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Anita Ekberg (born September 29, 1931 in Malmö) was a model and actress. Originally known as Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg and a 1950 Miss Sweden -- she competed in the Miss Universe pageant -- she is most known for her role as
Sylvia in La dolce vita, directed by Federico Fellini.
Ethel Merman dubbed the well-endowed Ekberg (measurements 40-22-36) "the thinking man's dunce cap: two of them."
Bob Hope joked that her parents had received the Nobel Prize for architecture.
Ekberg was married to the British actor Anthony Steel from 1956 to 1959. From 1963 to 1975, she was married to the actor Rik Van Nutter; during their marriage, she had several miscarriages. She reportedly also was romantically involved with Tyrone Power,
Marcello Mastroianni,
Errol Flynn,
Yul Brynner,
Frank Sinatra, and
Gary Cooper; she also had a three-year affair with Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli.
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