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In 2013, she experienced a resurge in popularity thanks to her most famous film being the center of attention during an episode of the television series Mad Men (2007).

Performed in her first nightclub act in more than a decade at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Her last live performance was at Caesars Atlantic City 11 years before. [March 2003]

On August 19, 2000, she suffered three broken ribs and a fractured shoulder when she was thrown off a motorcycle she was driving in rural Minnesota.

She was cast as Peter Fonda's ex-wife in the crime drama The Limey (1999), but most of her scenes ended up on the cutting room floor.

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#10). [1995]

She even appeared in a television remake of Tennessee Williams's masterpiece play "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1983.

She had two Billboard Club Play charting hits: with "Love Rush" (1979) which climbed to #8, and with "Midnight Message" (1980) that peaked at #12.

She starred next to Anthony Hopkins in Magic (1978) and appeared in pictures co-starring Walter Matthau, Gene Hackman, Glenda Jackson and Roy Scheider.

She formed a lifelong bond of friendship with Elvis Presley in their first pairing in Viva Las Vegas (1964). This was kept alive by Elvis' habit of sending a bouquet of flowers to all of her stage-show appearances, until he died on August 16, 1977. She reveals her romance with Elvis in her autobiography.

She was replaced by Faye Dunaway for the lead role in The Disappearance of Aimee (1976).

She was again Oscar-nominated in 1975 for Tommy (1975), the rock opera film of the British rock band The Who.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6501 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 11, 1973.

A near-fatal accident at a Lake Tahoe show in 1972 only momentarily stopped her career.

She finally overcame her image with her Oscar-nominated turn in Mike Nichols' Carnal Knowledge (1971) and succeeded in changing her image from sex kitten to respected actress.

She returned and, by 1970, she was back in the public image with Hollywood films (R. P. M.

(1970) opposite Anthony Quinn), Las Vegas sing-and-dance shows and her own television specials.

Her career continued with successful films throughout the late 1970s and into the 1980s.

Guest star of several television series, including Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love (1969) and Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling (1973).

Rode a 500cc Triumph T100C Tiger motorcycle in The Swinger (1966) and the same model fitted with a non-standard electric starter in her stage show. A keen motorcyclist, she was featured in Triumph Motorcycles' official commercials in the 1960s -- for obvious reasons.

" Her following pictures were sometimes ripped apart by critics (Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965) and The Swinger (1966)), sometimes praised (The Cincinnati Kid (1965)). She couldn't escape being typecast because of her great looks.

Combining her previous work in Viva Las Vegas (1964) with Elvis Presley and guest starring on The Flintstones (1960) as Ann-Margrock, she sang the title song in the Flintstones live action movie prequel The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000).

With Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Viva Las Vegas (1964) opposite Elvis Presley, she became a Top 10 Box Office star, teen idol and even Golden Globe nominated actress. She was marketed as Hollywood's hottest young star and in the years to come got awarded the infamous nickname "sex kitten.

She appeared in the musical State Fair (1962) a year later before her breakthrough in 1963.

In 1961, her single "I Just Don't Understand" charted in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 Charts.

Her acting debut followed the same year as Bette Davis' daughter in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles (1961).

Actress and singer Ann-Margret is one of the most famous sex symbols and actresses of the 1960s and beyond.

By the late 1960s, her career stalled, and she turned to Italy for new projects.

She became a naturalized citizen of the United States (1949) and took dance lessons at the Marjorie Young School of Dance, showing her natural ability from the beginning, easily mimicking all the steps.

She continued her career through the following decades and into the 21st century. Ann-Margret was born Ann-Margret Olsson in Valsjöbyn, Jämtland County, Sweden, to Anna Regina (Aronsson) and Carl Gustav Olsson, who worked for an electrical company. She came to America at age 6. She studied at Northwestern University and left for Las Vegas to pursue a career as a singer. Ann-Margret was discovered by George Burns and soon afterward got both a record deal at RCA and a film contract at 20th Century Fox.