Ann-Margaret, a Swedish-American actress, was married to actor Roger Smith from 1967 until his death. He worked as her manager as well.
The Hollywood actress had a one-year romance with the legendary musician Elvis Presley. Below are some particulars on Ann-Marriage Margret’s and family.
Ann-Margaret met her future husband, producer Smith, for the first time in 1961, when she featured in her debut feature film, “Pocketful of Miracles.”
She was barely an adult and had not yet established herself as the seductive leading lady remembered for her turns with Dick Van Dyke and Elvis Presley.
Smith, then in his late 20s and acting in “77 Sunset Strip,” told in 1976 of his initial impression of Margret that every other lady he met was head over heels in love with him. But this innocent, fresh-faced beauty talked to him only when he spoke to her and ignored him otherwise. He was astonished.
On May 9, 1967, Smith, 34, and Ann-Margret, 26, wed in a Riveria Hotel room filled with cigarette smoke. Once, the bride told that this is not how she imagined her wedding. She believes that everybody assumed she was pregnant since she cried during the whole event. But they did it.
Following the wedding, the couple turned their attention to more significant matters. In two years, Smith assisted his wife in paying off debts that exceeded her yearly wage.
In addition to being smitten with Ann-Margret, he believed in her brilliance and took pleasure in her job. Soon afterwards, he began urging that he become her manager.
Smith said that acting no longer satisfied him, although his spouse has “raw talent.” The lengthy journeys apart helped him make a final choice, and he subsequently revealed that when he met Ann-Margret for the first time in his life, he felt happiness. After he discovered Ann-Margret, he couldn’t live without her, and she, surprise, couldn’t live without him.
The pair was not as they seemed in public behind closed doors. Ann-Margret was not as fragile as she seemed, and her husband was not as powerful as he appeared. They were depending on each other.
According to reports, the “Bye Bye Birdie” actress had a similar bond with Smith as her mom had with her spouse. Ann-Margret regularly deferred to Smith. Yet when it came to her profession, she achieved her goals discreetly.
It seems that he had nearly become her perfect parent. On the other hand, Smith’s public persona was limited without his lovely wife.
As he sacrificed his job and aspirations to manage hers, he got comfortable with his clinginess. Ann-Margret saw Smith as the perfect companion. He had a keen business sense and enjoyed planning and details.
She previously recounted that she lived with her adored spouse for three years prior to allowing him to assume control of her profession. The 81-year-old woman said she was slow to trust others. Smith personally told his wife that her motivations were greater than mine. Her objectives have changed several times, but she intended to be precisely what she is. And she succeeded.
Smith resorted to screenwriting when he left performing in order to be with his wife. But, he quickly transitioned to a full-time profession as Ann-Manager Margret’s and parent.
Smith said that he often expressed boredom with acting, but that he was also lonely. He disclosed that Ann-Margret was different when he first met her and that, unlike anybody he had ever met, she made him a better person. She desired for him to be like her father, and he wanted to fulfill her request.
He added that it’s trite, but true: by doing what she desired, he felt considerably better about himself. Being with her was more essential than achieving all his boyhood ambitions of being a great actor.
After being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1971 film “Carnal Knowledge,” Ann-Magret developed an addiction to drugs and alcohol.
A year later, while performing in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, she fell from a raised stage platform and fractured her left arm, cheekbone, and jaw.
After flying a stolen jet from Burbank, California, Smith rescued her and took her to the UCLA medical facility for treatment.
Due to the need to wire her jaws shut after face reconstruction surgery, Ann-Margret was unable to work for 10 weeks. A previous report said that she had fractured her kneecap, which may jeopardize her dance career.
The sooner she returned to the stage, the more natural she seemed. Following that, the couple desired to have a family. Smith has three children from a prior marriage. In October 1985, the “52 Pick-Up” actress disclosed that she and her husband had been trying to conceive for thirteen years.
Even a fertility pump and an experimental gadget that pumped a hormone into her stomach to stimulate ovulation were explored.
Ann-Margret, then 44 years old, and her husband of eighteen years had his kids, but she yearned for kids of her own after struggling to conceive for years.
The singer added, God, give her the serenity to embrace what she cannot change, the confidence to change what she can, and the insight to recognize the difference.
In a July 2014 interview, Ann-Margret was asked whether she had adopted Smith’s kids, and she said, the evil stepmother of the west.
She agreed to be a disciplinarian and shared the ideals with which the children were already acquainted. When asked what lessons her parents instilled in her earlier in life, Ann-Margret responded- Respect. She met them when they were ages 3, 6, and 7, and they are no longer alive. Two are medical physicians. Well, she’d rather not discuss it since it’s really private.
Tracy, her stepdaughter, is now 65 years old. His elder brother Jordan is 64 years old, while his stepson Dallas is 61 years old. Their stepmother still maintains tight relationships with all of them.
Smith, the leader of the family, had suffered from myasthenia gravis, a condition of the nervous system, for more than two decades before it went into remission.
Smith passed away on June 4, 2017, at the age of 84. Following years of fighting a fatal disease, he died in a Los Angeles hospital. He is survived by his wife, