Anita of Sweden (2007)

Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (29 September 1931 - 11 January 2015) was a Swedish actress in American and European films. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita (1960). Ekberg worked primarily in Italy, where she became a permanent resident in 1964. Anita first worked as a fashion model and became Miss Sweden in 1950. She consequently went to the United States to compete for the 1951 Miss Universe title. Although Anita Ekberg did not win the Miss Universe pageant, as one of six finalists she did earn a starlet's contract with Universal Studios. The combination of her voluptuous physique and colorful private life, such as her well-publicized romances with Hollywood's leading men like Frank Sinatra, Tyrone Power, Yul Brynner, Rod Taylor, and Errol Flynn, appealed to the gossip magazines, like Confidential, and she soon became a major 1950s pin-up, appearing in men's magazines like Playboy.