Ann-Margret Olsson was born on April,28,1941, in
Stockholm, Sweden. Only a few months after she was born,
Ann-Margret’s family moved to a small village in Valsjobyn,
Sweden, but later that year, her father left the family and went to
America. Even at the age of 2, Ann-Margret would perform for
the soldiers that would come to her Grandmother’s bakery. For the
first 5 years of her life, Ann-Margret grew up with no father
around, but that all changed in 1946. That year, she and her
mother went to America to be with him, although it wasn’t easy
since neither mother or daughter spoke English. As Ann-Margret
grew up, she took dance lessons and was even a . Her
big break came in 1958 when she was chosen to appear on the Ted
Mack Original Amateur Hour. Even though Ann-Margret didn’t
win, later that year she got her first singing engagement at The
Muelbach Hotel in Kansas City. After Ann-Margret graduated
from High School she joined the musical group “The Suttletones.”
The group made a few appearances, but later the four of them went
their separate ways.
Ann-Margret, continued.....
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Cesare Danova was born on March 1, 1926, in
Bergamo, Italy. While studying to be a surgeon at the University
of Rome, filmmaker Dino De Laurentis asked him to test for the
lead role in his project, The Captain’s Daughter. Danova won the
part, and for the next 3 years balanced his medical schooling
with acting. After much consideration, Cesare decided he would
choose a career exclusively in acting.
The following years of Cesare’s film career found him
appearing in European films such as La Figlia del Capitano and Don Juan
. In 1959, Danova began once again appearing in
American films, including Tarzan, the Ape Man and The Man
Who Understood Women. Cesare’s first major American role was
in 1963’s Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard
Burton.
In 1964, Danova was chosen to costar in Viva Las Vegas
with Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret. He played Count Elmo
Mancini, Elvis’ race car driving opponent. After Vegas, Cesare
starred in the ‘67 television series, Garrison’s Gorillas, as well as
a small selection of movies, most notably as Mayor De Pasto
National Lampoon’s Animal House.
In the final years of his career, Cesare Danova could be seen
in such films as Invisible Stranger and Blacke’s Magic, as well as
the popular television series, Ryan’s Hope.
On March 19, 1992, while attending a meeting of the Motion
Picture Academy’s Foreign Film Committee, Cesare Danova died suddenly of a heart attack.
Click here to see my Cesare Danova autograph.
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