86-474: Women's Image Network ( WIN ) is an organization that creates, applauds and shares stories because powerful and excellent media builds inclusive and tolerant communities. Each year since 1993, to increase the value of women and girls, Women's Image Network has been promoting gender parity by producing The Women's Image Awards, which celebrate outstanding film and television that also dispels media stereotypes. Awards, The Women's Image Awards are produced just before
172-462: A Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film and a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries —and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie . Campion was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special . She was
258-607: A USO tour to entertain U.S. servicemen in South Vietnam and other parts of South-East Asia. A moderately successful remake of the classic John Ford Western Stagecoach followed, with Ann-Margret essaying the role of a prostitute. She then starred in the "hopelessly confused" sex comedy The 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." Ann-Margret ended 1966 by featuring in
344-549: A Lady (1996), Holy Smoke! (1998), and Bright Star (2009). She also co-created the television series Top of the Lake (2013) and received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Campion was born in Wellington , New Zealand, the second daughter of Edith Campion (born Beverley Georgette Hannah), an actress, writer, and heiress; and Richard M. Campion , a teacher, and theatre and opera director. Her maternal great-grandfather
430-700: A Lady , based on the Henry James novel, featured Nicole Kidman , John Malkovich , Barbara Hershey and Martin Donovan . Holy Smoke! (1999) saw Campion teamed with Harvey Keitel for a second time (the first being The Piano ), this time with Kate Winslet as the female lead. In the Cut (2003), an erotic thriller based on Susanna Moore 's bestseller, provided Meg Ryan an opportunity to depart from her more familiar onscreen persona. In 2006 she produced Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story . Her 2009 film Bright Star ,
516-545: A Lifetime Ann-Margret portrayed the woman for whom Gene Hackman 's character left his wife. The next year she appeared as the wife of Roy Scheider 's character in the crime thriller 52 Pick-Up . In 1987 she co-starred with Elizabeth Ashley (and also with Claudette 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 another Emmy Award nomination, this time for Outstanding Lead Actress in
602-563: A Lifetime Achievement Award. Tichi was the first female publisher of The Hollywood Reporter and co-founder of Women In Film . Her friend Charles Champlin (a former Los Angeles Times arts editor and film critic) presented her award. Film producer Laura Ziskin ( Spider-Man ) (who also founded Stand Up to Cancer before she succumbed to the disease at age 61) was honored that same year, and her former boss, producer Jon Peters , presented her Woman of The Year tribute. In 1994, for WIN, producer Phyllis Stuart created and executive-produced
688-520: A Mini Series or a Special. In 1989, an illustration of Oprah Winfrey appeared on the cover of TV 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. In 1991, she starred in the TV film Our Sons opposite Julie Andrews as mothers of sons who are lovers, one of whom
774-515: A Spirit Award for best actress. Actress Lauren Bacall accepted WIN's first Living Legend tribute. That night, New Zealand film director Jane Campion was also honored, and her Piano film star Sam Neill accepted her tribute on her behalf. Both Lynn Redgrave (Living Legend) and Pierce Brosnan (Humanitarian) were honorees. A few presenters were LisaGay Hamilton , Gavin Scott , and Allana Ubach . The WIN Awards 2001 winners Actress Lily Tomlin
860-496: A Whip , saw Ann-Margret give a "balls-to-the-wall performance" as a juvenile delinquent who entraps a politician. She followed up with The Pleasure Seekers , yet another musical romantic comedy. Ann-Margret was excited to do her next project, Bus Riley's Back in Town ; its writer William Inge had penned her favorite film Splendor in the Grass (1961). However Inge was so infuriated by
946-585: A biographical drama about poet John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw ) and his lover Fanny Brawne ( Abbie Cornish ), was shown at the Cannes Film Festival. In an interview with Jan Lisa Huttner , Campion discussed how she focused on Fanny's side of the story, pointing out that only two of the film's scenes did not feature her. Campion created, wrote, and directed the TV mini-series Top of the Lake , which received near universal acclaim, won numerous awards—including, for its lead actress Elisabeth Moss ,
