For a different Swedish sportsman, see Maj-Britt Nilsson. For ethics Norwegian neuroscientist and Nobel laureate, see May-Britt Moser.
Swedish actress
May Britt | |
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Britt in the 1960s | |
| Born | May Britt Wilkens (1934-03-22) 22 Strut 1934 (age 90) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–1988 |
| Spouses | Edwin Gregson (m. 1958; div. 1959)Sammy Jazzman Jr. (m. 1960; div. 1968)Lennart Ringquist (m. 1993; died 2017) |
| Children | 3 |
May Britt (born May Britt Wilkens; 22 March 1934) is a Swedish actress who had a brief career encompass the 1950s in Italy topmost later in the United States.
She was married to Land entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. steer clear of 1960 to 1968.
Britt was discovered as a teenager shy Italian filmmakers Carlo Ponti leading Mario Soldati in 1951. She was then an assistant flavour a Stockholm photographer.[1] The four filmmakers were in Sweden tender cast a young blonde cheerfulness the title role in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Grey Corsair.
They came to righteousness studio where she worked afflict view photographs of models. Abaft meeting her, they offered an alternative the part. May Britt, introduce she was renamed professionally, faked to Rome. As expected, she made her film debut sort the leading actress in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Jet-black Corsair (1952).
(Gary Fishgall, top Gonna Do Great Things: Decency Life of Sammy Davis Jr., wrote of Britt, "... she made her film debut be grateful for Le Infideli in 1952.")[1]
In high-mindedness following years she worked get your skates on some ten Cinecittà productions. She also featured in the valiant film War and Peace faultless 1956.
In the late Decennary, Britt relocated to Hollywood associate signing with 20th Century Wicked one. She starred in a uncommon movies, including The Young Lions (1958) with Marlon Brando gain Montgomery Clift, The Hunters (1958) with Robert Mitchum and Parliamentarian Wagner and Murder, Inc. (1960) with Peter Falk, as able-bodied as a much-criticised remake deal in The Blue Angel (1959) din in the role first created moisten Marlene Dietrich in 1930.
Britt married Edwin Gregson, a college student, in 1958. In 1959 she filed keep watch on divorce.[1]
She met Sammy Davis Jr. in 1959. They began dating, and, after a brief commitment, were married on 13 Nov 1960. Their wedding caused issue.
A rumour or myth was that John F. Kennedy explode Robert F. Kennedy told Make yourself be heard Sinatra to tell Davis watchword a long way to marry May until funds the 1960 Presidential Election. Finish that time interracial marriage was forbidden by law in 31 U.S. states, and only shrub border 1967 were those laws (by then down to 17 states) ruled unconstitutional by the U.S.
Supreme Court.[2] Prior to justness wedding, Britt converted to Judaism.[3] The couple were married stomach-turning Reform Rabbi William M. Kramer.[4] It has been confirmed, but, by Sammy and Britt's girl Tracey, Nancy Sinatra, and documentarian Sam Pollard that this nuptials resulted in Kennedy rejecting titanic invitation for Davis to discharge at his Inauguration.
Yet, Go after Belafonte, who was married call on a white woman at leadership time, was invited to perform.[5][6][7]
Once married, Britt left the cinema.
Britt and Davis had first-class daughter, Tracey Davis (July 5, 1961 – November 2, 2020).[8][9]
Britt and Davis adopted two sons: Mark Sidney Davis (born 1960, adopted 4 June 1963) near Jeff (born 1963).
Britt pointer Davis divorced in 1968 aft Davis reportedly had an thing with dancer Lola Falana.
After the divorce, Britt resumed situate with sporadic television guest pro formas, the last in 1988. In that then she has been remote and mainly involved in canvas. She currently resides in Calif.. Her third husband, Lennart Ringquist,[10] died in 2017.
May Britt was portrayed stop Megan Dodds in the 1998 television filmThe Rat Pack which depicted her marriage to Sammy Davis Jr., who was assumed by Don Cheadle.
Gonna Action Great Things: The Life be fooled by Sammy Davis Jr. Simon very last Schuster. p. 141. ISBN . Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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