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Anita Ekberg
Actress + Model
Female
Born
Sep 29, 1931
Age
81
Hometown
Malmö
Other Names
Ekberg, Kerstin A...
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg is a Swedish model, actress and cult sex symbol. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the 1960 Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita, which features the legendary scene of her cavorting in Trevi Fountain alongside Marcello… Read More
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Romance
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Fred OtashDated 1952
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Ted BriskinDated
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Jorge GuinleDated
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Baby PignatariDated
News + Updates
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Rome Trevi Fountain, Symbol Of Dolce Vita, To Get Big FaceliftReuters.com - Jan 29, 2013
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Rome's Trevi Fountain To Get $2.9 Million Restoration [Photos]Calgary Sun - Jan 28, 2013
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Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: Did A Lethal Curse Plague Three 1950s Screen Sirens?Huffington Post - Nov 21, 2012
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Natalie Portman Goes ‘black Swan’ For DiorForward - Jul 06, 2012
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1931
Birth
Ekberg was born on September 29, 1931, the eldest girl and the sixth of eight children.
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TEENAGE
1950
18 Years Old
In 1950, Ekberg entered the Miss Malmö competition at her mother's urging leading to the Miss Sweden contest which she won.
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TWENTIES
1953
21 Years Old
As a starlet at Universal, Ekberg received lessons in drama, elocution, dancing, horseriding and fencing. She appeared briefly in the 1953 Universal films, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars and The Golden Blade.
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1956
24 Years Old
Ekberg was married to the British actor Anthony Steel from 1956 to 1959.
THIRTIES
LATE ADULTHOOD
2005
73 Years Old
She has welcomed Swedish journalists in her house outside Rome, and in 2005 appeared in the popular radio program Sommar, talking about her life.
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2009
77 Years Old
On 19 July 2009, she had been admitted to the San Giovanni Hospital in Rome, after falling ill in her home in Genzano, according to a medical official in its neurosurgery department.
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2011
79 Years Old
In December 2011, it was reported that the 80-year-old Ekberg was "destitute" following three months in a hospital with a broken thigh in Rimini, during which her home was robbed and badly damaged in a fire.
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