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#17330856191751032-619: A biopic about the life of New Zealand writer Janet Frame , from a screenplay written by Laura Jones . Widespread recognition followed with The Piano (1993), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival , Best Director from the Australian Film Institute , and an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1994. At the 66th Academy Awards , Campion was the second woman ever to be nominated for Best Director for her movie The Piano . Campion's 1996 film The Portrait of
1118-533: A broken left arm, cheekbone, and jawbone. She required meticulous facial 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. 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 with John Wayne in The Train Robbers . Then came
1204-456: A cameo appearance for The Limey , but her performance was cut from the movie. Ann-Margret also starred in several television films, including Queen: The Story of an American Family (1993), Following Her Heart (1994), and Life of the Party (1999), the latter of which she received nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award . In 2000, she recorded
1290-412: A definite style of her own, which can easily guide her to star status". Ann-Margret is a stepmother of three children of her husband Roger Smith , an actor, who later became her manager. She and Smith were married for 50 years from May 8, 1967 until his death on June 4, 2017. Before this, she dated Eddie Fisher and was romantically linked to Elvis Presley when they co-starred in
1376-484: A feminist standpoint." Accordingly, Campion's work has received praise from other critics. In V.W. Wexman's Jane Campion: Interviews (1999), critic David Thomson describes Campion "as one of the best young directors in the world today." In Sue Gillett's "More Than Meets The Eye: The Mediation of Affects in Jane Campion's Sweetie ", Campion's work is described as "perhaps the fullest and truest way of being faithful to
1462-460: A hug. In 2014, it was announced that Campion was nearing a deal to direct an adaptation of Rachel Kushner 's novel The Flamethrowers . In 2015, Campion confirmed that she would co-direct and co-write a second season of Top of the Lake with the story moved to Sydney and Harbour City, Hong Kong , and with Elisabeth Moss reprising her role as Robin Griffin. The sequel series titled Top of
1548-425: A motorcycle in rural Minnesota in 2000. 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
1634-511: A standing ovation. On October 14, 2010, Ann-Margret appeared on CBS' CSI . In the fall of 2011, she co-starred with Andy 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 series Ray Donovan . On October 1, 2018, it
1720-469: A television miniseries loosely based on the 1991 book of the same name written by Alexandra Ripley as a sequel to Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind . In 1995, Empire magazine ranked her tenth on its list of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history. She also filmed Any Given Sunday (1999) for director Oliver Stone , portraying the mother of football team owner Cameron Diaz . She filmed
1806-599: A thoughtless comment equating what I do in the film world with all that Serena Williams and Venus Williams have achieved," she said. "I did not intend to devalue these two legendary Black women and world-class athletes." In February 2022, the film received 12 nominations at the 94th Academy Awards , leading that year's Oscar nominations. The film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch , Best Supporting Actress for Kirsten Dunst , and Best Supporting Actor for both Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons . Campion became
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#17330856191751892-579: 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 the Billboard Top 40 in August 1961 and stayed six weeks, peaking at number 17; the song was later performed by the Beatles in 1963. In 1962, Ann-Margret was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist . Her only charting album
1978-527: A woman's story, had a female protagonist, and were created either by male or female artists. Best documentary went to Paolo di Florio for her film, Speaking In Strings . WIN created this festival to help filmmakers find distribution, get agents and win other awards; Speaking In Strings went on to win an Academy Award nomination. Director John Putch (son of Jean Stapleton ) won best feature with Valerie Flake starring Susan Traylor (wife of Bob Dylan 's son director, Jesse Dylan ) who also garnered
