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Trivia

  • Ann-Margret has her own website and MySpace page to keep in contact with her fans.
  • Ann-Margret nearly died in 1972 when she fell 22 feet from a concert stage in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
  • Her husband, Roger Smith, has been suffering from Myasthenia Gravis since 1980.
  • Ann-Margret was a cheerleader in junior high and high school.
  • In 1960, she joined the singing group "The Suttletones."
  • Ann-Margret first arrived in the United States on the SS Gripsholm on November 29, 1946, from Sweden.
  • In 1959, she was in Life Magazine dressed as a cheerleader in an advertisement for the Schaffer Pen Company.
  • Ann-Margret got her first job as a singer in August of 1958 at The Muelbach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. She made $98 a week and had to pay for her own expenses.
  • Ann-Margret went to the same high school (New Trier in Winnetka, Illinois) as Ralph Bellamy, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Hugh O'Brien, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Virginia Madsen and Liz Phair.
  • Ann-Margret wrote her autobiography in 1994, Ann-Marget: My Story.
  • Ann-Margret is a natural brunette but dies her hair red.
  • Ann-Margret performed for the U.S. troops in the USO during the Vietnam Conflict.
  • Ann-Margret can speak Swedish fluently.
  • Ann-Margret's measurements were 35-23-35 in 1965.
  • Ann-Margret has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in.
  • She has been married to actor Roger Smith since 1967.
  • She is portrayed by actress Rose McGowan in the 2005 television movie, Elvis.
  • She has won five Golden Globe Awards.
  • She attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois.
  • In 1975, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in The Who’s rock opera Tommy.
  • In 1995, she was chosen by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history; she ranked 10th.
  • In 1993, she was nominated for a Razzie Award in the category of Worst Supporting Actress in the movie Newsies
  • She appeared in the 1962 musical 'State Fair'.
  • In 1971, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the movie Carnal Knowledge.
  • Her single “I Just Don't Understand” charted in the Top 20 of the Billboard Top 100.
  • She got a recording contract from RCA in 1961.
  • She was raised in Wilmette, Illinois.
  • She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6501 Hollywood Blvd.
  • She attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
  • Her acting debut was in 1961 as Bette Davis' daughter in Frank Capra's A Pocketful of Miracles.
  • She was discovered by George Burns.
  • She came to the United States at age 5.
  • She is 5 feet, 5 inches tall.(1.65 m)

Quotes

  • Ann-Margret: As a person, I am still many times fragile and vulnerable; it’s just the way I am. My parents were like that, too. It does present challenges for me. I can be knocked over by a feather when I’m really down although I must say that when I’m on stage, it’s different.
  • Ann-Margret: I always get the adrenalin the heart-pounding and the ice-cold hands before I go on stage.
  • Ann-Margret: One of my nicknames is ‘Slugger,’ referring to the fact that even when I get knocked down, I get back up again.
  • Ann-Margret: I was very flattered by the sex-kitten thing because I never thought of myself as that.
  • Ann-Margret: The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other... I was a cartoon character. A joke.

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