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| Born | Ann-Margret Olsson (1941-04-28)28 April 1941 (age 83) Krokom, Sweden |
| Citizenship | U.S. (from 1949) |
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| Years active | 1961–present |
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Ann-Margret Olsson (born 28 April 1941), credited asAnn-Margret, is an American actress and singer with a career spanning seven decades. Her many screen roles includePocketful of Miracles (1961),State Fair (1962),Bye Bye Birdie (1963),Viva Las Vegas (1964),Carnal Knowledge (1971),The Train Robbers (1973),Tommy (1975),The Return of the Soldier (1982),52 Pick-Up (1986),Newsies (1992),Grumpy Old Men (1993),Any Given Sunday (1999),Taxi (2004), andGoing in Style (2017). Her accolades include fiveGolden Globe Awards and anEmmy Award in addition to twoAcademy Award nominations and twoGrammy nominations.
Born in Sweden, Ann-Margret immigrated to the United States as a child. Gaining popularity in 1961 as a singer with a sultry, vibrantcontralto voice,[1][2] she quickly rose to Hollywood stardom.
She releasedBorn to be Wild, her first classic-rock album, in 2023.
Ann-Margret Olsson was born on 28 April 1941, in Valsjöbyn,Krokom Municipality,Jämtland County, Sweden, to Anna Regina (née Aronsson) and Carl Gustav Olsson, a native ofÖrnsköldsvik. She described Valsjöbyn as a small town of "lumberjacks and farmers high up near the Arctic Circle".[3] Her father had emigrated to the United States, but returned to Sweden in 1937 and married Anna Aronsson. After Ann-Margret's birth, Gustav wanted to emigrate again with the family.
After World War II, his wife hesitated and Gustav emigrated alone, but was joined by his wife and daughter in 1946.[4] In 1949, Ann-Margret became a naturalized American citizen.[5]
Ann-Margret took her first dance lessons at the Marjorie Young School of Dance, showing natural ability from the start, easily mimicking all the steps. Her parents were supportive, and her mother made all of her costumes by hand. To support the family, Ann-Margret's mother became a funeral parlor receptionist after her husband suffered a severe injury on his job.[6][7] While a teenager, Ann-Margret appeared on the Morris B. SachsAmateur Hour,Don McNeill's Breakfast Club, andTed Mack'sAmateur Hour. She continued to star in theater as she attendedNew Trier High School inWinnetka, Illinois. (Two fellow movie starsCharlton Heston andRock Hudson, had graduated from the school many years earlier.)
She was part of a group known as the Suttletones, which went to theDunes hotel and casino in Las Vegas, which also headlinedTony Bennett andAl Hirt at the time.George Burns heard of her performance, and she auditioned for his annual holiday show, for which she and Burns performed asoftshoe routine.Variety proclaimed that "George Burns has a gold mine in Ann-Margret... she has a definite style of her own, which can easily guide her to star status".[8]
Ann-Margret said she dropped her last name before moving out to California, because when you are an entertainer, "mean things" can be written about you and she didn't want her parents to be hurt by anything written about her.[9]
Ann-Margret is a stepmother of three children of her husbandRoger Smith, an actor, who later became her manager. She and Smith were married for 50 years from 8 May 1967 until his death on 4 June 2017. Before her marriage to Smith, she datedEddie Fisher;[10] was briefly engaged toBurt Sugarman,[11][12] and was romantically linked toElvis Presley when they co-starred in the filmViva Las Vegas in 1964.[13]
A keen motorcyclist, Ann-Margret rode a500 cc Triumph T100C Tiger inThe Swinger (1966) and used the same model, fitted with a nonstandard electric starter, in her stage show and her TV specials. She was featured inTriumph Motorcycles' official advertisements in the 1960s. She suffered three broken ribs and a fractured shoulder when she was thrown off a motorcycle in ruralMinnesota in 2000.[14]
In a 2012 interview, she stated, "All my life I've had this feeling, deep, deep, deep inside of me ...my faith and my feelings. ...I mean you go outside and you see flowers. You see the trees. You see all your loved ones, you see ...and then you think of Who created it all." She described her relationship with God, and with Jesus Christ as "something which is really important to me. If I thought that I would never see my mother and father again, I couldn't make it. I could not go a step further."[15]
On 14 May 2022, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in Humane Letters by theUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas.[16]