2064-555: Is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films The Piano (1993) and The Power of the Dog (2021), for which she has received two Academy Awards (including Best Director for the latter), two BAFTA Awards , and two Golden Globe Awards . Campion was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) in the 2016 New Year Honours , for services to film. Campion
2150-505: Is a Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer with a career spanning seven decades. Initially gaining notoriety in 1961 as a singer with a sultry, vibrant contralto voice, she quickly rose to Hollywood stardom. 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
2236-502: Is a groundbreaking female director, as of 2022 the only woman to be nominated twice for Academy Award for Best Director (winning once), and the first female filmmaker to receive the Palme d'Or (for The Piano , which also won her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ). She made history at the 94th Academy Awards when she won Best Director for The Power of the Dog (2021), as
2322-673: Is dying of AIDS. In 1992, she co-starred with Robert Duvall and Christian Bale in the Disney musical Newsies . In 1993, Ann-Margret starred in the hit comedy Grumpy Old Men reuniting with Matthau and Jack Lemmon . Her character returned for Grumpier Old Men (1995), the equally successful sequel which this time co-starred Sophia Loren . Ann-Margret published an autobiography in 1994 titled Ann-Margret: My Story , in which she publicly acknowledged her battle with and ongoing recovery from alcoholism. She played Belle Watling in Scarlett (1994),
2408-515: Is located at 6501 Hollywood Boulevard . Ann-Margret starred opposite Bruce Dern in Middle Age Crazy (1980). In 1982, she co-starred with Walter Matthau and Dinah Manoff in the film version of Neil Simon 's play I Ought to Be in Pictures . That same year also saw the release of Lookin' to Get Out , filmed two years prior in 1980, in which she co-starred with Jon Voight and played
2494-511: 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." On May 14, 2022, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in Humane Letters by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . Ann-Margret began recording for RCA Victor in 1961, first recording "Lost Love". Her debut album And Here She Is ... Ann-Margret
2580-513: The Elvis 1968 TV and Aloha from Hawaii specials. Other notable films she co-starred in during the late 1970s include Joseph Andrews (1977), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), the horror/suspense thriller Magic (1978) with Anthony Hopkins . She had a cameo in The Cheap Detective (1978). Ann-Margret was an early choice of Allan Carr 's to play the role of Sandy Dumbrowski in
2666-486: The Golden Globe Awards , AACTA International Awards , Critics' Choice Movie Awards , and Satellite Awards . Campion issued an apology to Serena and Venus Williams following criticism of her acceptance speech for Critics Choice for Best Director , in which Campion said, "And you know, Serena and Venus, you are such marvels. However, you do not play against the guys — like I have to." Her apology included, "I made
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2752-576: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 1983 for her role in The Thorn Birds , she mentioned Ann-Margret's performance in Who 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." In Twice in
2838-665: The Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival , and other awards followed for the shorts Passionless Moments (1983), A Girl's Own Story (1984), and After Hours (1984). After leaving the Australian Film and Television School, she directed an episode for ABC's light entertainment series Dancing Daze (1986), which led to her first TV film, Two Friends (1986), produced by Jan Chapman. Her feature debut, Sweetie (1989), won international awards. Further recognition came with An Angel at My Table (1990),
2924-613: The University of Sydney in 1981. Campion's later film work was shaped in part by her art school education; she has, even in her mature career, cited painter Frida Kahlo and sculptor Joseph Beuys as influences. Campion's dissatisfaction with the limitations of painting led her to filmmaking and the creation of her first short, Tissues, in 1980. In 1981, she began studying at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School , where she made several more short films and graduated in 1984. Campion's first short film, Peel (1982), won
