Ann-Margret
Actor, Film actor
1941 –
Who is Ann-Margret?
Ann-Margret Olsson is a Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer whose professional name is Ann-Margret.
As an actress, she is best known for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie, Viva Las Vegas, The Cincinnati Kid, Carnal Knowledge, and Tommy. She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. In 2010, she won her first Emmy Award for her guest appearance on Law & Order: SVU.
Her singing career spans five decades, like her acting career, and started in 1961; initially she was billed as a female version of Elvis Presley. She had a minor hit in 1961 and a charting album in 1964, and scored a disco hit in 1979. In 2001 she recorded a critically acclaimed gospel album, and an album of Christmas songs from 2004 continues to be available.
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- Born
- Apr 28, 1941
Stockholm - Also known as
- Ann Margaret
- Ann-Margaret
- Miss Ann Margret
- Ann Margret
- Ann-Margret Olsson
- Slugger
- Parents
- Spouses
- Roger Smith
(1967/05/08 - )
- Roger Smith
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Ethnicity
- Swedish American
- Nationality
- Sweden
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Northwestern University
- New Trier High School
- Lived in
- Wilmette
- Jämtland
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on July 23, 2013
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