Ann-Margret began recording forRCA Victor in 1961, first recording "Lost Love". Her debut albumAnd Here She Is ... Ann-Margret was recorded in Hollywood, arranged and conducted byMarty Paich. Later albums were produced in Nashville withChet Atkins on guitar,the Jordanaires (Elvis Presley's backup singers), and theAnita Kerr Singers, with liner notes by mentor George Burns. She had a sexy, throatycontralto singing voice,[17] and RCA Victor attempted to capitalize on the "female Elvis" comparison by having her record a version of "Heartbreak Hotel" and other songs stylistically similar to Presley's. She scored a minor success with "I Just Don't Understand" (from her second LP), which entered theBillboardTop 40 in August 1961 and stayed six weeks, peaking at number 17;[18] the song was later performed bythe Beatles in 1963. In 1962, Ann-Margret was nominated for aGrammy Award for Best New Artist.[19]
Her only charting album wasBeauty and the Beard (1964), on which she was accompanied by trumpeterAl Hirt. Other career highlights included appearing onThe Jack Benny Program in 1961 and singing theBachelor in Paradise theme at the34th Academy Awards in 1962. Her contract with RCA Victor ended in 1966. In 1963,Life Magazine mentioned that her recordings had sold in excess of half a million units.[20]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she had hits on the dance charts, the most successful being 1979's "Love Rush", which peaked at number eight on the disco/dance charts.[21] In 2001, working withArt Greenhaw, she recorded the albumGod Is Love: The Gospel Sessions. The album went on to earn a Grammy nomination (forty years after her first) and also aDove Award nomination for gospel album of the year. Her albumAnn-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection, also produced and arranged by Greenhaw, was recorded in 2004.[22] 2011 saw the release of "God is Love: The Gospel Sessions 2"
In 2023, she went back into the studio to record a full-length album of new recordings for Cleopatra Records. "Born to Be Wild" featured 13 covers including "Splish Splash", "Earth Angel", "Son of A Preacher Man", and a new take on "Teach Me Tonight" featuringPat Boone. Other guest performers includedPete Townshend,The Fuzztones,Paul Shaffer,The Oak Ridge Boys, and more.[23] The album was released on 14 April 2023, on vinyl, compact disc, and on all streaming platforms.
In 1961, Ann-Margret filmed ascreen test at20th Century Fox and was signed to a seven-year contract.[24] She made her film debut in a loan-out toUnited Artists inFrank Capra'sPocketful of Miracles withBette Davis; it is a remake of Capra's ownLady for a Day (1933). For her performance Ann-Margret was awarded her firstGolden Globe, forNew Actress of the Year alongsideJane Fonda andChristine Kaufmann.[25]
Then came a 1962 remake ofRodgers and Hammerstein's musicalState Fair, in which she played the "bad girl" role of Emily oppositeBobby Darin andPat Boone. She had previously tested for the part of Margie, the "good girl", but the studio bosses deemed her too seductive for that role.[26] In her autobiography, Ann-Margret wrote that the two roles seemed to represent the two sides of her real-life personality. She was shy and reserved offstage but wildly exuberant and sensuous onstage, transforming "from Little Miss Lollipop to Sexpot-Banshee", in her words.[27] In a 2021 retrospective of Ann-Margret's career forFilmInk, Stephen Vagg argued "she wasn't that well cast as a bad girl. Because she had so much energy and shape, producers thought she was; but she was more effective in parts closer to what she was in real life: an energetic good girl with a twinkle in the eye."[28]
Her performance as the all-American teenager Kim inBye Bye Birdie (1963) made her a major star. Its premiere at Radio City Music Hall, 16 years after her first visit to the famed theater, was the highest first-week grossing film to date at the Music Hall.Life magazine put her on the cover for the second time and announced that the "torrid dancing almost replaces the central heating in the theater."[29][30] Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination forBest Actress. She was then asked to sing "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" at PresidentJohn F. Kennedy's private birthday party at theWaldorf Astoria New York, one year afterMarilyn Monroe's famous "Happy Birthday to You".[31] A few months later, Ann-Margret voiced an animated version of herself, named "Ann-Margrock", on the television seriesThe Flintstones.[32] She sang the ballad "The Littlest Lamb" as alullaby as well as the rocker, "Ain't Gonna Be a Fool".
