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Ann-Margret Olsson Smith (born April 28, 1941), known mononymously as Ann-Margret, is a Swedish–American actress, singer, and dancer.

As an actress, Ann-Margret is best known for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Train Robbers (1973), Tommy (1975), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Grumpier Old Men (1995), and All's Faire in Love (2009). She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. In 2010, she won an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Her singing and acting careers span five decades, starting in 1961; initially, she was billed as a female version of Elvis Presley. She has a sultry, vibrant contralto voice. She had a minor hit in 1961 and a charting album in 1964, and scored a disco hit in 1979. She recorded a critically acclaimed gospel album in 2001, and an album of Christmas songs in 2004.

Early life

Ann-Margret Olsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of Anna Regina (née Aronsson) and Carl Gustav Olsson, a native of Örnsköldsvik. The family moved back to Valsjöbyn, Jämtland. She later described Valsjöbyn as a small town of "lumberjacks and farmers high up near the Arctic Circle".

Ann-Margret and her mother joined her father in the United States in November 1946, and her father took her to Radio City Music Hall on the day they arrived. They settled in Wilmette, Illinois, outside of Chicago. She became a naturalized citizen of the US in 1949. 

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. 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 attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and continued to star in theater.

In 1959, she enrolled at Northwestern University in nearby Evanston, Illinois, and she was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta. She did not graduate.

As part of a group known as the Suttletones, she performed at the Mist nightclub in Chicago and went to Las Vegas for a promised club date which fell through after the group arrived. They traveled to Los Angeles, California, and through agent Georgia Lund, they secured club dates in Newport Beach, California and Reno, Nevada.[citation needed] The group went to the Dunes in Las Vegas, which also headlined Tony Bennett and Al Hirt at that time. George Burns heard of her performance, and she auditioned for his annual holiday show, in which she and Burns performed a softshoe 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".



Career

Music

Ann-Margret began recording for RCA Victor in 1961. Her first RCA Victor recording was "Lost Love". Her debut album, And Here She Is: Ann-Margret, 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 a version of "Heartbreak Hotel" and other songs stylistically similar to Presley's. She scored the minor hit "I Just Don't Understand" (from her second LP), which entered the Billboard Top 40 in the third week of August 1961 and stayed six weeks, peaking at number 17. The song was later covered in live performances by The Beatles and was recorded during a live performance at the BBC (recorded on July 16, 1963 and broadcast on August 20, 1963). Her only charting album was The Beauty and the Beard (1964), on which she was accompanied by trumpeter Al Hirt. Ann-Margret appeared on The Jack Benny Program in 1961 (season 11, episode 24). She also sang at the Academy Awards presentation in 1962, singing the Oscar-nominated song "Theme from Bachelor in Paradise." Her contract with RCA Victor ended in 1966.

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.

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 and a Dove nomination for best album of the year in a gospel category. Her album Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection, also produced and arranged by Greenhaw, was recorded in 2004.

Acting

1960s

In 1961, she filmed a screen test at 20th Century Fox and was signed to a seven-year contract. Ann-Margret made her film debut in a loan-out to United Artists in Pocketful of Miracles, with Bette Davis. It was a remake of the 1933 movie Lady for a Day. Both versions were directed by Frank Capra.

Then came a 1962 remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical State Fair, playing the "bad girl" role of Emily opposite Bobby Darin and Pat Boone. She had tested for the part of Margie, the "good girl", but seemed too seductive to the studio bosses, who decided on the switch. The two roles represented two sides of her real-life personality – shy and reserved offstage, but wildly exuberant and sensuous onstage. In her autobiography, the actress wrote that she changed "from Little Miss Lollipop to Sexpot-Banshee" once the music began.

Her next starring role, as the all-American teenager Kim from Sweet Apple, Ohio, in Bye Bye Birdie (1963), made her a major star. The 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 put her on the cover for the second time and announced that the "torrid dancing almost replaces the central heating in the theater." 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, one year after Marilyn Monroe's famous "Happy Birthday".

