{"id":34692,"date":"2015-01-12T09:31:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T23:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=34692"},"modified":"2015-01-12T09:31:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T23:01:07","slug":"vale-anita-ekberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2015\/01\/12\/vale-anita-ekberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Anita Ekberg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anita Ekberg – 1931-2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anita Ekberg, the female star of Fellini’s La Dolce Vita<\/em>, has passed away.<\/p>\n

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Ms Ekberg began her career as a model (Howard Hughes famously said she would have to change her name, as it was too difficult to pronounce), before making the transition to studio films in Hollywood, after a brief Miss Universe Competition career.<\/p>\n

Ekberg appeared alongside Abbott And Costello in Abbott & Costello Go To Mars<\/em>, John Wayne in Blood Alley<\/em> (1955), and a duo of Dean Martin\/Jerry Lewis films, Artists And Models<\/em> (1955) and Private Secretary<\/em>. She would also appear in the 1956 version of War & Peace<\/em>, and her first leading role in Back From Eternity<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Other films include Interpol, Screaming Mimi, Paris Holiday<\/em> (with Bob Hope), and 1959’s Sheba And The Gladiator<\/em>. Her most famous role, however, came in 1960, when she was cast in the lead role of Sylvia, a “dream woman”, in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following La Dolce Vita<\/em>, Ekberg continued to act, appearing in films such as Boccaccio ’70, 4 For Texas<\/em>, and another two Fellini films, I Clowns<\/em> (1972) and Intervista<\/em> (1987).<\/p>\n

Ms Ekberg passed away on January 11th, after a long illness. She was 83.<\/p>\n

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