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Introduction:
Born on April 28, 1941, in Sweden, Ann-Margret came to the United States with her parents after World War II and moved to the West Coast with her singing group around 1959. George Burns helped launch her singing career, and she soon went on to acting, starring alongside big names such as Elvis Presley, Jack Nicholson, and John Wayne, earning an Oscar nomination for Carnal Knowledge.
Early Life:
Ann-Margret was an introverted child, who found it difficult to adjust to American culture. In her early years, she used her love for song and dance as a means of expressing herself. She began to sing at weddings, private parties, and church socials. By the time she was 14, she had appeared in a number of school revues and drama productions and was a frequent winner at local talent contests.
After graduating high school in 1959, Ann-Margret enrolled at Northwestern University as a speech major. Within her first few months at college, she teamed up with three male students to form a jazz combo – The Suttletones. After her freshman year, she withdrew from school and headed for the West Coast with her newly formed band. They spent most of their time performing at various cabaret clubs in Reno, Las Vegas, and Southern California.
Screen Appearance:
She appeared in the musical State Fair (1962) a year later before her breakthrough in 1963. With Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Viva Las Vegas (1964) opposite Elvis Presley, she became a Top 10 Box Office star, teen idol, and even Golden Globe-nominated actress. She was marketed as Hollywood’s hottest young star and in the years to come got awarded the infamous nickname “sex kitten.” Her following pictures were sometimes ripped apart by critics (Bus Riley’s Back in Town (1965) and The Swinger (1966)), sometimes praised (The Cincinnati Kid (1965)). By the late 1960s, her career stalled, and she turned to Italy for new projects.
by 1970, she was back in the public image with Hollywood films (R.P.M. (1970) opposite Anthony Quinn), Las Vegas song-and-dance shows, and her own television specials. She finally overcame her image with her Oscar-nominated turn in Carnal Knowledge (1971) and succeeded in changing her image from sex kitten to respected actress. A near-fatal accident at a Lake Tahoe show in 1972 only momentarily stopped her career. She was again Oscar-nominated in 1975 for Tommy (1975), the rock opera film of the British rock band The Who. Her career continued with successful films throughout the late 1970s and into the 1980s. She starred next to Anthony Hopkins in Magic (1978) and appeared in pictures co-starring Walter Matthau, Gene Hackman, Glenda Jackson, and Roy Scheider. She even appeared in a television remake of Tennessee Williams’s masterpiece play “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1983. Another late-career highlight for her was Grumpy Old Men (1993) as the object of desire for Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. She continues to act in movies today.
What Happened:
Ann-Margret’s life and career are remarkable and successful. There was one catastrophic event that derailed Ann-Margret’s career for a moment. In 1972, she had to undergo surgery for her left arm, jaw, and cheekbone as she fell 22 feet off stage during a performance in Lake Tahoe. As her good fortune would have it, her surgery was successful, and she was able to go back to show business.
She co-starred alongside Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin in 2017’s “Going In Style,” reminding audiences that she’s not just gorgeous — she’s got a great sense of humor.
