Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 51

Ann-Margref back in a wild standing 2,000 people rose ovation at the end. 2 The band hit the road for Nevada, where George Bums discovered the new Swedish bombshell, signed her for his Sahara (small world! show. She was on her way. In 1975, she was voted Las Vegas Female Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Variety and Cabaret Artists. She has been married to producer-writer Roger Smith for ten years.

They live on a seven-acre estate once owned by Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, with a family including a Tibetan terrier and three cats Burmese, Persian and one of "dubious parenthood. Now she's back at the Sahara Tahoe (co-starring with comic-impressionist Fred Travalena) through Sept. 22, is seen in "The Last Remake of Beau Geste" with Marty Feldman and has another picture in the lists, "Joseph Andrews." Ann-Margret Olsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, April 24, 1941 and came to the U.S. with her parents at 5. She performed in high school and musical productions, and turned singing pro with a local band.

I ft? November, 28, 1972. Hie date might not jog the memory quite like July 4, 1776, but to Ann-Margret it meant everything was on the line. Only ten weeks before, she had plunged of a 22-foot platform at the Sahara Tahoe, hitting the stage with a sickening impact which fractured her face in five places, broke her jaw and smashed her left arm. Many people in the industry feared she was finished as a performer. They were wrong.

It was one of the all-time great comebacks. The show, from the Las Vegas Hilton, was filmed on stage by NBC and the special "When You're Smiling," was seen by more than 51 million people. And the capacity audience of nearly Sgjij ycu7 fcosO liquor Cuyo eft Co Qqgdo OUT OF STATE am CAsra mm 1 A' ZM 1 1 5 3 i Ann-Margret Oluon performed In small Nevada lounges before her being discovered by George turns. She worked In Elko, and might be remembered by Reno old-timers as singing In the small Riverside lounge. Km sawsv.

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