He then described ValsjÃÆ'¶byn as a small town "tree-cutter and farmer near the Arctic Circle". His father worked in the United States during his youth and moved there again in 1942, working with Johnson Electric Company, while his wife and daughter stayed behind. Ann-Margret and her mother joined her father in the United States in November 1946, and her father took her to Radio City Music Hall the day they arrived. They settled in Wilmette, Illinois. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1949.

Ann-Margret took her first dance lesson at Marjorie Young Dance School, showing off natural abilities from the beginning, easily mimicking all the steps. Her parents support her, and her mother uses all her costumes. To support the family, Ann-Margret's mother became the receptionist of the funeral parlor after her husband suffered severe injuries to her work. As a teenager, Ann-Margret appeared in Morris B. Sachs Amateur Hour, Don McNeill's Breakfast Club, and Ted Mack's Amateur Hour. She attends New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and continues to star in the theater. In 1959, he enrolled at Northwestern University, where he became a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta college associate, but did not graduate.

As part of a group known as Suttletones, he performed at the Mist nightclub in Chicago and went to Las Vegas for a promised club date that failed after the group arrived. They then moved to Los Angeles, and through Georgia Lund agents, secured club dates in Newport Beach and Reno, Nevada. The group finally arrived at Dunes in Las Vegas, also titled Tony Bennett and Al Hirt at the time. George Burns heard his performance, and he auditioned for his annual vacation, where he and Burns had a softshoe routine. Variety states that "George Burns has a gold mine in Ann-Margret... he has his own style, which can easily lead him to star status."

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Careers

Music

Ann-Margret began recording for RCA Victor in 1961. Her first RCA Victor recording was "Lost Love" from her debut album And Here She Is: Ann-Margret, produced in Nashville with Chet Atkins on guitar, Jordanaires (supporting singer Elvis Presley), and Anita Kerr Singers, with liner notes by George Burns mentor. She has a sexy, hoarse contralto voice, and RCA Victor tries to capitalize on the comparison of 'Elvis ladies' by having her record of the "Heartbreak Hotel" version and other songs that are similar to Presley's. He scored a small hit of "I Just Do not Understand" (from his second LP), which entered the Billboard Top 40 in the third week of August 1961 and stayed six weeks, peaking at number 17. The song was then covered live performances by The Beatles and recorded during a live performance on the BBC. His only album charting was The Beauty and the Beard (1964), where he was accompanied by trumpet player Al Hirt. Ann-Margret appeared on The Jack Benny Program in 1961 (season 11, episode 24). He also sang at the Academy Awards presentation in 1962, singing the Oscar-nominated song "Theme from Bachelor in Paradise." His contract with RCA Victor expired in 1966.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he had hit on the charts, the most successful being "Love Rush," in 1979 which reached number eight on the disco/dance ladder.

In 2001, working with Art Greenhaw, he recorded the album God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions . The album went on to earn Grammy nominations and Dove nominations for this year's best album in the Gospel category. Her album Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection , also produced and organized by Greenhaw, was recorded in 2004.

Acting

1960s

In 1961, he filmed a screen test at 20th Century Fox and signed for a seven-year contract. Ann-Margret made her film debut in loan to United Artists at Pocketful of Miracles, with Bette Davis. It was a remake of the 1933 film Lady of a Day. Both versions are directed by Frank Capra.

Then came the 1962 remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair, playing the role of "bad girl" Emily against Bobby Darin and Pat Boone. He had tested the part of Margie, the "good girl," but seemed too tempting to the studio bosses, who decided to switch. These two roles represent two sides of the real-life personality - shy and reserved off-stage, but very vibrant and sensual on stage. In her autobiography, the actress wrote that she changed "from Little Miss Lollipop to Sexpot-Banshee" as soon as the music began.

The role of the main cast, as Kim's teenager from Sweet Apple, Ohio, at Bye Bye Birdie (1963), made him a major star. The premiere of Radio City Music Hall, 16 years after his first visit to the famous theater, was a huge success: the highest first-week grossing film at Music Hall. Life put it on the cover a second time and announced that "the dance oscillated almost replaces central heating in the theater." She was then asked to sing "Baby, Will not You Please Come Home" at a private birthday party of President John F. Kennedy at the Waldorf-Astoria, one year after Marilyn Monroe's famous "Happy Birthday."

