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Anita Ekberg: Universal Studios
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While at Universal Anita bloomed physically and her bust became especially full, to the delight of photographers. Anita ... delighted the gossip columnists with her social life. Her name was linked to many famous men, but Anita was given the nickname "The Iceberg" because of her plain speaking and her insistence on choosing for herself which people she would socialise with. Anita now says that she regarded the nickname as a compliment.
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As a starlet at Universal, Ekberg received lessons in drama, elocution, dancing, horse-riding and fencing. Ekberg skipped many of the lessons, restricting herself to horse riding in the Hollywood hills. Ekberg later admitted that she was spoiled by the studio system and played instead of pursuing bigger film roles.[1]
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Anita became a favorite of photographers for her anatomy and photogenic qualities and soon entered the Miss Malmo beauty contest. She won, which qualified her for the Miss Sweden pageant. She won again, which qualified her for the Miss Universe title. And a trip to America. She did not win that crown, but ... appeared in a decorative way in some Universal studios movies, notably 1953's Abbott & Costello Go to Mars, as an extra-terrestrial, of course.
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By the mid-50s, other studios offered Ekberg work. Paramount Studios and Frank Tashlin cast her in Hollywood or Bust (1956) and Artists and Models (1955) both starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Both films show off her stunning body but ... use her as a foil for many of the director's clever sight gags.[1] Ekberg also played an Amazonian extraterrestrial in 1953's Abbott and Costello Go to Mars.
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