Ann-Margret metElvis Presley on theMGM soundstage when the two filmedViva Las Vegas (1964).Filmink argued "She had so much energy and pep that she had blown her previous three male co-stars off screen, but Elvis could match her. He was the best on-screen partner she ever had, and she was his."[28] She recorded three duets with Presley for the film: "The Lady Loves Me", "You're the Boss", and "Today, Tomorrow, and Forever"; only "The Lady Loves Me" made it into the final film and none of them were commercially released until years after Presley's death, due to concerns byColonel Tom Parker that Ann-Margret's presence threatened to overshadow Elvis.[33] ChoreographerDavid Winters was hired because Ann-Margret was his dance student and recommended him for the job.[34] It was Winters' first choreographer credit on film. He would go on to become a common collaborator for both Presley and Ann-Margret.
Bye Bye Birdie andViva Las Vegas had established Ann-Margret as Hollywood's biggest new star, but a string of box-office flops followed until October 1965. The first,Kitten with a Whip, saw Ann-Margret give a "balls-to-the-wall performance" as a juvenile delinquent who entraps a politician.[28] She followed up withThe Pleasure Seekers, yet another musical romantic comedy. Ann-Margret was excited to do her next project,Bus Riley's Back in Town; its writerWilliam Inge had penned her favorite filmSplendor in the Grass (1961). However Inge was so infuriated by the result that he took his name off the credits ofBus Riley. She then featured inOnce a Thief, a crime film intended to be astar-making vehicle for French actorAlain Delon in the United States.[28] The actress learned decades later that during this time she had been offered the title role inCat Ballou, a critically acclaimed box-office smash that theAmerican Film Institute ranked as the tenth greatestWestern film of all time. Her agent had turned down the role without telling her.[35][36] Ann-Margret broke her flop streak withThe Cincinnati Kid, in which she played afemme fatale oppositeSteve McQueen. It was her first hit sinceViva Las Vegas, but her role was not a large one.[28]
While she was working onOnce a Thief, she met her future husbandRoger Smith, who after his successful run on the private-eye television series77 Sunset Strip, was performing a live club show at thehungry i on a bill withBill Cosby andDon Adams. That meeting began their courtship, which was met with resistance from her parents.[37]
Ann-Margret starred in four films in 1966.Made in Paris, the first of these, was a fashion-focused romantic comedy in which Ann-Margret received top billing.FilmInk attributes its box office failure to "dodgy writing and uninspiring male leads".[28] A month after its release, she teamed up with entertainersChuck Day andMickey Jones for aUSO tour to entertain U.S. servicemen inSouth Vietnam and other parts of South-East Asia. A moderately successfulremake of the classicJohn Ford WesternStagecoach followed, with Ann-Margret essaying the role of a prostitute. She then starred in the "hopelessly confused"sex comedyThe Swinger which, in Stephen Vagg's words, "came close to killing her Hollywood career more than any other [film] by virtue of its sheer incompetence."[28] Ann-Margret ended 1966 by featuring in the hitDean Martin–starrerMurderers' Row, a spy spoof. Looking at Ann-Margret's uneven draw at the box office, Vagg points out that afterViva Las Vegas, her roles in hit films "had been parts any girl could have played" but the star vehicles that were tailored for her were all flops.[28]
During a lull in her film career in July 1967, Ann-Margret gave her first live performance in Las Vegas, with her husband Roger Smith (whom she had married that May) taking over as her manager after that engagement. Elvis Presley and his entourage came to see her during the show's five-week run and celebrate backstage. According to Ann-Margret's autobiography, Presley sent her a guitar-shaped floral arrangement for each of her Vegas openings.[38] After the first Vegas run ended, she followed with aCBS television specialThe Ann-Margret Show, produced and directed byDavid Winters on 1 December 1968, with guest-starsBob Hope,Jack Benny,Danny Thomas, andCarol Burnett. Then, she returned toSaigon as part of Hope's Christmas show. A second CBS television special followed,Ann-Margret: From Hollywood With Love, produced, directed and choreographed by David Winters, with guest-starsDean Martin andLucille Ball. David Winters and the show were nominated for a Primetime Emmy in Outstanding Choreography.[39]