Ann-Margret met Elvis Presley on the MGM sound stage when they filmed Viva Las Vegas (1964). He recorded three duets with Presley for the film: "The Lady Loves Me", "You're The Boss", and "Today, Tomorrow, and Forever"; only "The Lady Loves Me" made it into the last film and nothing was released commercially for years after Presley's death, due to concerns by Colonel Tom Parker that Ann-Margret's presence threatened to overshadow Elvis. Ann-Margret introduces Presley to David Winters, whom he recommends as a choreographer for their film. Viva Las Vegas is the work of Winters' first feature film choreography and is his first film from four films with Presley, and the first of five films, including Kitten with a Whip (1964) Back in Riley's City in 1965, Made in Paris 1966, and The Swinger (1966), and two TV specials with Ann-Margret. Winters was nominated for the 1970 Emmy Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Choreography for CBS Television Special: Ann-Margret: From Hollywood to Love 1969)

In 1963, Ann-Margret guested in a popular episode of the animated TV series The Flintstones, voicing Ann-Margrock, the animated version of herself. He sings the ballad "The Littlest Lamb" as a lullaby and song (literally), "Is not Gonna Be a Fool". A few decades later, he recorded the theme song, a modified version of the Viva Las Vegas theme, to the Flintstones live action film in Viva Rock Vegas in character as Ann-Margrock.

While working on the film Once a Thief (1965), he meets Roger Smith's future husband, who after successfully running the private-eye 77 Sunset Strip series, is performing live clubs at My Hungry on Bill with Bill Cosby and Don Adams. The meeting started their courtship, which met with resistance from their parents.

Ann-Margret starred in The Cincinnati Kid in 1965 against Steve McQueen. She also co-starred along with a friend of Dean Martin in spy spoof Killer Row (1966). Finally, he starred as a cast in The Swinger in 1966 with Tony Franciosa.

Her red hair color (she is a "natural brunette") is an idea from Sydney Guilaroff, a hairdresser who changes the hair color from other famous actresses like Lucille Ball.

He was offered the title role in Cat Ballou (1965), but his manager refused it without telling him. In March 1966, Ann-Margret and entertainers Chuck Day and Mickey Jones joined the USO tour to entertain US soldiers in the remotest parts of Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia. He still has great affection for veterans and calls them "my masters". Ann-Margret, Day, and Jones reunited in November 2005 to encore this tour for veterans and troops at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

During the quiet period of his film career in July 1967, Ann-Margret gave his first live show in Las Vegas, with her husband Roger Smith (whom he married in 1967) took over as his manager after the engagement. Elvis Presley and his entourage came to see him during the show for five weeks and to celebrate backstage. From here until his death, Presley sends a guitar-shaped bouquet for every Vegas opening. After the first Vegas run ended, he continued with CBS's special show The Ann-Margret Show, produced and directed by David Winters on December 1, 1968, with guest stars Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Danny Thomas, and Carol Burnett. Later, he returned to Saigon as part of the Christmas Hope event. The second CBS television show followed, Ann-Margret: From Hollywood With Love, directed and choreographed by David Winters and produced and distributed by Winters company Winters-Rosen with guest stars Dean Martin and Lucille Ball. David Winters and the show were nominated for Primetime Emmy in Extraordinary Choreography.

1970s

In 1970, he returned to the film with R. P. M. , in which he starred alongside Anthony Quinn, and C.C. and Company with Joe Namath as biker and Ann-Margret playing fashion journalist.

In 1971, he starred in Mike Nichols' Carnival Knowledge, playing with loving lovers of a cruel Jack Nicholson and collecting nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

On the set of The Train Robbers in Durango, Mexico, in June 1972, he told Nancy Anderson of Copley News Service that he had undergone a "grapefruit diet" and had lost nearly twenty pounds (134 115) to eat unsweetened orange.

