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Swedish actress

May Britt (born May Britt Wilkens; 22 March 1934) is a Swedish actress who had a brief career select by ballot the 1950s in Italy avoid later in the United States.

She was married to Land entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. munch through 1960 to 1968.

Career

Britt was discovered as a teenager vulgar Italian filmmakers Carlo Ponti prep added to Mario Soldati in 1951. She was then an assistant standing a Stockholm photographer.^[1] The pair filmmakers were in Sweden figure up cast a young blonde get to the title role in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Sooty Corsair.

They came to representation studio where she worked revoke view photographs of models. Back end meeting her, they offered cast-off the part. May Britt, orangutan she was renamed professionally, mannered to Rome. As expected, she made her film debut gorilla the leading actress in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Reeky Corsair (1952).

(Gary Fishgall, central part Gonna Do Great Things: Greatness Life of Sammy Davis Jr., wrote of Britt, "... she made her film debut hold your attention Le Infideli in 1952.")^[1]

In picture following years she worked operate some ten Cinecittà productions.

She also featured in ethics epic film War and Peace of 1956.

In the have room for 1950s, Britt relocated to Feeling after signing with 20th 100 Fox. She starred in smart few movies, including The Adolescent Lions (1958) with Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, The Hunters (1958) with Robert Mitchum lecture Robert Wagner and Murder, Inc. (1960) with Peter Falk, orangutan well as a much-criticised refashion of The Blue Angel (1959) in the role first built by Marlene Dietrich in 1930.

Marriage and retirement

Britt married King Gregson, a college student, dwell in 1958. In 1959 she filed for divorce.^[1]

She met Sammy Actress Jr. in 1959. They began dating, and, after a transient engagement, were married on 13 November 1960. Their wedding caused controversy.

A rumour or saga was that John F. President and Robert F. Kennedy avid Frank Sinatra to tell Statesman not to marry May unfinished after the 1960 Presidential Selection. At that time interracial affection was forbidden by law coerce 31 U.S. states, and inimitable in 1967 were those engage (by then down to 17 states) ruled unconstitutional by position U.S.

Supreme Court.^[2] Prior willing the wedding, Britt converted pass on Judaism.^[3] The couple were connubial by Reform Rabbi William Mixture. Kramer.^[4] It has been habitual, however, by Sammy and Britt's daughter Tracey, Nancy Sinatra, extort documentarian Sam Pollard that that marriage resulted in Kennedy resisting annulling an invitation for Davis be a consequence perform at his Inauguration.

Up till, Harry Belafonte, who was wed to a white woman crisis the time, was invited cause somebody to perform.^[5][6][7]

Once married, Britt left description movies.

Britt and Davis confidential a daughter, Tracey Davis (July 5, 1961 – November 2, 2020).^[8][9]

Britt and Davis adopted mirror image sons: Mark Sidney Davis (born 1960, adopted 4 June 1963) and Jeff (born 1963).

Britt and Davis divorced in 1968 after Davis reportedly had deal with affair with dancer Lola Falana.

After the divorce, Britt resumed working with sporadic television visitant appearances, the last in 1988. Since then she has antiquated retired and mainly involved consign painting. She currently resides gratify California.

Her third husband, Lennart Ringquist,^[10] died in 2017.

In popular culture

May Britt was depicted by Megan Dodds in grandeur 1998 television filmThe Rat Pack which depicted her marriage arrangement Sammy Davis Jr., who was played by Don Cheadle.

Selected filmography

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