Ann-Margret met Elvis Presley on the MGM soundstage when the two filmed Viva Las Vegas (1964). 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. Ann-Margret introduced Presley to David Winters, whom she recommended as a choreographer for their film. Viva Las Vegas was Winters' first feature film choreography job and was his first of four movies with Presley, and his first of five films, including Kitten with a Whip (1964), Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965), Made in Paris (1966), and The Swinger (1966), and two TV specials with Ann-Margret. Winters was nominated for the 1970 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography for his CBS Television Special: Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love (1969)

In 1963, Ann-Margret guest-starred in a popular episode of the animated TV series The Flintstones, voicing Ann-Margrock, an animated version of herself. She sang the ballad "The Littlest Lamb" as a lullaby and the (literally) rocking song, "Ain't Gonna Be a Fool". Decades later, she recorded the theme song, a modified version of the Viva Las Vegas theme, to the live-action film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, in character as Ann-Margrock.

While working on the film Once a Thief (1965), she met future husband Roger Smith, who after his successful run on 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 met with resistance from her parents. 

Ann-Margret starred in The Cincinnati Kid in 1965 opposite Steve McQueen. She also co-starred along with friend Dean Martin in the spy spoof Murderers' Row (1966). Finally, she starred as the lead in The Swinger in 1966 with Tony Franciosa.

Her red hair color (she is a "natural brunette") was the idea of Sydney Guilaroff, a hairdresser who changed the hair color of other famous actresses such as Lucille Ball.

She was offered the title role in Cat Ballou (1965), but her manager turned it down without telling her. In March 1966, Ann-Margret and entertainers Chuck Day and Mickey Jones teamed up for a USO tour to entertain U.S. servicemen in remote parts of Viet Nam and other parts of South-East Asia. Ann-Margret, Day, and Jones reunited in November 2005 for an encore of this tour for veterans and troops at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

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 in 1967) 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 to celebrate backstage. From thereon until his death, Presley sent her a guitar-shaped floral arrangement for each of her Vegas openings. After the first Vegas run ended, she followed up 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 went back to Saigon as part of Hope's Christmas show. A second CBS television special followed, Ann-Margret: From Hollywood With Love, directed and choreographed by David Winters and produced and distributed by Winters' company Winters-Rosen, with guest-stars Dean Martin and Lucille Ball. David Winters and the show were nominated for a Primetime Emmy in Outstanding Choreography.

1970s

In 1970, she returned to films with R. P. M., where she starred in alongside Anthony Quinn, and C.C. and Company with Joe Namath as a biker and she 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, and garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

On 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 from an elevated platform to the stage and suffered injuries including a broken left arm, cheekbone, and jawbone. She required meticulous facial re-constructive surgery that required wiring her mouth shut and putting her on a liquid diet. Unable to work for ten weeks, she ultimately returned to the stage almost back to normal.

For her contributions to the film industry, Ann-Margret received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1973. Her star is located at 6501 Hollywood Boulevard.

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 the musical Tommy in 1975, for which she was again nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. In addition, she has been nominated for 10 Golden Globe Awards, winning five, including her Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy 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 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, with Anthony Hopkins (1978), and she had a cameo role in The Cheap Detective (1978).

Ann-Margret was an early choice of Allan Carr's to play the role of Sandy Dumbrowski in 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. Olivia Newton-John got the role instead, and the character was renamed "Sandy Olsson" (after Ann-Margret's birth surname) in her honour.

1980s

In 1980 Ann-Margret appeared opposite Bruce Dern in Middle Age Crazy. 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, she appeared with a six-year-old Angelina Jolie in Lookin' to Get Out, playing Jolie's mother. 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). These performances collectively won her two Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy nominations. In 1985's Twice in a Lifetime she portrayed the woman Gene Hackman’s character left his wife for. 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 2-part series "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles". It earned Ann-Margret another Emmy Award nomination, this time for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or a Special.

In 1989, an illustration was done of Oprah Winfrey that was 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.

1990s and 2000s

In 1991, she starred in the TV film Our Sons opposite Julie Andrews as mothers of sons who are lovers, one of whom 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. In 1995, she was chosen by Empire as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history; she ranked 10th.

She also filmed Any Given Sunday (1999) for director Oliver Stone, portraying the mother of football team owner Cameron Diaz. She filmed 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.