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In 1970, she returned to films withR. P. M., where she starred alongsideAnthony Quinn, andC.C. and Company withJoe Namath as a biker and her portraying a fashion journalist.
In 1971, she starred inCarnal Knowledge by directorMike Nichols, playing the girlfriend of a neglectful, arguably abusive character played byJack Nicholson. She was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and won theGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.Filmink argued this amounted to a comeback "in a way...because she never really regained her former status as an above-the-title star of feature films – her follow-up movies were 'girl' parts... the seventies were tough times for female stars who were not Barbra Streisand."[28]
On the set ofThe Train Robbers in Durango, Mexico, in June 1972, she told Nancy Anderson ofCopley News Service that she had been on the "grapefruit diet" and had lost almost 20 pounds (134 to 115) eating unsweetened citrus.[40]
On Sunday, 10 September 1972, while performing atLake Tahoe, she fell 22 feet (6.7 meters) from an elevated platform to the stage and suffered injuries including a broken left arm, cheekbone, and jawbone. She required meticulousfacial reconstructive surgery that required wiring her mouth shut and putting her on a liquid diet. Unable to work for ten weeks, she returned to the stage almost back to normal.[41]
Throughout the 1970s, Ann-Margret balanced her live musical performances with a string of dramatic film roles that played against her glamorous image. In 1973, she starred withJohn Wayne inThe Train Robbers. Then came the musicalTommy in 1975, for which she received her second Oscar nomination, this time for theAcademy Award for Best Actress. In addition, she has been nominated for tenGolden Globe Awards, winning five, including herBest Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical forTommy. On 17 August 1977, Ann-Margret and Roger Smith traveled to Memphis to attend Elvis Presley's funeral.[42] Three months later, she hostedMemories of Elvis featuring abridged versions of theElvis 1968 TV andAloha from Hawaii specials.[43]
Other notable films she co-starred in during the late 1970s includeJoseph Andrews (1977),The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), the horror/suspense thrillerMagic (1978) withAnthony Hopkins. She had a cameo inThe Cheap Detective (1978).
Ann-Margret was an early choice ofAllan Carr's to play the role of Sandy Dumbrowski in the 1978 filmGrease. At 36 years of age when filming commenced, she was ultimately determined to be too old to convincingly play the role of a high school student. Twenty-eight-year-oldOlivia Newton-John got the role instead, and the character was renamed "Sandy Olsson" (after Ann-Margret's birth surname) in her honor.[44]
For her contributions to the film industry, Ann-Margret received amotion pictures star on theHollywood Walk of Fame in 1973. Her star is located at 6501Hollywood Boulevard.[45]
Ann-Margret starred oppositeBruce Dern inMiddle Age Crazy (1980). In 1982, she co-starred withWalter Matthau andDinah Manoff in thefilm version ofNeil Simon's playI Ought to Be in Pictures. That same year also saw the release ofLookin' to Get Out, filmed two years prior in 1980, in which she co-starred withJon Voight and played the mother of a five-year-oldAngelina Jolie in Jolie's screen debut. To round out 1982, she appeared alongsideAlan Bates,Glenda Jackson, andJulie Christie in the film adaptation ofThe Return of the Soldier. She also starred in the TV moviesWho Will Love My Children? (1983) and a remake ofA Streetcar Named Desire (1984), winning Golden Globe Awards for both performances.