On Sunday, September 10, 1972, while performing at Lake Tahoe, he fell 22 feet from a high platform onto the stage and suffered injuries including a broken left arm, cheekbones, and jawbone. Roger Smith's husband flew a stolen plane from Burbank, California, to Lake Tahoe to get his wife to a surgeon at the medical center at UCLA for treatment. He needs a very thorough facial reconstruction operation that requires the cable to close his mouth and place it on a liquid diet. Unable to work for 10 weeks, he finally returned to the stage almost back to normal.

For his contribution to the film industry, Ann-Margret received a movie star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1973. The star is located at 6501 Hollywood Boulevard.

Throughout the 1970s, Ann-Margret balanced his live music performances with a series of dramatic film roles that played against his glamorous image. In 1973, he starred in John Wayne on The Train Robbers. Then came the music of Tommy in 1975, where he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. In addition, she has been nominated for 10 Golden Globe Awards and has won five, including her Best Actress in Musical or Comedy for Tommy. On August 17, 1977, Ann-Margret and Roger Smith traveled to Memphis to attend the Elvis Presley cemetery. Three months later, he hosted Memories Of Elvis featuring a shortened version of the 1968 TV and the special Aloha of Hawaii. In 1978, he co-starred with Anthony Hopkins in the horror/suspense thriller Magic .

Ann-Margret was an early choice of Allan Carr to play the role of Sandy Dumbrowski in the 1978 movie Grease . At the age of 37, he finally determined to be too old to convincingly play the role of a high school student (Olivia Newton-John played a role instead); the character remained renamed to "Sandy Olsson" (after the birthday of Ann-Margret) as a tribute.

1980s

In 1982, Ann-Margret starred along with Walter Matthau and Dinah Manoff in the movie version of the drama Neil Simon I Ought to Be in Pictures . That same year, she appeared with six-year-old Angelina Jolie in Lookin 'to Get Out , playing Jolie's mother. To complete 1982, he appeared with Alan Bates, Glenda Jackson, and Julie Christie in the film adaptation of The Return of the Soldier . She also starred in TV movies Who Will Love My Children? (1983) and a remake of A Streetcar Named Desire (1984). The show collectively won two Golden Globe awards and two Emmy nominations. She appeared as the character's wife of Roy Scheider in the 1986 crime thriller 52 Pick-Up . In 1987 he starred in NBC's 2-part series "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" based on Dominick Dunne's novel. The series starred in Claudette Colbert.

In 1989, an illustration was performed by Oprah Winfrey on the cover of TV Guide, and although her head was Oprah, the body was referred from a 1979 photo shoot of Ann-Margret. The illustration was so rigorously translated in color pencil by freelance artist Chris Notarile, which most people think is a composite photo.

1990s and 2000s

In 1991, he starred in the pioneer children of Our Sons across from Julie Andrews as the mother of sons beloved, one of whom died of AIDS. In 1992, he co-starred Robert Duvall and Christian Bale in Disney musical, Newsies . In 1993, Ann-Margret starred in the hit comedy Grumpy Old Men reunited with Matthau and Jack Lemmon. The character returned to Grumpier Old Men (1995), a sequel to this success with Sophia Loren.

Ann-Margret published an autobiography in 1994 titled Ann-Margret: My Story , in which she openly acknowledged her struggle with and continuous recovery of alcoholism. In 1995, he was chosen by Empire as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history; he ranked 10th.

She also shoots Any Given Sunday (1999) for director Oliver Stone, describing the mother of owner of Cameron Diaz football team. She filmed a cameo appearance for The Limey , but her performance was cut from the movie.

Ann-Margret also starred in several television films, including The Queen of The American Family (1993) and Life of the Party (1999), the last of which she received nominations for Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award.

She made guest appearances on the television show Touched by Angel in 2000 and three episodes of Third Watch in 2003. In 2001, she made her first appearance on the music stage, playing the character owner of the Mona Stangley brothel in the production of the new tour of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. This production stars Gary Sandy and Ed Dixon. She plays Jimmy Fallon's mother in the 2004 comedy Taxi , starring Queen Latifah. In 2001, Ann-Margret worked with Art Greenhaw on God Is Love's album: The Gospel Sessions . The critically acclaimed project resulted in the first Grammy Award nomination and the first Dove Award nomination for this year's Best Album in the Gospel category. They teamed up again in 2004 for Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection album . He performed material from the album at two auditorium church services at Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, and was broadcast worldwide on the Hour of Power program.

