Swedish, outdated Hollywood actress, Anita Ekberg, is finest recognized for enjoying Sylvia in Federico Fellini’s 1960 movie, La Dolce Vita.
… And people curves.
After successful Miss Sweden in 1950, Ekberg travelled to America to compete within the (unofficial) Miss Universe pageant in 1951 (the Miss Universe competitors was made official the next 12 months). Ekberg positioned within the high 6, and whereas she didn’t win the crown, she did land a contract with Common Studios.
Within the Nineteen Fifties, Ekberg began to achieve notoriety as a pin-up, showing in Playboy, and shortly grew to become a fixture in gossip columns for her romantic ties to Hollywood stars, Frank Sinatra, Tyrone Energy (The Mark of Zorro), Yul Brynner (The King and I, The Ten Commandments), and Errol Flynn (The Adventures of Robin Hood).
Ekberg signed to Batjac Productions (John Wayne’s manufacturing firm) and appeared alongside Wayne and former classic vixen, Lauren Bacall, within the 1955 movie, Blood Alley (Ekberg’s first talking function in a function movie).
After showing in Paramount’s Struggle and Peace (filmed in Rome, alongside Mel Ferrer and Audrey Hepburn), Ekberg started to be promoted as “Paramount’s Marilyn Monroe.”
In 1959, after starring in Sheba and the Gladiator (filmed in Rome), Ekberg stayed within the metropolis to shoot Fellini’s, La Dolce Vita, the place she performed, Sylvia Rank, a good looking and unattainable actress desired by the movie’s predominant character. In a scene praised as considered one of cinema’s most iconic, Ekberg jumps and performs in water of Rome’s Trevi Fountain.
You may see clips from La Dolce Vita‘s memorable Trevi Fountain scene and extra of the beautiful Anita Ekberg within the GIFs beneath!
