Curvaceous and statuesque, Anita Ekberg utilized her natural attributes to win the Miss Sweden contest in... (Learn more)
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Anita Ekberg’s Milestones
| Made guest appearance on the ABC TV series "Casablanca" playing Ilsa (the role created in the film by Ingrid Bergman) | |
| Worked as model | |
| 1951 | Film acting debut in "Terras foster No. 5" |
| 1951 | Moved to L.A. |
| 1951 | Named Miss Sweden |
| 1951 | Went to America to compete in Miss Universe contest |
| 1953 | US film debut in "Abbott and Costello Go to Mars" and "The Golden Blade" |
| 1955 | Played a character loosely based on herself in "Artists and Models", featuring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis |
| 1956 | Had one of her best Hollywood roles as Helene in King Vidor's "War and Peace" |
| 1960 | Delivered what is perhaps her best-known performance as the movie star Sylvia in Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita", co-starring Marcello Mastroianni |
| 1962 | Reteamed with Fellini for "Le tentazioni del Dottor Antonio", his segment of "Boccacio '70" |
| 1967 | Co-starred with Shirley MacLaine in Vittorio de Sica's "Woman Times Seven" |
| 1970 | Played herself in Fellini's "I Pagliacci/Clowns" |
| 1979 | US TV-movie debut, portrayed the queen in "Gold of the Amazon Women" (NBC) |
| 1987 | With Mastroianni, appeared as themselves in Fellini's mock documentary "Intervista" |
| 1991 | Acted in "Il Conte Max", a film directed by Christian de Sica (son of Vittorio) |
| 1996 | Played an elderly restaurant owner who is killed in a gas explosion in ""Bambola" |
| 1998 | Appeared as a flamboyant opera star who is romance by the titular character in "Le Nain rouge/The Red Dwarf" (released in the USA in 1999) |
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