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 breakthrough performance came as Sylvia in Italian comedy drama movie La Dolce Vita (1960).
Anita Ekberg height was 5' 6½" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 169 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, her weight was 130 іn pоunds or 59 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. Her 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
Photo: Paramount-photo by Bud Frakes. / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Birth Date:
September 29, 1931
Died:
January 11, 2015
Nationality:
Sweden
Sun Sign:
Libra
Natural hair color:
Blonde
Eye Color:
Blue
Height:
5 ft 6½ in | 169 cm
Weight:
59 kg | 130 lbs
Body Measurements:
40-24-36 in | 102-61-91.5 cm
Bra Size:
36D
Shoe Size:
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) - Anita
Hollywood or Bust (1956) - Herself
War and Peace (1956) - Hélène Kuragin
Back from Eternity (1956) - Rena
Boccaccio '70 (1962) - Herself
4 for Texas (1963) - Elya Carlson
Intervista (1987) - Herself
Man in the Vault (1956) - Flo Randall
Valerie (1957) - Valerie Horvat
Paris Holiday (1958) - Zara
Screaming Mimi (1958) - Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) - Zenobia
The Mongols (1961) - Hulina
Call Me Bwana (1963) - Luba
Way... Way Out (1966) - Anna Soblova
The Cobra (1967) - 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).