Category: Anita Ekberg

Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg was born on September 29, 1931 in Malmo, Sweden. Growing up with seven brothers and sisters was not an adventure, but Anita’s adventure began when she was elected Miss Sweden in 1950. She did not win the Miss Universe contest but she got a modeling contract in the United States. She quickly got a film contract with Howard Hughes’s RKO that did not lead anywhere (but Anita herself has said that Hughes wanted to marry her). Instead, she started making movies with Universal, small roles that more often than not only required her to look beautiful.

Anita Ekberg and Mara Corday

Anita Ekberg and Mara Corday

Anita Ekberg in Zarak 1956

Anita Ekberg in Zarak 1956 On the mountainous frontier between British India and Afghanistan, circa 1860s, Zarak…

ZARAK 1956

Anita Ekberg On the mountainous frontier between British India and Afghanistan, circa 1860s, Zarak Khan kisses Salma,…

Anita Ekberg in Screaming Mimi (1958)

Anita Ekberg in Screaming Mimi (1958) Exotic dancer Virginia Wilson sees a man get shot moments after…

Anita Ekberg on a couch

Sexy Anita Ekberg on a couch posing in a red corset

Anita Ekberg, 1954

Anita Ekberg was up for the lead role in the short-lived television series Sheena: Queen of the…

Vikki Dougan and Anita Ekberg, 1950s

Vikki Dougan and Anita Ekberg, 1950s

Coffee time with Anita Ekberg

Coffee time with Anita Ekberg by Phil Stern, 1950s

Anita Ekberg in ‘Back from Eternity’, 1956

Anita Ekberg in ‘Back from Eternity’, 1956 A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters…