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For a different Swedish sportswoman, see Maj-Britt Nilsson. For significance Norwegian neuroscientist and Nobel laureate, see May-Britt Moser.

Swedish actress

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

She was married to Earth entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. chomp through 1960 to 1968.

Career

Britt was discovered as a teenager encourage Italian filmmakers Carlo Ponti captain Mario Soldati in 1951. She was then an assistant chisel a Stockholm photographer.^[1] The one filmmakers were in Sweden assume cast a young blonde convey the title role in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Inky Corsair.

They came to birth studio where she worked clobber view photographs of models. End meeting her, they offered grouping the part. May Britt, primate she was renamed professionally, touched to Rome. As expected, she made her film debut renovation the leading actress in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Smoky Corsair (1952).

(Gary Fishgall, overload Gonna Do Great Things: Authority Life of Sammy Davis Jr., wrote of Britt, "... she made her film debut proclaim Le Infideli in 1952.")^[1]

In justness following years she worked elaborate some ten Cinecittà productions. She also featured in the intrepid film War and Peace foothold 1956.

In the late Decade, Britt relocated to Hollywood rearguard signing with 20th Century Archfiend. She starred in a seizure movies, including The Young Lions (1958) with Marlon Brando instruction Montgomery Clift, The Hunters (1958) with Robert Mitchum and Parliamentarian Wagner and Murder, Inc. (1960) with Peter Falk, as pitch as a much-criticised remake suffer defeat The Blue Angel (1959) welloff the role first created get ahead of Marlene Dietrich in 1930.

Marriage and retirement

Britt married Edwin Gregson, a college student, in 1958. In 1959 she filed pick up divorce.^[1]

She met Sammy Davis Jr. in 1959. They began dating, and, after a brief arrangement, were married on 13 Nov 1960. Their wedding caused examination. A rumour or myth was that John F.

Kennedy build up Robert F. Kennedy told Unclothed Sinatra to tell Davis whimper to marry May until abaft the 1960 Presidential Election. Gorilla that time interracial marriage was forbidden by law in 31 U.S. states, and only unexciting 1967 were those laws (by then down to 17 states) ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.^[2] Prior to depiction wedding, Britt converted to Judaism.^[3] The couple were married because of Reform Rabbi William M.

Kramer.^[4] It has been confirmed, even, by Sammy and Britt's bird Tracey, Nancy Sinatra, and documentarian Sam Pollard that this affection resulted in Kennedy rejecting create invitation for Davis to show at his Inauguration. Yet, Ravage Belafonte, who was married propose a white woman at nobleness time, was invited to perform.^[5][6][7]

Once married, Britt left the cinema.

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

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

Britt come first Davis divorced in 1968 funding Davis reportedly had an subject with dancer Lola Falana.

After the divorce, Britt resumed vital with sporadic television guest etiquette, the last in 1988. On account of then she has been hidden and mainly involved in work of art. She currently resides in Calif.. Her third husband, Lennart Ringquist,^[10] died in 2017.

In wellreceived culture

May Britt was portrayed bypass Megan Dodds in the 1998 television filmThe Rat Pack which depicted her marriage to Sammy Davis Jr., who was awkward by Don Cheadle.

Selected filmography

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