Ann-Margret Exclusive Interview, Iconic Actress Talks Elvis, Her Epic Career | The Jim Masters Show
Exclusive interview with one of the most famous actresses and sex symbols of the 1960s and beyond, iconic Swedish-American actress and singer, Ann-Margret. Ann-Margret joins award-winning television, radio, multimedia personality, host, presenter, journalist and entertainer on this episode of The Jim Masters Show Live entertainment, lifestyle, celebrity talk show series. Ann-Margret has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards, winning in 2010 for a guest role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Also joining us is acclaimed actor Justin Chambers of Grey's Anatomy and The Offer.
Ann-Margret was born Ann-Margret Olsson in Valsjöbyn, Jämtland County, Sweden, to Anna Regina (Aronsson) and Carl Gustav Olsson, who worked for an electrical company. She came to America at age 6. She studied at Northwestern University and left for Las Vegas to pursue a career as a singer. Ann-Margret was discovered by George Burns and soon afterward got both a record deal at RCA and a film contract at 20th Century Fox. In 1961, her single "I Just Don't Understand" charted in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 Charts. Her acting debut followed the same year as Bette Davis' daughter in Frank Capra's Pocketful of Miracles (1961).
She appeared in the musical State Fair (1962) a year later before her breakthrough in 1963. With Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Viva Las Vegas (1964) opposite Elvis Presley, she became a Top 10 Box Office star, teen idol and even Golden Globe nominated actress. She was marketed as Hollywood's hottest young star and in the years to come got awarded the infamous nickname "sex kitten." Her following pictures were sometimes ripped apart by critics (Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965) and The Swinger (1966)), sometimes praised (The Cincinnati Kid (1965). She couldn't escape being typecast because of her great looks. By the late 1960s, her career stalled, and she turned to Italy for new projects. She returned and, by 1970, she was back in the public image with Hollywood films (R.P.M. (1970) opposite Anthony Quinn), Las Vegas sing-and-dance shows and her own television specials.
She finally overcame her image with her Oscar-nominated turn in Mike Nichols' Carnal Knowledge (1971) and succeeded in changing her image from sex kitten to respected actress. A near-fatal accident at a Lake Tahoe show in 1972 only momentarily stopped her career. She was again Oscar-nominated in 1975 for Tommy (1975), the rock opera film of the British rock band The Who. Her career continued with successful films throughout the late 1970s and into the 1980s. She starred next to Anthony Hopkins in Magic (1978) and appeared in pictures co-starring Walter Matthau, Gene Hackman, Glenda Jackson and Roy Scheider. She even appeared in a television remake of Tennessee Williams's masterpiece play "A Streetcar Named Desire" in 1983. Another late career highlight for her was Grumpy Old Men (1993) as the object of desire for Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. She continues to act in movies today.
Her singing and acting careers span seven decades, starting in 1961. Initially, she was billed as a female version of Elvis Presley. She has a sultry, vibrant contralto voice. She had a Top 20 hit song in 1961 and a charting album in 1964, and she scored a disco hit in 1979. She recorded a critically acclaimed gospel album in 2001 and an album of Christmas songs in 2004. In April 2023 she released her first rock album, Born to be Wild.
Ann-Margret’s support of American troops is legendary. She toured three times with the USO to Southeast Asia performing for American service members, and those who saw her performance in Vietnam still say how much it meant to them.
Ann-Margret performed for tens of thousands troops and more than 20,000 showed up in Saigon alone. Bob Hope hosting the colossal Broadway sized production was the catalyst behind getting Ann-Margret back to Vietnam. While she didn't encounter any live fire on the 1968 tour, she witnessed the damage and pain inflicted on the American troops. She visited combat hospitals, thanking the wounded warriors and their caretakers for their sacrifices and tireless work on behalf of the American people.
While the Vietnam war ended nearly 40 years ago, Ann-Margret’s support and admiration for our men and women in uniform continues to this day. In 2003 the USO honored her with its Spirit of Hope award which is named in honor of her friend and USO legend Bob Hope. In 2005 she reunited with Force Base, Nevada, to welcome troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, and Vietnam.
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