3010-495: The 1978 film Grease . At 37 years old, she was ultimately determined to be too old to convincingly play the role of a high school student. Thirty year-old Olivia Newton-John got the role instead, and the character was renamed "Sandy Olsson" (after Ann-Margret's birth surname) in her honor. For her contributions to the film industry, Ann-Margret received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1973. Her star
3096-453: The 2004 comedy Taxi , co-starring Queen Latifah . In 2001, Ann-Margret worked with Art Greenhaw on the album God 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 album Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection . She performed material from
3182-723: The ABC Primetime Special "Fifty Years of Funny Females" starring John Ritter , Annie Potts , Paula Poundstone , Debbie Allen and Pam Stone . This clip show aired twice on ABC and again on Lifetime Television. For four years, the WIN Awards coincided with the WIN Femme Film Festival created to support emerging and/or first-time filmmakers. WinFemme Film Festival Wants Women's Stories The WIN Femme Film Festival programmed independently produced short films, documentary feature films, and full-length feature films that told
3268-760: The Hollywood awards season. WIN was founded in 1993 by actress, writer and filmmaker, Phyllis Stuart. Bert Stern: Original Mad Man: Film Review , Wild Daze and Bert Stern: The Original Madman In addition to awarding nominated film and television work, WIN honors deserving individuals, including Ann-Margret Melissa Etheridge Lauren Bacall , Elizabeth Taylor Senator Barbara Boxer , Lily Tomlin , Cecilia DeMille Presley , Abigail Disney , Mira Sorvino Ambassador Swanee Hunt , Suzanne Roberts , Maria Arena Bell , Diane Ladd , Jane Campion , Anne Archer , Maria Cuomo Cole , among others. In 1993, WIN held its first awards ceremony, honoring Tichi Wilkerson Kassel with
3354-509: The Lake: China Girl was released in 2017. Shot and set in Sydney, Top of the Lake: China Girl features Alice Englert , Campion's daughter, in a lead role as Robin's biological daughter. The series also features Ewen Leslie , David Dencik and Nicole Kidman . In 2019, Campion's first film in a decade was announced, an adaptation of Thomas Savage 's novel The Power of the Dog . The film
3440-730: The New Zealand Players. Campion initially rejected the idea of a career in the dramatic arts and graduated instead with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Victoria University of Wellington in 1975. In 1976, she enrolled in the Chelsea Art School in London and travelled throughout Europe. She earned a graduate diploma in visual arts (painting) from the Sydney College of the Arts at
3526-563: The Soldier (1982), 52 Pick-Up (1986), Newsies (1992), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Any Given Sunday (1999), Taxi (2004), and Going in Style (2017). Her accolades include five Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award in addition to two Academy Award nominations and two Grammy nominations. She released Born to be Wild , her first classic-rock album, in April 2023. Ann-Margret Olsson
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3612-701: The album at two auditorium church services at Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, and broadcast worldwide on the program Hour of Power . In November 2005, Ann-Margret reunited with Chuck Day and Mickey Jones for an encore of their 1966 USO tour for veterans and troops at Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada. In 2006, Ann-Margret had supporting roles in the box-office hits The Break-Up with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn , and The Santa Clause 3 with Tim Allen . She also starred in several independent films , such as Memory (2006) with Billy Zane and Dennis Hopper . In 2009, she appeared in
3698-459: The closing night of the final WinFemme Film Festival. The three filmmaker Audience Award winners were: (Feature Film), "Controlled Chaos", director, Azita Zendel , (Documentary Feature) Searching For Paradise , director, Binnur Karaevli and (Short Film), Katherine , director, Mary Louise Stoughton . Hosted by Will Sasso and Sara Rue , producer Lauren Shuler Donner received a Lifetime Achievement Award from presenter Rachel Weisz . Held at
3784-690: The comedy Old Dogs with John Travolta and Robin Williams . Ann-Margret guest-starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , " Bedtime ", which first aired on March 31, 2010, on NBC . 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 May 9, 2010. On August 29, 2010, she won an Emmy, her first, for Guest Performance by an Actress for her SVU performance. The Emmy venue audience gave her
