Anita Ekberg

 

Kerstin Aita Marianne (Swedish pronunciation (listen), 29/09/1931 until 11/01/2015) was a Swedish actress well-known for her attractive and striking physique. Her iconic performance as Sylvia in Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita (1960) earned her fame. Ekberg performed her work mainly in Italy which is where she was a permanent resident in 1964.Anita Ekberg was born on 29 September 1931 in (Sweden), the sixth of eight children. As a teenager, Anita worked as a fashion model. Ekberg was influenced by the advice of her mother in 1950 began to enter Miss Malmo. She was crowned the Miss Sweden contest. Despite not speaking fluent English and Swedish, she travelled to the United States to compete to win the Miss Universe title for 1951. Although it was an informal contest that was later made an official pageant, it was official in 1952. While Ekberg was not crowned the Miss Universe pageant, as one of the six finalists she did get an acting contract with Universal Studios. She was an Universal starlet, and was given lessons in dramatization, elocution dancing as well as horseback riding, fencing, and elocution. She appeared briefly in The Mississippi Gambler (1953), Abbott and Costello go to Mars (1953), Take Me to Town (1953) and The Golden Blade (53).