Luis Fernando Romo
Updated Thursday, February 22, 2024-22:12
Movies Federico Fellini, the paparazzi and a 'dolce vita' nothing 'dolce' for the famous
Retired Anita Ekberg, the decline of a sex symbol
They nicknamed her "the iceberg" because
she was Swedish
, but also because she had a
devilish character.
Anita Ekberg,
who died in 2015 at the age of 83, became one of the most important
sexual icons
in the world thanks to her leading role in
La dolce Vita
(1960) alongside
Marcello Mastroianni.
It has always been said that it was Fellini who discovered her for the cinema, but nothing could be further from the truth, since Universal Pictures had previously signed her to a contract after
winning the Miss Sweden pageant.
The Swedish actress in 2010, five years before her death.GTRES
However,
he never succeeded in Hollywood
because he did not take his career seriously.
But he did let himself be courted by
Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner and Errol Flynn
.
The best-known film in which he had participated before the boom of films shot in Rome was
War and Peace
(1956).
Aware that her
voluptuousness
captured more attention than her performances, Ekberg continued to enhance
her statuesque physique.
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In Italy he also had
lovers
, but above all the one who stood out the most was
Gianni Agnelli,
the billionaire owner of Fiat who was still married to Princess Marella Caracciolo dei Principi di Castagneto, whom Truman Capote had turned into one of his swans.
Anita Ekberg
lived like a princess,
since the businessman not only paid her everything, but also gave her a
generous amount every month
for many years.
The bargain ended when
Agnelli died in 2003.
The Swedish actress, in the 80s.GTRES
It was then that his widow decided to cut off the actress's tap.
The aristocrat was always aware of
her
infidelity , but
she turned a blind eye
so as not to encourage gossip in the newspapers.
Due to her new situation, the Cinecittà star began to have
serious financial problems
that increased when
in 2011 thieves
ransacked her villa and subsequently suffered significant
damage in a fire.
She fell practically
into destitution
since her high standard of living was eradicated by
living poorly
during her last years with
a very low pension.
For this reason,
she came to ask
the Fellini Foundation for help, which was also going through difficulties.
With her husband, Rick Von Nutter, in 1963.GTRES
Her lawyer, Patrizia Ubaldi,
denied all information
indicating that her client was bankrupt.
One of her closest friends, the former sex symbol
Ursula Andress
(87), worried about her so that she was cared for as she should.
For the former Bond girl,
there has never been competition
between women, since if there were more beautiful ones who wanted to make their way in the cinema, she helped them.
This is what happened with
Raquel Welch
,
whom she helped make her become a star.
In her mind she fondly remembered when, being an unknown,
Brigitte Bardot
welcomed her into her home
after fleeing a series of episodes of abuse.
Just 60 years ago, Anita Ekberg
obtained Italian citizenship.
At that time she was married to
her second husband,
the American actor
Rick Von Nutter,
with whom she lived in a beautiful villa that was constantly
monitored by the paparazzi.
In the midst of Roman
dolce vita
, the actress was also a victim of harassment, so on one occasion she, without thinking twice, took a bow and started shooting
arrows at photographers.
In those situations she brought out the tremendous character she had in her.