AfterBarbara Stanwyck won thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 1983 for her role inThe Thorn Birds, she mentioned Ann-Margret's performance inWho Will Love My Children?, stating at the podium "I would like to pay a personal tribute at this time to a lady who is a wonderful entertainer...I think she gave one of the finest, most beautiful performances I have ever seen...Ann-Margret, you were superb."[46][47]
InTwice in a Lifetime (1985) Ann-Margret portrayed a waitress for whomGene Hackman's character left his wife. The next year she appeared as the wife ofRoy Scheider's character in the crime thriller52 Pick-Up. In 1987 she co-starred withElizabeth Ashley (and also withClaudette Colbert, in the last on-screen role of the film legend's career) in the NBC two-part series "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles". It earned Ann-Margret anotherEmmy Award nomination, this time for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or a Special.
In 1989, an illustration ofOprah Winfrey appeared on the cover ofTV Guide, and although the head was Oprah's, the body was from a 1979 publicity shot of Ann-Margret. The illustration was rendered so tightly in color pencil by freelance artist Chris Notarile that most people thought it was a composite photograph.[48]
In 1991, she starred in the TV filmOur Sons oppositeJulie Andrews as mothers of sons who are lovers, one of whom is dying of AIDS. In 1992, she co-starred withRobert Duvall andChristian Bale in the Disney musicalNewsies. In 1993, Ann-Margret starred in the hit comedyGrumpy Old Men reuniting with Matthau andJack Lemmon. Her character returned forGrumpier Old Men (1995), the equally successful sequel which this time co-starredSophia Loren.
Ann-Margret published an autobiography in 1994 titledAnn-Margret: My Story,[49] in which she publicly acknowledged her battle with and ongoing recovery from alcoholism. She played Belle Watling inScarlett (1994), a television miniseries loosely based on the1991 book of the same name written byAlexandra Ripley as a sequel toMargaret Mitchell's 1936 novelGone with the Wind. In 1995,Empire magazine ranked her tenth on its list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.
She also filmedAny Given Sunday (1999) for directorOliver Stone, portraying the mother of football team ownerCameron Diaz. She filmed a cameo appearance forThe Limey, but her performance was cut from the movie.[50]
Ann-Margret also starred in several television films, includingQueen: The Story of an American Family (1993),Following Her Heart (1994), andLife of the Party (1999), the latter of which she received nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and aScreen Actors Guild Award.
In 2000, she recorded the theme song, a modified version of theViva Las Vegas theme, to the live-action filmThe Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.[51]
She made guest appearances on the television showTouched by an Angel in 2000 and three episodes ofThird Watch in 2003. In 2001, she made her first appearance in a stage musical, playing the character ofbrothel owner Mona Stangley in a new touring production ofThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The production co-starredGary Sandy andEd Dixon. She playedJimmy Fallon's mother in the 2004 comedyTaxi, co-starringQueen Latifah. In 2001, Ann-Margret worked withArt Greenhaw on the albumGod Is Love: The Gospel Sessions. The project resulted in her second Grammy Award nomination and first Dove Award nomination for Best Album of the Year in a Gospel category. They teamed up again in 2004 for the albumAnn-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection. She performed material from the album at two auditorium church services atCrystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, and broadcast worldwide on the programHour of Power.[52]
In November 2005, Ann-Margret reunited withChuck Day andMickey Jones for an encore of their 1966 USO tour for veterans and troops atNellis Air Force Base, Nevada.[53]
In 2006, Ann-Margret had supporting roles in the box-office hitsThe Break-Up withJennifer Aniston andVince Vaughn, andThe Santa Clause 3 withTim Allen. She also starred in severalindependent films, such asMemory (2006) withBilly Zane andDennis Hopper. In 2009, she appeared in the comedyOld Dogs withJohn Travolta andRobin Williams.