She made guest appearances on the television shows 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 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 first 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 the album at two auditorium church services at Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, and broadcast worldwide on the program Hour of Power.

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 the comedy Old Dogs with John Travolta and Robin Williams.

2010–present

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 Award for Guest Performance by an Actress for her SVU performance. It was the first Emmy win of her career, and she received a standing ovation from the Emmy venue audience as she approached the stage to receive her award.

On October 14, 2010, Ann-Margret appeared on CBS' CSI.

In Fall 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 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.

Personal life

Ann-Margret has no children, but she was stepmother to the three children of husband Roger Smith, an actor who later became her manager. She and Smith were married from May 8, 1967, until his death on June 4, 2017. Prior to this, she dated Eddie Fisher and was romantically linked to Elvis Presley during the filming of 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 non-standard 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 a motorcycle in rural Minnesota in 2000.

Portrayal

The 2005 CBS miniseries Elvis includes the story of her affair with Elvis Presley during the filming of Viva Las Vegas. She was portrayed by actress Rose McGowan.

Filmography

Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

Louise

Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress

1962

State Fair

Emily Porter

1963

Bye Bye Birdie

Kim McAfee

Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

1964

Viva Las Vegas

Rusty Martin

1964

Kitten with a Whip

Jody Dvorak

1964

The Pleasure Seekers

Fran Hobson

1965

Bus Riley's Back in Town

Laurel

1965

Once a Thief

Kristine Pedak

1965

The Cincinnati Kid

Melba

1966

Made in Paris

Maggie Scott

1966

Stagecoach

Dallas

1966

The Swinger

Kelly Olsson

1966

Murderers' Row

Suzie

1967

The Tiger and the Pussycat

Carolina

1968

The Prophet

Maggie, a Hippy

1968

Seven Men and One Brain

N/A

1969

Rebus

singer

1970

RPM

Rhoda

1970

C.C. and Company

Ann McCalley

1971

Carnal Knowledge

Bobbie

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Nominated–Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated–New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress

1971

Dames at Sea

Ruby

TV adaptation of stage musical

1972

The Outside Man

Nancy Robson

1973

The Train Robbers

Mrs. Lowe

1975

Tommy

Nora Walker

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Nominated–Academy Award for Best Actress

1976

The Twist

Charlie Minerva

1977

Joseph Andrews

Lady Booby

Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

1977

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Flavia Geste

1978

The Cheap Detective

Jezebel Dezire

1978

Magic

Peggy Ann Snow

Nominated–Saturn Award for Best Actress

1979

The Villain

Charming Jones

1980

Middle Age Crazy

Sue Ann Burnett

Nominated–Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress

1982

The Return of the Soldier

Jenny Baldry

1982

Lookin' to Get Out

Patti Warner

1982

I Ought to Be in Pictures

Steffy Blondell

1983

Who Will Love My Children?

Lucile Fray

Television film
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

Television film
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

1985

Twice in a Lifetime

Audrey Minelli

1986

52 Pick-Up

Barbara Mitchell

1987

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

Ann Arden Grenville

Television film
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

1987

A Tiger's Tale

Rose Butts

1988

A New Life

Jackie Jardino

1991

Our Sons

Luanne Barnes

Television film

1992

Newsies

Medda Larkson

Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress

1993

Grumpy Old Men

Ariel Truax

1994

Following Her Heart

Lena

Television film

1995

Grumpier Old Men

Ariel Gustafson

1996

Blue Rodeo

Maggie Yearwood

Television film

1998

Life of the Party

Pamela Harriman

Television film
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

1999

Any Given Sunday

Margaret Pagniacci

1999

Happy Face Murders

Lorraine Petrovich

Television film

2000

The 10th Kingdom

Cinderella

Miniseries

2000

The Last Producer

Mira Wexler

2000

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town

Nedra Paugh

Television film

2001

Blonde

Della Monroe

Television film

2001

A Place Called Home

Tula Jeeters

Television film

2002

Interstate 60

Mrs. James

2004

Taxi

Mrs. Washburn

2005

Mem-o-re

Carol Hargrave

2006

Tales of the Rat Fink

N/A

2006

The Break-Up

Wendy Meyers

2006

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Sylvia Newman

2009

All's Faire in Love

Her Majesty the Queen

2009

Old Dogs

Martha

2009

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

Cornelia

2011

Lucky

Pauline Keller

2017

Going in Style

Annie

2018

Papa

Barbara

TBA

Welcome to Pine Grove!