In 2006, Ann-Margret had a supporting role in the Break-Up box hits with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, and The Santa Clause 3 with Tim Allen. He also starred in several independent films, such as Memory (2006) with Billy Zane and Dennis Hopper. In 2009, he appeared in the Old Dogs comedy with John Travolta and Robin Williams.

2010-present

Ann-Margret guest starred in the episode Law & amp; Order: Special Victims Unit , "Bedtime", which was first aired on March 31, 2010 on NBC. He received a sixth Emmy nomination for his performance. She also appeared in the Lifetime series, Army Wives, in the episode "Guns and Roses" (season four, episode five), which originally aired May 9, 2010. On August 29, 2010, she won. Emmy Award for guest appearance by actress for her performance SVU . This was the first Emmy victory of his career, and he received a standing ovation from the audience where Emmy as he approached the stage to receive his award.

On October 14, 2010, Ann-Margret appeared on CBS ' CSI .

In 2014, she began appearing in a recurring role in the original Showtime series Ray Donovan .

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Personal life

Ann-Margret has no children, but she is the stepmother to the three children of Roger Smith's husband, an actor who later became his manager. She and Smith were married from May 8, 1967 until her death on June 4, 2017. Prior to this, she was romantically linked to Elvis Presley during the filming of Viva Las Vegas.

A keen motorist, Ann-Margret drove the Triumph T100C Tiger 500 cc in the Swinger (1966) and used the same model, equipped with an unfair electric starter, in his stage show and TV specials. He was featured in the official commercials of Triumph Motorcycles in the 1960s. He suffered three broken ribs and broken shoulders when he was thrown off a motorcycle in rural Minnesota in 2000.

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Depictions

The 2005 CBS miniseries Elvis includes his affair with Elvis Presley during the filming of Viva Las Vegas. She is portrayed by actress Rose McGowan.

Movieography

Movies

The box office rating

For two years Ann-Margret was chosen by film exhibitors as one of the most popular actors in the United States:

• 1964 - 8
• 1965 - 17

Television

Discography

Singles

• "I Just Do not Understand" (1961)
• "It Do Me So Good" (1961)
• "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963)
• "What Should I Do" (1962)
• "Sleeping in the Grass" (1969)
• "Love Rush" (1979)
• "Midnight Message" (1980)
• "Everyone Needs Someone Sometimes" (1981)
• "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes" (single, reissue) (2007)

Albums

• And This Is It... Ann-Margret (1961)
• Up the Road (1962)
• The Vivacious One (1962)
• Bachelor's Paradise (1963)
• Beauty and the Beard (1964) (with Al Hirt)
• David Merrick Presents His Hits-Broadway Hits (1964) (with David Merrick)
• Songs from "The Swinger" (And Other Swingin Songs) (1966)
• The Cowboy and the Lady (1969) (with Lee Hazlewood)
• Ann-Margret (1979)
• God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions (2001)
• Today, Tomorrow and Forever: Set Box (2002) (with Elvis Presley)
• Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection (2004)
• Love Rush (repeat of Ann-Margret ) (2007)
• God is Love: The Gospel Sessions 2 '' (2011)

Soundtracks

• State Fair (1962)
• Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
• The Pleasure Seekers (1965)
• Tommy (1975)
• Newsies (1992)
• The Flintstones at Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
• Viva Las Vegas (LP reissued Viva Las Vegas EP ) (2007) (with Elvis Presley)

Theater production

• Love Letter , with Burt Reynolds
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (2001, touring production)

Command

• Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star (KNO) (December 2, 1988)

Awards and nominations

References

Bibliography

• Ann-Margret; Todd Gold (1994). Ann-Margret: My story . G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 978-0-399-13891-1 . Retrieved 2010-08-04 .

External links

General

• Official website
• Ann-Margret on IMDb
• Ann-Margret at AllMovie
• Ann-Margret discography in Discogs
• Ann-Margret at AllMusic
• Ann of a Thousand Knights at Snopes.com
• The Ann-Margret clip appeared on the Original Amateur Watch at the age of 16 in 1957.

Interview

• Interview with Larry King, January 1, 2001, in particular relating to the 2001 tour of the tour at The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

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