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Anita Ekberg

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Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg was born on September 29, 1931 in Malmo, Sweden. Growing up with seven brothers and sisters was not an adventure, but Anita's adventure began when she was elected Miss Sweden in 1950. She did not win the Miss Universe contest but she got a modeling contract in the United States... See full bio »

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Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg
in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
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Karen Sharpe stars as 'Betty Turner' with William Campbell as 'Tommy Dancer' and Anita Ekberg as 'Flo Randall' in "Man in the Vault" Still of Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita Anita Ekberg and Michael Todd circa 1955 Still of Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita Anita Ekberg Still of Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita
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2002 Beauty Centre (TV series)
Ingrid
– Ottobre (2002) … Ingrid
– Febbraio (2002) … Ingrid
 
1999 Blondes: Anita Ekberg (TV movie)
 
1998 Le nain rouge
Paola Bendoni
 
1996 Bámbola
Mamma Greta
 
1996 Witness Run (TV movie)
 
1992 Ambrogio
Clarice
 
1992 Cattive ragazze
 
1991 Il conte Max
Marika
 
1988 Quando ancora non c'erano i Beatles (TV mini-series)
La pianista
 
1986 Dolce pelle di Angela
Signora Rocchi
 
1982 Cicciabomba
Baronessa Judith von Kemp
 
1980 S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
Dr. Else Biebling
 
1979 Suor Omicidi
Sister Gertrude
 
1979 Gold of the Amazon Women (TV movie)
Queen Na-Eela
 
1975 Valley of the Dancing Widows (scenes deleted)
 
1974 Anno Schmidt (short)
 
1972 Deadly Trackers
Jane
 
1972 The French Sex Murders
Madame Colette
 
1972 Northeast of Seoul
Katherine
 
1970 The Conjugal Debt
Ines
 
1970 The Divorce
Flavia
 
1970 Quella chiara notte d'ottobre
 
1969 The Blonde Connection
Sophia Ferretti
 
1969 A Candidate for a Killing
Jacqueline Monnard
 
1969 Fangs of the Living Dead
Malenka/Sylvia Morel
 
1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Performer
 
1968 Crónica de un atraco
Bessie
 
1967 Woman Times Seven
Claudie (segment "Snow")
 
1967 The Glass Sphinx
Paulette
 
1967 The Cobra
Lou
 
1966 Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?
Baroness Olga
 
1966 Way... Way Out
Anna Soblova
 
1966 Come imparai ad amare le donne
Margaret Joyce
 
1965 Das Liebeskarussell
Lolita Young
 
1965 The Alphabet Murders
Amanda Beatrice Cross
 
1964 Love Factory
Alberchiaria
 
1963 4 for Texas
Elya Carlson
 
1963 Call Me Bwana
Luba
 
1962 Boccaccio '70
Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
 
1961 The Mongols
Hulina
 
1961 A porte chiuse
Olga Duvovich
 
1960 Little Girls and High Finance
 
1960 Le tre eccetera del colonnello
Georgina
 
1960 The Dam on the Yellow River
Miss Dorothy Simmons
 
1960 La Dolce Vita
Sylvia
 
1959 Sheba and the Gladiator
Zenobia, Queen of Palmira
 
1958 The Man Inside
Trudie Hall
 
1958 Screaming Mimi
Virginia Wilson/Yolanda Lange
 
1958 Paris Holiday
Zara
 
1957 Valerie
Valerie Horvat
 
1957 Pickup Alley
Gina Broger
 
1956 Zarak
Salma
 
1956 Man in the Vault
Flo Randall
 
1956 Hollywood or Bust
Actress Anita
 
1956 Back from Eternity
Rena
 
1956 War and Peace
Helene Kuragina
 
1955 Artists and Models
Anita
 
1955 Blood Alley
Wei Ling
 
1955 Casablanca (TV series)
Katrina Jorgenson
– Who Holds Tomorrow? (1955) … Katrina Jorgenson
 
1953 Private Secretary (TV series)
The Hubby Killer
– The Hubby Killer (1953) … The Hubby Killer
 
1953 The Golden Blade
Handmaiden (uncredited)
 
1953 Take Me to Town
Dancehall Girl (uncredited)
 
1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Venusian Guard
 
1953 The Mississippi Gambler
Maid of Honor (uncredited)
 
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2003 Lost in Translation (film clip: "La Dolce vita" courtesy of - as Ms. Anita Ekberg)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2009 Omaggio a Roma (short) (grateful thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
2010 Gomorron (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 June 2010 (2010) … Herself
 
2009 Noi che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita (documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Ken Adam's Production Films: Thunderball (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 My Dolce Vita (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others (documentary)
 
2002 The Magic of Fellini (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Barrymore (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #7.1 (2000) … Herself
 
1993 Tal cual (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 November 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1989 La parada (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.11 (1989) … Herself
 
1987 Fellini's Intervista
Herself
 
1985 Àngel Casas show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.75 (1985) … Herself
 
1983 Zoom su Fellini (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1982 Champs-Elysées (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 October 1982 (1982) … Herself
 
1975 Gäst hos Hagge (TV series)
Herself (Mars 2, 1982)
 
1970 The Clowns (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1956-1959 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest / Herself - Singer / Herself - Snow White
– Episode #4.32 (1959) … Herself - Singer
– Episode #3.26 (1958) … Herself - Snow White
– Episode #2.8 (1956) … Herself - Guest
 
1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Music Awards
 
1958 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 23 March 1958 (1958) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1956 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #4.13 (1956) … Herself
 
1956 Frankie Laine Time (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.1 (1956) … Herself
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode #5.13 (1955) … Herself - Actress
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (12 titles)
2012 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2010 1960 (documentary)
Herself
 
2010 Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (video documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Il était une fois... (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Ban the Sadist Videos! (video documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Elsa & Fred
Sylvia - in La Dolce Vita
 
2000 Fellini Narrates: A Discovered Self-Portrait (documentary)
Herself
 
1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Herself
 
1981 Sixty Years of Seduction (TV documentary)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1962 Lykke og krone (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1959 Zwischen Glück und Krone (documentary)
Herself
 

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Call Me Bwana -- Laugh along with this breezy comedy as Bob Hope heads for the African jungle where he finds himself on an outrageous safari with elephants, hippos, and...spies? Co-stars Anita Ekberg and Edie Adams. La Dolce Vita -- Trailer for La Dolce Vita The Man Inside -- Wild chases through some of the most exotic locations on earth highlight this thiller in which a private eye is hot on the trail of a jewel thief. Anita Eckberg comes along on the perilous ride as the rightful owner of the stolen jewels as the good guys scour New York, Lisbon, Paris and London.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1950s) TV commercial: Lustre-Creme shampoo. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Interviews  | 6 Articles  | 33 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Anita Eckberg | Ms. Anita Ekberg | Anita Kersten

Height:

5' 6½" (1.69 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I'm very much bigger than I was, so what? It's not really fatness, it's development. See more »

Trivia:

Returned to Sweden in 1964 to appear in her first Swedish movie, Bo Widerberg's Kärlek 65, but canceled her appearance because, she said, "Widerberg was such an amateur!". See more »

Trademark:

Cat-like blue eyes See more »

Nickname:

The Iceberg See more »

Star Sign:

Libra