Ann-Margret guest-starred in an episode ofLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit, "Bedtime", which first aired on 31 March 2010, onNBC.[54] She received her sixth Emmy nomination for her performance. She also appeared in the Lifetime series,Army Wives, in the episode "Guns and Roses" (season four, episode five), which originally aired 9 May 2010. On 29 August 2010, she won an Emmy, her first, for Guest Performance by an Actress for herSVU performance. The Emmy venue audience gave her a standing ovation.
On 14 October 2010, Ann-Margret appeared on CBS'CSI.[55]
In the fall of 2011, she co-starred withAndy Williams for a series of concerts at his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri. These proved to be Williams' last performances before his death in 2012.
In 2014, she began appearing in a recurring role in the Showtime original seriesRay Donovan.[56] On 1 October 2018, it was announced that she had joined the second season of theSyfy seriesHappy! in a recurring role.[57]
In 2018, she guest-starred inThe Kominsky Method, portraying Diane, a widow and possible love interest for the recently widowed Norman, played byAlan Arkin.
On 28 November 2023, she was a guest narrator ofDisney's Candlelight Processional atWalt Disney World.[58]
The 2005 CBS miniseriesElvis includes the story of her affair with Elvis Presley during the filming ofViva Las Vegas. She was portrayed by the actressRose McGowan. She also provided the voice of a fictionalized version of herself inThe Flintstones 1963 episode "Ann-Margrock Presents".[32]
For two years, Ann-Margret was voted by movie exhibitors as being among the more popular actors in the United States:
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | The Jack Benny Program | Herself | Episode: "Variety Show" |
| 1962 | TheAndy Williams Special | Herself | Episode: "May 4, 1962" |
| 1963 | The Flintstones | Ann-Margrock (voice) | Episode: "Ann-Margrock Presents"[32] |
| 1970 | Here's Lucy | Ann-Margret | Episode: "Lucy and Ann-Margret" |
| 1971 | Dames at Sea | Ruby | TV adaptation of stage musical[60][61] |
| 1983 | Who Will Love My Children? | Lucile Fray | TV movie Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film; Nominated -Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1984 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | TV movie Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television |
| 1987 | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Ann Arden Grenville | Miniseries Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1991 | Our Sons | Luanne Barnes | TV movie |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen | Sally Jackson | 2 episodes Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1994 | Scarlett | Belle Watling | Miniseries |
| Following Her Heart | Ingalill "Lena" Lundquist | TV movie | |
| Nobody's Children | Carol Stevens | ||
| 1996 | Blue Rodeo | Maggie Yearwood | |
| Seduced by Madness | Diane Kay Borchardt | Miniseries | |
| 1998 | Life of the Party | Pamela Harriman | TV movie Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated –Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| Four Corners | Amanda "Maggie" Wyatt | 2 episodes | |
| 1999 | Happy Face Murders | Lorraine Petrovich | TV movie |
| 2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town | Nedra Paugh | Miniseries |
| The 10th Kingdom | Cinderella | ||
| Touched by an Angel | Angela | Episode: "Millennium" | |
| Popular | God | Episode: "Are You There, God? It's Me Ann-Margret" | |
| 2001 | Blonde | Della Monroe | Miniseries |
| 2003 | Third Watch | Judge Barbara Halsted | 3 episodes |
| 2004 | A Place Called Home | Tula Jeeters | TV movie |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rita Wills | Episode: "Bedtime" Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
| Army Wives | Aunt Edie | Episode: "Guns & Roses" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Margot Wilton | Episode: "Sqweegel" | |
| 2014 | Ray Donovan | June | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Kominsky Method | Diane | 2 episodes Nominated - Online Film & Television Association Award - Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
| 2019 | Happy! | Bebe DeBarge | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | A Holiday Spectacular | Grandma Margret | TV Movie |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 [62] | US AC [62] | US Dance [63] | JPN [64] | |||