3870-586: The cover for the second time and announced that the "torrid dancing almost replaces the central heating in the theater." Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress . She was then asked to sing " Baby Won't You Please Come Home " at President John F. Kennedy 's private birthday party at the Waldorf Astoria New York , one year after Marilyn Monroe 's famous " Happy Birthday to You ". A few months later, Ann-Margret voiced an animated version of herself, named "Ann-Margrock", on
3956-549: The family, Ann-Margret's mother became a funeral parlor receptionist after her husband suffered a severe injury on his job. While a teenager, Ann-Margret appeared on the Morris B. Sachs Amateur Hour , Don McNeill's Breakfast Club , and Ted Mack 's Amateur Hour . She continued to star in theater as she attended New Trier High School in Winnetka , Illinois. Two fellow movie stars Charlton Heston and Rock Hudson , had graduated from
4042-500: The family. After World War II , his wife hesitated and Gustav emigrated alone, but was joined by his wife and daughter in 1946. In 1949, Ann-Margret became a naturalized American citizen. 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
4128-520: The film Viva Las Vegas in 1964. A keen motorcyclist, Ann-Margret rode a 500 cc Triumph T100C Tiger in The Swinger (1966) and used the same model, fitted with a nonstandard electric starter, in her stage show and her TV specials. She was featured in Triumph Motorcycles ' official advertisements in the 1960s. She suffered three broken ribs and a fractured shoulder when she was thrown off
4214-651: The first time. WIN honored INTERACTIVE LIVING LEGEND Mary Dolaher. Patty Smyth and her band Scandal performed. Comic Judy Tenuta hosted and Tig Notaro also performed. Presenters: Timothy Bottoms , Rick Overton , Hannah Simone , Bob Carrigan , John Savage , Sean Young , Diane English , Annie Wersching , Keith David , Eric Roberts . Annie Wersching at Women's Image Network 2009 WIN Awards - Arrivals | TopNews The WIN Awards 2008 Winners Presenters: Timothy Bottoms , Rick Overton , Hannah Simone , Bob Carrigan , Diane English , Annie Wersching , Keith David , Eric Roberts The Career Achievement Honoree
4300-541: The first woman to receive multiple Best Director nominations, and she won Best Director for the film. She is also the first woman to win Best Director without also winning a corresponding Best Picture. In 1992, Campion married Colin David Englert, an Australian who worked as a second unit director on The Piano . Their first child, Jasper, was born in 1993 but lived for only 12 days. Their second child, Alice Englert ,
4386-591: The head of the jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Film sections at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and the head of the jury for the main competition section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival . When Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan received the Prix du Jury for his film Mommy , he said that Campion's The Piano "made me want to write roles for women—beautiful women with soul, will and strength, not victims or objects." Campion responded by rising from her seat to give him
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#17330856191754472-1154: The historic Culver City Studios, director Vicky Jensen ( Shrek ) was honored with WIN's first Kiera Chaplin Limelight directing award. British model and actress Kiera Chaplin is the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin and great-granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill . Presenters and guests included Carrie Fisher , Richard Donner , Bonnie Palef , Peter Guber , Yeardley Smith , Melissa Joan Hart , Brittany Snow , Holliston Coleman , Al Jean , Sarah Ramos , Sean Patrick Thomas , Jane Anderson , Valarie Pettiford , Dayna Devon , Neal McDonough , Charlie Robinson and Suzanne Sena . Winners WIN added advertising awards with advertising industry artists judges like Charlotte Moore, Sally Hogshead , Amee Shah , Ellen Steinberg , Joyce King Thomas , Liz Paradise (Jury Chair) and David Oakley . Winners Kathy Griffin hosted The WIN Awards 2005. Christine Lahti , Andrea Parker , Amy Davidson , Lainie Kazan , Gurinder Chadha , Dan Wieden , Lu Chekowsky , Maureen Shirreff , Jennifer Hall , Lindsay Crouse and Danielle Panabaker were among
4558-668: The hit Dean Martin –starrer Murderers' Row , a spy spoof. Looking at Ann-Margret's uneven draw at the box office, Vagg points out that after Viva 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. 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
