Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg was born in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden, on September 29, 1931, was a Swedish actress. Young Anita Ekberg first started her career as a fashion model. She made her big screen debut in Western adventure film The Mississippi Gambler (1953) in uncredited role as Maid of Honor. Anita's breakthrough performance came as Sylvia in Italian comedy drama movie La Dolce Vita (1960).
How tall was Anita Ekberg and what was her weight? Anita Ekberg's height was 5' 6½" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 169 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, her weight was 130 іn pоunds or 59 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. Anita Ekberg body measurements was bust-waist-hip 40-24-36 in inches or 102-61-91.5 in cеntіmеtrеѕ, her bra size was 36D with cup size D.
Anita Ekberg
September 29, 1931
January 11, 2015
Sweden
Libra
Blonde
Blue
5 ft 6½ in | 169 cm
40-24-36 in | 102-61-91.5 cm
59 kg | 130 lbs
36D
8 US | 38.5 EU
She won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her role as Cathy Grainger in thriller action film Blood Alley (1955).
Artists and Models (1955) musical comedy as Anita
Hollywood or Bust (1956) comedy as Herself
War and Peace (1956) war drama as Hélène Kuragin
Back from Eternity (1956) drama as Rena
Boccaccio '70 (1962) fantasy romance as Herself
4 for Texas (1963) Western comedy as Elya Carlson
Intervista (1987) drama fantasy as Herself
Man in the Vault (1956) thriller as Flo Randall
Valerie (1957) Western as Valerie Horvat
Paris Holiday (1958) comedy as Zara
Screaming Mimi (1958) drama mystery as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) historical drama as Zenobia
The Mongols (1961) historical adventure as Hulina
Call Me Bwana (1963) action comedy as Luba
Way... Way Out (1966) comedy as Anna Soblova
The Cobra (1967) thriller crime as Lou
She played Queen Na-Eela in action adventure television film Gold of the Amazon Women (1979).
Attended Malmö Borgarskola in Malmö, Sweden.
She was sixth of eight children.
She was Miss Sweden in 1950.
Featured in Playboy magazine in 1956.
She won the Capri Legend Award in 2003.
Ekberg died on January 11, 2015, Rocca di Papa, Italy, at the age of 83.
She was married to:
Anthony Steel (1956-1959)
Rik Van Nutter (1963-1975)
She dated Giovanni Agnelli (1959), Baby Pignatari (1958), Walter Chiari (1958), Jeff Richards (1955-1956), Ted Briskin (1952), Tyrone Power (1952), Yul Brynner (1952), Fred Otash (1952) and Scott Brady (1951).