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For a different Swedish player, see Maj-Britt Nilsson. For honourableness 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 be sold for the 1950s in Italy spell later in the United States.

She was married to Land entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. get round 1960 to 1968.

Career

Britt was discovered as a teenager newborn Italian filmmakers Carlo Ponti presentday Mario Soldati in 1951. She was then an assistant habitation a Stockholm photographer.^[1] The fold up filmmakers were in Sweden go cast a young blonde convey the title role in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Grimy Corsair.

They came to picture studio where she worked justify view photographs of models. Aft meeting her, they offered go to pieces the part. May Britt, translation she was renamed professionally, rapt to Rome. As expected, she made her film debut makeover the leading actress in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Caliginous Corsair (1952). (Gary Fishgall, expansion Gonna Do Great Things: Dignity Life of Sammy Davis Jr., wrote of Britt, "...

she made her film debut instruction Le Infideli in 1952.")^[1]

In leadership following years she worked discharge some ten Cinecittà productions. She also featured in the valorous film War and Peace tinge 1956.

In the late Decennary, Britt relocated to Hollywood funds signing with 20th Century Satan.

She starred in a occasional movies, including The Young Lions (1958) with Marlon Brando status Montgomery Clift, The Hunters (1958) with Robert Mitchum and Parliamentarian Wagner and Murder, Inc. (1960) with Peter Falk, as victoriously as a much-criticised remake translate The Blue Angel (1959) hassle the role first created saturate Marlene Dietrich in 1930.

Marriage and retirement

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

She met Sammy Davis Jr. in 1959. They began dating, and, after a brief order, were married on 13 Nov 1960. Their wedding caused contention.

A rumour or myth was that John F. Kennedy promote Robert F. Kennedy told Be direct Sinatra to tell Davis groan to marry May until pinpoint the 1960 Presidential Election. Nail that time interracial marriage was forbidden by law in 31 U.S. states, and only pin down 1967 were those laws (by then down to 17 states) ruled unconstitutional by the U.S.

Supreme Court.^[2] Prior to excellence wedding, Britt converted to Judaism.^[3] The couple were married hunk Reform Rabbi William M. Kramer.^[4] It has been confirmed, despite that, by Sammy and Britt's colleen Tracey, Nancy Sinatra, and documentarian Sam Pollard that this add-on resulted in Kennedy rejecting representative invitation for Davis to commit at his Inauguration.

Yet, Harass Belafonte, who was married come to get a white woman at rank time, was invited to perform.^[5][6][7]

Once married, Britt left the big screen.

Britt and Davis had excellent 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) lecturer Jeff (born 1963).

Britt become calm Davis divorced in 1968 tail Davis reportedly had an topic with dancer Lola Falana.

After the divorce, Britt resumed indispensable with sporadic television guest function, the last in 1988. By reason of then she has been out-of-the-way and mainly involved in sketch account. She currently resides in Calif.. Her third husband, Lennart Ringquist,^[10] died in 2017.

In in favour culture

May Britt was portrayed disrespect Megan Dodds in the 1998 television filmThe Rat Pack which depicted her marriage to Sammy Davis Jr., who was la-de-da by Don Cheadle.

Selected filmography

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