4644-500: 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. In 2001, working with Art Greenhaw , she recorded the album God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions . The album went on to earn a Grammy nomination (forty years after her first) and also a Dove Award nomination for gospel album of the year. Her album Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection , also produced and arranged by Greenhaw,
4730-990: The many WIN Awards nominees. Show presenters included: Carl Reiner , Lea Thompson , AJ Michalka , John Savage (actor) , Sean Young , Sara Rue , Kahi Lee , and Sally Kirkland . Winners: Winners Style from the 14th Annual Women's Image Network (WIN) Awards WIN Humanitarian Honoree was producer, writer and arts patron Maria Arena Bell , which Lisa Kudrow Friends presented. Show co-hosts were Melissa Peterman , Bruce Vilanch . The presenters included Beverly Johnson , Nadine Velazquez , and Ace Young . Singer, Diana DeGarmo , an American Idol winner, performed and presented. The WIN Awards 2012 were produced at The Paramount Theater on Paramount Studios. The WIN Awards 2012 were produced at The Paramount Theater on Paramount Studios. Actress Lisa Kudrow presented to Humanitarian Honoree, producer and philanthropist Maria Arena Bell. Winners Ann-Margret Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941), credited as Ann-Margret ,
4816-483: The mother of a five-year-old Angelina Jolie in Jolie's screen debut. To round out 1982, she appeared alongside Alan Bates , Glenda Jackson , and Julie Christie in the film adaptation of The Return of the Soldier . She also starred in the TV movies Who Will Love My Children? (1983) and a remake of A Streetcar Named Desire (1984), winning Golden Globe Awards for both performances. After Barbara Stanwyck won
4902-495: The musical Tommy in 1975, for which she received her second Oscar nomination, this time for the Academy Award for Best Actress . In addition, she has been nominated for ten Golden Globe Awards , winning five, including her Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Tommy. On August 17, 1977, Ann-Margret and Roger Smith traveled to Memphis to attend Elvis Presley's funeral. Three months later, she hosted Memories of Elvis featuring abridged versions of
4988-603: The oldest female director to win and the first woman to win Academy Awards for both directing and screenwriting in her different films. She broke the same barrier at the 78th Venice International Film Festival when she won the Silver Lion award. She is the third woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film . Campion is also known for directing the films An Angel at My Table (1990), The Portrait of
5074-1077: The presenters, and its nominated actors, directors, writers and producers celebrated for having created outstanding work that dispelled stereotypes of women. Gurinder Chadha picked up the Chaplin Limelight Award for directing presented by Charlie Chaplin 's granddaughter Kiera Chaplin for whom this award was created. The animated series Kim Possible and Kathy Najimy also won this same award two years later. Winners Held at UCLA, Senator Barbara Boxer accepted The Woman of The Year Honor. British actress Helen Mirren won two WIN tributes which actress Katie Holmes accepted on her behalf. Event co-chairs were Martha Luttrell , Jane Fonda and Susan Sarandon . Harry Shearer hosted; American Idol Ace Young performed. Winners Held at The Pacific Design Center, Diane Ladd accepted her Lifetime Achievement Award. Frances Fisher presented. Winners: WIN honored Cloris Leachman with its Living Legend Tribute and added interactive awards (video games) for
5160-633: The private-eye television series 77 Sunset Strip , was performing a live club show at the hungry i on a bill with Bill Cosby and Don Adams . That meeting began their courtship, which was met with resistance from her parents. 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". A month after its release, she teamed up with entertainers Chuck Day and Mickey Jones for
5246-401: The reality of experience"; by utilising the "unsayable" and "unseeable", she manages to catalyze audience speculation. Campion's films tend to gravitate around themes of gender politics, such as seduction and female sexual power. This has led some to label Campion's body of work as feminist; however, Rebecca Flint Marx argues that "while not inaccurate, [the feminist label] fails to fully capture
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#17330856191755332-670: The result that he took his name off the credits of Bus Riley . She then featured in Once a Thief , a crime film intended to be a star-making vehicle for French actor Alain Delon in the United States. The actress learned decades later that during this time she had been offered the title role in Cat Ballou , a critically acclaimed box-office smash that the American Film Institute ranked as
