May Britt
Biography
She was only 18 years old and working as a photographer's assistant in Stockholm when two Italians showed up. Producer Carlo Ponti and director Mario Soldati were there to see pictures of beautiful models, searching for a blonde girl for a movie. They picked her instead and soon she found herself in Rome. She quickly made a number of movies, almost all of them forgotten, where all she had to do was look beautiful. She was offered a contract with 20th Century Fox and came to Hollywood, where her part in The Blue Angel (1959) got pretty good reviews. But she got tired of always playing the femme fatale and after marrying Sammy Davis Jr. she left the movies to take care of her children instead.
91years old at death
- Born Gustav Vasa parish
- Died Tarzana
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 20 years1956 to 1976
Every film, newest first
- 1976HauntsIMDb rating 4.7
- 1960Murder, Inc.IMDb rating 6.6
- 1958The HuntersIMDb rating 6.4
- 1958The Young LionsIMDb rating 7.1
- 1956War and PeaceIMDb rating 6.7
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First role
Italian filmmakers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati found Britt in 1951, when she was a teenager working as an assistant to a Stockholm photographer. They had come to Sweden seeking a young blonde for the title part in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair, and offered it to her.
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Worked with
May Britt made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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King VidorDirector, 1 film, 1956
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Edward DmytrykDirector, 1 film, 1958
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Burt BalabanDirector, 1 film, 1960
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