Margot

Filming

Box office ranking

For two years Ann-Margret was voted by movie exhibitors as being among the most popular actors in the United States:

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1961

The Jack Benny Program

Herself

Episode: "Variety Show"

1962

The Andy Williams Special

Herself

Episode: "May 4, 1962"

1963

The Flintstones

Ann-Margrock

Episode: "Ann-Margrock Presents"

1970

Here's Lucy

Ann-Margret

Episode: "Lucy and Ann-Margret"

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

4 episodes

1996

Seduced by Madness

Diane Kay Borchardt

2 episodes

1998

Four Corners

Amanda "Maggie" Wyatt

2 episodes

2000

Touched by an Angel

Angela

Episode: "Millennium"

2000

The 10th Kingdom

Cinderella

7 episodes

2000

Popular

God

Episode: "Are You There, God? It's Me Ann-Margret"

2003

Third Watch

Judge Barbara Halsted

3 episodes

2010

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Rita Wills

Episode: "Bedtime"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

2010

Army Wives

Aunt Edie

Episode: "Guns & Roses"

2010

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Margot Wilton

Episode: "Sqweegel"

2014

Ray Donovan

June

2 episodes

2018

The Kominsky Method

Diane

2 episodes

2019

Happy!

Bebe Debarge

Discography

Singles

Title

Year

Peak chart positions

Billboard Hot 100

U.S. AC

Bubbling Under Hot 100

US Dance

"I Just Don't Understand"

1961

17


"It Do Me So Good"

1961

97


"What Am I Supposed To Do"

1962

82

19

"Sleep in the Grass"

1969



13

"Love Rush"

1979




8

"Midnight Message"

1980




12

"Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes"

1981




22

EPs

Albums

Soundtracks

Theatre productions

Orders

Awards and nominations

Year

Association

Category

Nominated work

Result

1962

Grammy Award

Best New Artist


Nominated

1962

Golden Laurel

Top Female New Personality


Won

1962

Golden Globe

Most Promising Newcomer – Female


Won

1963

Golden Laurel

Top Female Musical Performance

State Fair

Won

1963

Golden Laurel

Top Female Star


Nominated

1964

Golden Laurel

Top Female Comedy Performance

Bye Bye Birdie

Won

1964

Golden Laurel

Top Female Star


Nominated

1964

Golden Globe

Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy

Bye Bye Birdie

Nominated

1964

Photoplay Award

Most Popular Female Star


Won

1965

Golden Laurel

Musical Performance, Female

Viva Las Vegas

Won

1966

Golden Laurel

Musical Performance, Female

Made in Paris

Won

1967

Golden Laurel

Top Female Star


Nominated

1972

Academy Award

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Carnal Knowledge

Nominated

1972

Golden Globe

Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role

Carnal Knowledge

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

1975

Golden Globe

Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy

Tommy

Won

1978

Golden Globe

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

Emmy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special

Who Will Love My Children?

Nominated

1983

Golden Apple Award

Female Star of the Year


Won

1984

Emmy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special

A Streetcar Named Desire

Nominated

1984

Golden Globe

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

Who Will Love My Children?

Won

1985

Golden Globe

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

A Streetcar Named Desire

Won

1987

Emmy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or a Special

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

Nominated

1987

Women in Film Crystal 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.


Recipient

1988

Golden Globe

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

Nominated

1993

Emmy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or a Special

Queen: The Story of an American Family

Nominated

1994

Golden Globe

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

Queen: The Story of an American Family

Nominated

1999

Emmy

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

Nominated

1999

Golden Globe

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

Nominated

1999

SAG Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

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

God is Love: The Gospel Sessions

Nominated

2005

CineVegas International Film Festival

Centennial Award


Won

2010

Emmy

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Law & Order: SVU

Won

2013

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival

Lifetime Achievement Award


Recipient