She turned 71 yesterday.
On George Burns, the legendary entertainer who gave Ann-Margret her first break as a singer and dancer in a Vegas show: When she auditioned for Burns, she said, she “wore the light blue lambswool sweater and the black stockings and little black one-inch shoes that I had worn all through the summer, because that’s all I had! And that’s the way Mr. Burns saw me. So on opening night, that’s what I wore. But then I searched all over the place for something that I thought would be really nice in Las Vegas, and it was more money than I had ever spent. It was an orangey-red velvet pantsuit, and pantsuits were just coming into style. And at dress rehearsal Mr. Burns saw this outfit, and he said [mimicking Burns' famous rasp], ‘Where’s the sweater and pants that you wore on the audition — the tight sweater and the tight pants?’ And I said, ‘Well, I thought that this was really nice and that you’d like it.’ And he said, ‘People don’t want to only hear your voice, they want to see where it’s coming from!’” She laughs. “I never forgot that one.”
http://life.time.com/culture/ann-margret-a-legend-looks-back/#1
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
ann-margret is the real deal.
― surm, Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Search: her appearance on "The Flintstones" and the underrated The Return of the Soldier.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 April 2012 21:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm going to post about my big record haul today in the dollar-thread, but I got a still-sealed Ann-Margaret album from '63 for $2: Bachelor's Paradise.
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
omg
― surm, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
she was a good Blanche DuBois on TV too
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Opposite Treat Williams, wasn't it?
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 29 April 2012 22:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Even if she only acted in Viva Las Vegas and Carnal Knowledge she would be 100% all-time.
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
two-time Oscar nominee
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Also search for this album:
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
always always essential.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 29 April 2012 23:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
And, er, damn...
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 30 April 2012 00:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Feiffer’s Carnal Knowledge is a festival of mixed emotions, inasmuch as you get to see her sitting in bed topless for about an hour, but you have to take her being miserable, depressed, and psychologically abused by Nicholson throughout
Totally want that Lee/Ann album up there
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 30 April 2012 00:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
major dance moves in here
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Monday, 30 April 2012 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
she is so sexy in this flick (NSFW)
― buzza, Monday, 30 April 2012 01:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tights are not pants, Ann-Margret.
― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 30 April 2012 01:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
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― tokyo rosemary, Monday, 30 April 2012 01:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
She is the worst part of Newsies.Than Ann-Margret & Lee albu8m is so good.
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Monday, 30 April 2012 01:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
forgot that there's even more Pete Townsend mid-70s synth weirdness in the movie version
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Monday, 30 April 2012 01:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
zomg tbh
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, 30 April 2012 02:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
watched all of that trailer buzza posted thinking it might be the source of the comments about the tights, no such luck but it looks like a pretty cool movie, roy scheider running n shooting, plus cop cars jump off ramps, it was a good era i think.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 30 April 2012 05:09 (1 year ago) Permalink