Anita Ekberg Overview:

Actress, Anita Ekberg, was born Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg on Sep 29, 1931 in Malm?, Sweden. Ekberg died at the age of 83 on Jan 15, 2015 in Rocca di Papa, Italy .

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Anita Ekberg Quotes:

Elya Carlson: In my country we have a saying: "a secret whispered in a coffee house is as confidential as a headline in a newspaper".


Zenobia, Queen of Palmira: [referring to Marcus Valerius] Unchain him and bring him here.
[after an unsuccessful interview]
Zenobia, Queen of Palmira: Take him back to the cross!


Zack Thomas: Well if I have to die, I prefer being killed by the hand of a beautiful woman.
Elya Carlson: If you're not careful, my darling, you might just have your wish.


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Anita Ekberg Facts
Miss Sweden 1950 and 1955 Deb Star.

Returned to Sweden in 1964 to appear in her first Swedish movie, Bo Widerberg's Kärlek 65 (1965), but canceled her appearance because, she said, "Widerberg was such an amateur!".

Had a long involvement with Tyrone Power that began when she was uncredited in his film The Mississippi Gambler (1953). She was involved with him during his subsequent tour of "John Brown's Body" and showed up in New York while he was filming The Eddy Duchin Story (1956). At one point, he took her to Cincinnati with him to meet his family. This all took place while he was married to Linda Christian. Christian describes the affair, but never mentions Ekberg's name, in her autobiography.

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