| 27 November 39 ? |
is born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father's a successful Stockholm lawyer; her mother's a sociologist.
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is raised in Sweden
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starts modeling at age 13
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is "Swedish Junior Ice Skater" at age 16
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| October 59 |
local newspapers picture her and tell about her upcoming trip to the United States "to lure tourists to her country and to land a film contract in Hollywood"
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| 61 |
tours with the Ice Capades and goes to Hollywood. She speaks Danish, French, English, and German.
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| 61 |
doubles as a stunt skier for Luciana Paluzzi in Return to Peyton Place
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returns to Europe to study law at the University of Stockholm and art at the Sorbonne in Paris, acquiring fluent proficiency in seven languages
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| c. 63 |
does TV in Paris and wins a role in a Swedish movie, The Yellow Car
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meets her future husband, Gilbert Cole, a business consultant, in the catacombs of Italy
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marries Cole
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| 65 |
is back in Hollywood
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tests for the part of April Dancer in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," but the part goes to Mary Ann Mobley
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| October 65 |
studies for a Master of Fine Arts Degree at UCLA
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producer-director Ivan Tors casts her after a three-month search for a new feminine personality in MGM-TV's "Flipper"
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gives beauty advice in local newspapers with trim-the-chin exercises
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| Mid-April 66 |
is crowned Azalea Queen as the highlight of the Wilmington, North Carolina, Azalea Festival. Governor Dan K. Moore, who says he knows it is okay since his wife is looking, steals a kiss from her as he places the crown on her head.
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| November 66 |
will narrate an informal fashion show at a Swedish Christmas bazaar held at the home of the Sweden's Consul Walter G. Danielson
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| January 67 |
she, fellow hostess Rolla Altman, and actor Preston Foster promote the Southern California Boat Show held at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium Boat space from February 17 until 26
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| October 67 |
attends the Leif Erikson Day Festival at the Hollywood Palladium by performing in a Viking skit
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resides in Sherman Oaks, California
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| 4 November 67 |
serves as a commentator for the Scandinavian Fashion Show and Swedish Christmas Bazaar Festival held at the Los Feliz home of Sweden's Consul Walter G. Danielson
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| 79 |
films "Achtung Zoll" in Germany
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| 13 June 86 ? |
dies at age 46 in Cannes, France
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Sources:
Drive-In Dream Girls by Tom Lisanti, Syracuse Herald-American, Van Nuys News, The Newark Advocate, The Port Arthur News, Mansfield News-Journal, The Daily Times-News, Long Beach Independent, San Fernando Valley Living, sv.Wikipedia.org |
Recommended Books:
Drive-In Dream Girls by Tom Lisanti |
Links:
Filmography |
