Anita Ekberg
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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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