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Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret Olsson, credited as Ann-Margret, is an American actress, dancer, and singer with a career spanning seven decades. Her many screen roles include Pocketful of Miracles (1961), State Fair (1962), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Train Robbers (1973), Tommy (1975), The Return of the Soldier (1982), 52 Pick-Up (1986), Newsies (1992), Grumpy Old Men…
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entertainment · American actress (born 1941) · singer · stage actor · film actor · television actor · recording artist · actor · musician · also Ann-Margret, Ann-Margret Olsson, Ann Margret Olsson
Born 28 April 1941 · Q232059
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2026· 5 entries
Yahoo: The Truth About 60s Icon Ann-Margret Has Spilled Out
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Page Six: Ann-Margret still chasing speed at 85, says she’s never once been scared on a bike
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Public attention spiked: 11,668 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 2,907, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Ann-Margret still chasing speed at 85, says she’s never once been scared on a bike” (Page Six).
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HELLO! Magazine: Ann-Margret, 84, reveals health update after scary fall
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2024· 1 entry
New York Post: Ann-Margret, 82, still rides her Harley-Davidson: ‘I love speed’
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2023· 1 entry
Went back into the studio to record a full-length album of new recordings for Cleopatra Records
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2021· 2 entries
The Cheat Sheet: Ann-Margret Said Elvis Presley’s Friends Had Instructions to Follow When She Was Over
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The Cheat Sheet: Ann-Margret Got Married Exactly 1 Week After Elvis Presley Did
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2018· 1 entry
Guest-starred in The Kominsky Method, portraying Diane, a widow and possible love interest for the recently widowed Norman, played by Alan Arkin
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2017· 1 entry
Yahoo: Inside Ann-Margret and Roger Smith's 50-Year Marriage
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2014· 1 entry
Began appearing in a recurring role in the Showtime original series Ray Donovan
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010).
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2009· 1 entry
Appeared in the comedy Old Dogs with John Travolta and Robin Williams
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2006).
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Ann-Margret had supporting roles in the box-office hits The Break-Up with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, and The Santa Clause 3 with Tim Allen
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2004· 1 entry
For the album Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection
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2001· 3 entries
Ann-Margret worked with Art Greenhaw on the album God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions
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Working with Art Greenhaw, she recorded the album God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions
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Made her first appearance in a stage musical, playing the character of brothel owner Mona Stangley in a new touring production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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2000· 2 entries
And three episodes of Third Watch in 2003
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Recorded the theme song, a modified version of the Viva Las Vegas theme, to the live-action film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
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1995· 1 entry
Empire magazine ranked her tenth on its list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history
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1994· 1 entry
Titled Ann-Margret: My Story, in which she publicly acknowledged her battle with and ongoing recovery from alcoholism
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1993· 1 entry
Ann-Margret starred in the hit comedy Grumpy Old Men reuniting with Matthau and Jack Lemmon
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1992· 1 entry
Co-starred with Robert Duvall and Christian Bale in the Disney musical Newsies
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1991· 1 entry
Starred in the TV film Our Sons opposite Julie Andrews as mothers of sons who are lovers, one of whom is dying of AIDS
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1989· 1 entry
An illustration of Oprah Winfrey appeared on the cover of TV Guide, and although the head was Oprah's, the body was from a 1979 publicity shot of Ann-Margret
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1987· 2 entries
Awarded Crystal Award (1987).
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Co-starred with Elizabeth Ashley, and Claudette Colbert, in the last on-screen role of the film legend's career, in the NBC two-part series The Two Mrs
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1984· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for A Streetcar Named Desire (1984).
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1983· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for Who Will Love My Children? (1983).
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For her role in The Thorn Birds, she mentioned Ann-Margret's performance in Who Will Love My Children
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1982· 1 entry
Co-starred with Walter Matthau and Dinah Manoff in the film version of Neil Simon's play I Ought to Be in Pictures
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1981· 1 entry
“Opis: komentując doniesienia o ich romansie.”
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1980· 1 entry
In which she co-starred with Jon Voight and played the mother of a five-year-old Angelina Jolie in Jolie's screen debut
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1975· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Tommy (1975).
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For which she received her second Oscar nomination, this time for the Academy Award for Best Actress
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1973· 2 entries
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1973).
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Starred with John Wayne in The Train Robbers
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1972· 1 entry
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for Carnal Knowledge (1972).
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1971· 1 entry
Starred in Carnal Knowledge by director Mike Nichols, playing the girlfriend of a neglectful, arguably abusive character played by Jack Nicholson
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1966· 1 entry
Ann-Margret starred in four films
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1963· 1 entry
Life Magazine mentioned that her recordings had sold in excess of half a million units
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1962· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for Pocketful of Miracles (1962).
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Ann-Margret was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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1961· 2 entries
Ann-Margret filmed a screen test at 20th Century Fox and was signed to a seven-year contract
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And singing the Bachelor in Paradise theme at the 34th Academy Awards in 1962
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1960· 1 entry
And three young men from Northwestern formed a singing group, the Suttletones
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1949· 1 entry
Ann-Margret became a naturalized American citizen
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1941· 1 entry
Born 1941-04-28.
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