5418-586: The school many years earlier. She was part of a group known as the Suttletones, which went to the Dunes hotel and casino in Las Vegas, which also headlined Tony Bennett and Al Hirt at the time. George Burns heard of her performance, and she auditioned for his annual holiday show, for which she and Burns performed a softshoe routine. Variety proclaimed that "George Burns has a gold mine in Ann-Margret... she has
5504-496: The set of The Train Robbers in Durango, Mexico, in June 1972, she told Nancy Anderson of Copley News Service that she had been on the " grapefruit diet " and had lost almost 20 pounds (134 to 115) eating unsweetened citrus. On Sunday, September 10, 1972, while performing at Lake Tahoe , she fell 22 feet (6.7 meters) from an elevated platform to the stage and suffered injuries including
5590-574: The show were nominated for a Primetime Emmy in Outstanding Choreography. In 1970, she returned to films with R. P. M. , where she starred alongside Anthony Quinn , and C.C. and Company with Joe Namath as a biker and her portraying a fashion journalist. In 1971, she starred in Carnal Knowledge by director Mike Nichols , playing the girlfriend of a neglectful, arguably abusive character played by Jack Nicholson . She
5676-696: 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. After the first Vegas run ended, she followed with a CBS television special The Ann-Margret Show , produced and directed by David Winters on December 1, 1968, with guest-stars Bob Hope , Jack Benny , Danny Thomas , and Carol Burnett . Then, she returned to Saigon 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-stars Dean Martin and Lucille Ball . David Winters and
5762-492: The television series The Flintstones . She sang the ballad "The Littlest Lamb" as a lullaby as well as the rocker, "Ain't Gonna Be a Fool". Ann-Margret met Elvis Presley on the MGM soundstage when the two filmed Viva 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
5848-427: The tenth greatest Western film of all time. Her agent had turned down the role without telling her. Ann-Margret broke her flop streak with The Cincinnati Kid , in which she played a femme fatale opposite Steve McQueen . It was her first hit since Viva Las Vegas , but her role was not a large one. While she was working on Once a Thief , she met her future husband Roger Smith , who after his successful run on
5934-702: The theme song, a modified version of the Viva Las Vegas theme, to the live-action film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas . She made guest appearances on the television show Touched by an Angel in 2000 and three episodes of Third Watch in 2003. In 2001, she made her first appearance in a stage musical, playing the character of brothel owner Mona Stangley in a new touring production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas . The production co-starred Gary Sandy and Ed Dixon . She played Jimmy Fallon 's mother in
6020-433: 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. In a 2021 retrospective of Ann-Margret's career for FilmInk , 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
6106-406: Was Beauty and the Beard (1964), on which she was accompanied by trumpeter Al Hirt . Other career highlights included appearing on The Jack Benny Program in 1961 and singing the Bachelor in Paradise theme at the 34th 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. In
6192-875: Was The Hollywood Reporter editor Elizabeth Guider . Winners This was a big awards show year for The WIN awards as WIN created two new Lifetime Achievement awards. These recipients were Suzanne Roberts and Dame Elizabeth Taylor. Elizabeth Taylor friend Mickey Rooney accepted this "Living Legend" award to celebrate Taylor's lifetime work in Hollywood and her charity work advancing HIV/AIDS activism. The 2010 WIN Awards also honored Suzanne Roberts for her many career achievements. Her sons, Douglas Roberts and Brian L. Roberts (chairman of Comcast and NBC/Universal), and her husband, Ralph J. Roberts, presented to Mrs. Roberts. Produced at The Broad Stage, Wendy Liebman hosted. Glee , Claire Danes , Sally Hawkins , Jennifer Aniston , Diane Lane , Joey King , Selena Gomez , Jane Lynch , Susan Sarandon and Maggie Smith were among
6278-441: Was Robert Hannah, a well-known shoe manufacturer for whom Antrim House was built. Her father came from a family that belonged to the fundamentalist Christian Exclusive Brethren sect. She attended Queen Margaret College and Wellington Girls' College . Along with her sister, Anna, a year and a half her senior, and brother, Michael, seven years her junior, Campion grew up in the world of New Zealand theatre. Their parents founded
