Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer

Ann-Margret

Ann-Margret Olsson, credited as Ann-Margret, is an American actress, dancer, and singer with a career spanning seven decades. Her many screen roles include Pocketful 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), Grumpier Old Men (1995), Any Given Sunday (1999), Taxi (2004), and Going in Style (2017). Her accolades include five Golden Globe Awards, two Laurel Awards, two Photoplay Awards, an Emmy Award, two Academy Award nominations and two Grammy nominations.

Born

1941

April 28

Died

Living

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1940s

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1941 Born

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224 The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V, effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
357 Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
1192 Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
1253 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.

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The world in 1941

When Ann-Margret arrived

april 1 Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
april 1 A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
april 10 World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
april 13 A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Andy Flower 1968– South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Carolyn Jones 1930–1983 American actress (died 1983) Dick Ayers 1924–2014 American author and illustrator (died 2014) Heinrich Müller 1900–2000 German SS officer, Gestapo chief, and key individual in the Holocaust (died 1945) Kenneth Kaunda 1924–2021 Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (died 2021) Mary McDonnell 1952– American actress Miodrag Radulovacki 1933–2014 Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic (died 2014) Nezahualcoyotl 1402–1472 Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler (died 1472)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1941

Arun Shourie 1941– Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications Bill Freehan 1941– American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021) Bill Parcells 1941– American football player and coach Chet Jastremski 1941– American swimmer and physician (died 2014) Dave Costa 1941– American football player (died 2013) Dave Dryden 1941– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022) David Crosby 1941–2023 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) Dean Chance 1941–2015 American baseball player and manager (died 2015) Eddie Rabbitt 1941–1998 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)

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