Ann-Margret

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Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-American actress, singer and dancer whose professional name is Ann-Margret. She is best known for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Carnal Knowledge (1971), and Tommy (1975). She 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. On August 21, 2010, she won her first Emmy Award for her guest appearance on Law & Order: SVU.

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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Rita Wills

Going in Style

Annie Santori

The Break-Up

Wendy Meyers

Any Given Sunday

Margaret Pagniacci

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Margot Wilton

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Sylvia Newman

Taxi

Mrs. Washburn

The Flintstones

Ann-Margrock (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Elvis: A Life in Music MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2025	Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	A Holiday Spectacular MOVIE	Grand-mère Margret
2021	Queen Bees MOVIE	Margot Clark
2019	Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On! MOVIE	Self
2018	The Kominsky Method TV	Diane
2018	Papa MOVIE	Barbara
2018	Elvis Presley: The Searcher TV	Self (archive footage)
2017	Going in Style MOVIE	Annie Santori
2014	Ann-Margret - Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood MOVIE	Self
2013	Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love MOVIE	Self
2011	Lucky MOVIE	Pauline Keller
2010	Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1 MOVIE	Self
2009	Old Dogs MOVIE	Martha
2009	All's Faire in Love MOVIE	Mrs. Banks
2008	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond MOVIE	Aunt Cornelia
2007	Army Wives TV	Aunt Edie
2006	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause MOVIE	Sylvia Newman
2006	Memory MOVIE	Carol Hargrave
2006	The Break-Up MOVIE	Wendy Meyers
2006	Tales of the Rat Fink MOVIE	Heartbreaker (voice)
2004	Taxi MOVIE	Mrs. Washburn
2004	A Place Called Home MOVIE	Tula Jeeters
2004	Elvis The Man The Music The Legend MOVIE	Self
2002	Interstate 60 MOVIE	Mrs. James
2002	Elvis: King of Entertainment MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2001	A Woman's a Helluva Thing MOVIE	Claire Anders-Blackett
2001	Blonde TV	Della Monroe
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV	Margot Wilton
2000	The Last Producer MOVIE	Mira Wexler
2000	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder MOVIE	Nedra Paugh
2000	The 10th Kingdom TV	Cinderella
1999	Any Given Sunday MOVIE	Margaret Pagniacci
1999	Popular TV	God
1999	Third Watch TV	Barbara Halsted
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Rita Wills
1999	Happy Face Murders MOVIE	Lorraine Petrovich
1999	Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998	Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story MOVIE	Pamela Harriman
1998	Four Corners TV	Amanda 'Maggie' Wyatt
1996	Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents MOVIE	Self
1996	Blue Rodeo MOVIE	Maggie Yearwood
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV	Self - Guest
1996	Seduced by Madness TV	Diane Kay Borchardt
1995	Grumpier Old Men MOVIE	Ariel Gustafson
1995	Peter Allen: The Boy From Oz MOVIE	Self
1994	Following Her Heart MOVIE	Lena
1994	Scarlett TV	Belle Watling
1994	Touched by an Angel TV	Angela Britton
1994	Nobody's Children MOVIE	Carol Stevens
1993	Grumpy Old Men MOVIE	Ariel Truax
1993	Alex Haley's Queen TV	Sally Jackson
1992	Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom MOVIE	Herself
1992	Newsies MOVIE	Medda Larkson
1991	Our Sons MOVIE	Luanne Barnes
1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1988	A New Life MOVIE	Jackie Giardino
1988	A Tiger's Tale MOVIE	Rose Butts
1987	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles TV	Ann Arden Grenville
1986	52 Pick-Up MOVIE	Barbara Mitchell
1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special MOVIE	Self
1985	Twice in a Lifetime MOVIE	Audrey Minelli
1985	Night of 100 Stars II MOVIE	Self
1984	A Streetcar Named Desire MOVIE	Blanche DuBois
1983	George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business MOVIE	Self
1983	Who Will Love My Children? MOVIE	Lucile Fray
1983	The Return of the Soldier MOVIE	Jenny Baldry
1982	Lookin' to Get Out MOVIE	Patti Warner
1982	I Ought to Be in Pictures MOVIE	Steffy Blondell
1981	The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special MOVIE	Herself
1980	Middle Age Crazy MOVIE	Sue Ann Burnett
1980	Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls MOVIE	Self
1979	The Villain MOVIE	Charming Jones
1978	Magic MOVIE	Peggy Ann Snow
1978	Cinderella at the Palace MOVIE	Self
1978	The Cheap Detective MOVIE	Jezebel Dezire
1977	The George Burns One-Man Show MOVIE	Self
1977	The Last Remake of Beau Geste MOVIE	Flavia Geste
1977	Ann-Margret: Rhinestone Cowgirl MOVIE	Self
1977	Joseph Andrews MOVIE	Lady Booby alias "Belle"
1976	Bob Hope's World of Comedy MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1976	The Twist MOVIE	Charlie
1975	Ann-Margret Smith MOVIE	Self - Host / Self - Performer
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self (uncredited)
1975	Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret MOVIE	Self
1975	Tommy MOVIE	Nora
1975	People's Choice Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1975	People's Choice Awards TV	Self
1975	Ann-Margret Olsson MOVIE	Self
1974	The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards MOVIE	Self - Presenter
1974	Dinah! TV	Self
1974	Dinah! TV	Self
1973	Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling MOVIE	Self
1973	Wayne Train MOVIE	Self
1973	The Train Robbers MOVIE	Mrs. Lowe
1972	The Outside Man MOVIE	Nancy Robson
1971	Film '72 TV	Self
1971	Dames at Sea MOVIE	Ruby
1971	Carnal Knowledge MOVIE	Bobbie
1970	C.C. and Company MOVIE	Ann McCalley
1970	R.P.M. MOVIE	Rhoda
1970	Swing Out, Sweet Land MOVIE	Entertainer at Valley Forge
1969	Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love MOVIE	Self
1969	The Jack Benny Birthday Special MOVIE	Valentine Girl
1968	Criminal Affair MOVIE	Leticia
1968	Here's Lucy TV	Ann-Margret
1968	Appointment in Beirut MOVIE	Laura
1968	The Dick Cavett Show TV	Self - Guest
1968	The Prophet MOVIE	Maggie
1968	The Movie Orgy MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1967	Mondo Hollywood MOVIE	Self
1967	The Tiger and the Pussycat MOVIE	Caroline
1966	Murderers' Row MOVIE	Suzie Solaris
1966	The Swinger MOVIE	Kelly Olsson
1966	Stagecoach MOVIE	Dallas
1966	Made in Paris MOVIE	Maggie Scott
1965	The Cincinnati Kid MOVIE	Melba Nile
1965	Once a Thief MOVIE	Kristine Pedak
1965	Bus Riley's Back in Town MOVIE	Laurel Aiken
1964	The Pleasure Seekers MOVIE	Fran Hobson
1964	Kitten with a Whip MOVIE	Jody Dvorak
1964	Viva Las Vegas MOVIE	Rusty Martin
1963	Bye Bye Birdie MOVIE	Kim McAfee
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1962	The Merv Griffin Show TV	Self
1962	State Fair MOVIE	Emily Porter
1961	Pocketful of Miracles MOVIE	Louise
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1960	The Flintstones TV	Ann-Margrock (voice)
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1950	The Jack Benny Program TV	Self
1950	The Bob Hope Show TV	Self
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show TV	Self
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Presenter / Nominee
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Winner

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