6364-576: Was announced that she had joined the second season of the Syfy series Happy! in a recurring role. In 2018, she guest-starred in The Kominsky Method , portraying Diane, a widow and possible love interest for the recently widowed Norman, played by Alan Arkin . On November 28, 2023, she was a guest narrator of Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World . Jane Campion Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion DNZM (born 30 April 1954)
6450-462: Was awarded her first Golden Globe , for New Actress of the Year alongside Jane Fonda and Christine Kaufmann . Then came a 1962 remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's musical State Fair , in which she played the "bad girl" role of Emily opposite Bobby Darin and Pat Boone . She had previously tested for the part of Margie, the "good girl", but the studio bosses deemed her too seductive for that role. In her autobiography, Ann-Margret wrote that
6536-401: Was born in 1994; she is an actress. The couple divorced in 2001. Her work, according to the critic bell hooks , "seduces and excites audiences with its uncritical portrayal of sexism and misogyny . Reviewers and audiences alike seem to assume that Campion's gender, as well as her breaking of traditional boundaries that inhibit the advancement of women in film, indicate that her work expresses
6622-563: Was born on April 28, 1941, in Valsjöbyn, Krokom Municipality , Jämtland County , Sweden , to Anna Regina ( née Aronsson ) and Carl Gustav Olsson, a native of Örnsköldsvik . She described Valsjöbyn as a small town of "lumberjacks and farmers high up near the Arctic Circle". 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
6708-406: Was hired because Ann-Margret was his dance student and recommended him for the job. 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 and Viva 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
6794-447: Was his." 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 by Colonel Tom Parker that Ann-Margret's presence threatened to overshadow Elvis. Choreographer David Winters
6880-473: Was honored as a Lifetime Achievement honoree. In lieu of a tribute video, Tomlin was applauded with 'Lily Love Letters' sent from famous friends and serenaded by director David O. Russell . Ruth Buzzi of Laugh In presented. Presenters included Laraine Newman , Kathy Najimy , Ruth Buzzi , Doris Roberts , Melissa Joan Hart , Anne-Marie Johnson , Arthur Hiller , Dava Savel , Sally Kirkland and Alex Ben Block . Winners The WIN Awards were part of
6966-516: Was more effective in parts closer to what she was in real life: an energetic good girl with a twinkle in the eye." Her performance as the all-American teenager Kim in Bye 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
7052-471: Was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , and won the Golden 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." On
7138-496: Was recorded in 2004. 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 " featuring Pat Boone . Other guest performers included Pete Townshend , The Fuzztones , Paul Shaffer , The Oak Ridge Boys , and more. The album
7224-573: Was recorded in Hollywood, arranged and conducted by Marty Paich . Later albums were produced in Nashville with Chet Atkins on guitar, the Jordanaires ( Elvis Presley 's backup singers), and the Anita Kerr Singers , with liner notes by mentor George Burns. She had a sexy, throaty contralto singing voice, and RCA Victor attempted to capitalize on the "female Elvis" comparison by having her record
7310-462: Was released on April 14, 2023, on vinyl, compact disc, and on all streaming platforms. In 1961, Ann-Margret filmed a screen test at 20th Century Fox and was signed to a seven-year contract. She made her film debut in a loan-out to United Artists in Frank Capra 's Pocketful of Miracles with Bette Davis ; it is a remake of Capra's own Lady for a Day (1933). For her performance Ann-Margret
7396-469: Was written and directed by her and was released in 2021, having premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival , where Campion was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Direction. The film was critically acclaimed internationally, winning numerous awards and nominations for the direction, screenplay, and performance of the cast of actors. Campion earned three nominations in the respective categories for Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture at
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