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She's known as a sex symbol and was named the sex-kitten. Ann-Margret was also compared to Elvis Presley for her energetic performances and aptly named the female Elvis.
Ann-Margret started recording for RCA in 1961. Her recording career was not as successful as her movie career. She had a sexy singing voice which can be compared to that of Eartha Kitt. She scored one minor hit I Just Don't Understand (it entered the Billboard Top-40 the week of August 21, 1961 and stayed 6 weeks, peaking at #17.) Her only charting album is The Beauty and the Beard ( 1964) which she did with trumpeter Al HirtAl Hirt ( November 7, 1922 April 27, 1999) was a popular trumpeter and bandleader. Alois Maxwell Hirt known as "Al" or "Jumbo", was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a child he played in the Junior Police Band with the children of Alcide Nunez. By the ag. The contract with RCA ended in 1966Events January January 1 In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 Strike of public transportation workers in New York City ends January 13 January 3 First Acid Test at the Fil.
She got her start in Pocketful of Miracles in 1961, and followed that up with the successful film State FairState Fair is the title of a 1933 movie starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres, a 1945 musical remake starring Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, and Charles Winninger, and a 1962 version of the musical starring Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, and Ann-Margret the following year. It was her starring role as the all-American teenager in Bye Bye BirdieBye Bye Birdie is a musical satire on American society written by Michael Stewart (book), Lee Adams (lyrics), and Charles Strouse (music). It was first performed in the Martin Beck Theatre on April 14, 1960, directed by Gower Champion. Story The fictional which made her a star. When she filmed Viva Las VegasViva Las Vegas ( 1964) is an American musical film directed by George Sidney and starring Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret and Cesare Danova. The movie is regarded as one of Presley's best movies and noted for the on-screen charisma between Presley and Ann-Marg with Elvis Presley the following year, she made a life-long friend. Presley continued to send her flowers at the opening of each of her stage show appearances until he died. When The Flintstones created a character named "Ann-Margrock", she had arrived as an American cultural phenomenon. She did the dubbing of "Ann-Margrock" herself.
Ann-Margret & Elvis in Viva Las Vegas
In 1971, she starred in Mike Nichols's Carnal Knowledge, marking a change from her sex-kitten musical roles. She garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The following year, while performing at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, she fell 22 feet from the stage and suffered injuries which put her out of commission for several months.
In 1975 she starred as the title character's mother in Tommy, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1976 she received a Golden Globe for Best Actress, Film Comedy/Musical in Tommy.
Other films include The Swinger , Joseph Andrews, A Tiger's Tale , Newsies, 52 Pick-Up , and Grumpy Old Men.
She also did a string of successful TV shows, starting with The Ann-Margret Show for NBC in 1968.
She has been married to actor Roger Smith since 1967. Smith suffers from myasthenia gravis, and Ann-Margret has devoted much of her life to tending him.
Ann-Margret has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6501 Hollywood Blvd.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#10). [1995]
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