| "Lost Love" | 1961 | — | — | — | — | |
| "I Just Don't Understand" | 17 | — | — | — | ||
| "It Do Me So Good" | 97[A] | — | — | |||
| "What Am I Supposed to Do" | 1962 | 82 | 19 | — | — | |
| "Jim Dandy" | [B] | — | — | — | ||
| "So Did I" | 1963 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Bye Bye Birdie" / "Take All the Kisses" | [C] | — | — | 2 | ||
| "Someday Soon" | 1964 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Man's Favorite Sport" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hey Little Star" | [D] | — | — | — | ||
| "Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" | 1966 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sleep in the Grass" | 1969 | [E] | — | — | — | |
| "Love Rush" | 1979 | — | — | 8 | — | |
| "Midnight Message" | 1980 | — | — | 12 | — | |
| "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes" | 1981 | — | — | 22 | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory | ||||||
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Commander of theRoyal Order of the Polar Star (KNO) (2 December 1988)[70][71]| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Billboard Year-End | Most Promising Female Vocalist | Won[72] | |
| 1962 | Grammy Award | Best New Artist | Nominated | |
| Golden Laurel | Top Female New Personality | Won | ||
| Golden Globe Award | Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Won | ||
| 1963 | Golden Laurel | Top Female Musical Performance | State Fair | Won |
| Top Female Star | Nominated | |||
| 1964 | Top Female Comedy Performance | Bye Bye Birdie | Won | |
| Top Female Star | Nominated | |||
| Golden Globe Award | Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy | Bye Bye Birdie | Nominated | |
| Photoplay Award | Most Popular Female Star | Won | ||
| 1965 | Golden Laurel | Musical Performance, Female | Viva Las Vegas | Won |
| 1966 | Made in Paris | Won | ||
| 1967 | Top Female Star | Nominated | ||
| 1972 | Academy Award | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Carnal Knowledge | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role | Won | ||
| 1973 | Hollywood Walk of Fame | Motion Pictures | Contributions to the film industry | Inducted |
| 1975 | Academy Award | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Tommy | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy | Won | ||
| 1978 | Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role | Joseph Andrews | Nominated | |
| 1979 | Saturn Award | Best Actress | Magic | Nominated |
| 1981 | Genie Award | Best Performance by a Foreign Actress | Middle Age Crazy | Nominated |
| 1983 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Who Will Love My Children? | Nominated |
| Golden Apple Award | Female Star of the Year | Won | ||
| 1984 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | A Streetcar Named Desire | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Who Will Love My Children? | Won | |
| 1985 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Won | ||
| 1987 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or a Special | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Nominated |
| Women in FilmCrystal Award | For outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.[73] | Recipient | ||
| 1988 | Golden Globe Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Nominated |
| 1993 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or a Special | Queen: The Story of an American Family | Nominated |
| 1994 | Golden Globe Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Award | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV | Nominated | ||
| 1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Grammy Award | Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album | God is Love: The Gospel Sessions | Nominated |
| 2002 | GMA Dove Award | Best Country Album | Nominated | |
| 2005 | CineVegas International Film Festival | Centennial Award | Won | |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Law & Order: SVU: Bedtime | Won |
| 2013 | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | Lifetime Achievement Award | Recipient | |
| 2019 | Online Film & Television Association Award | Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | The Kominsky Method | Nominated |
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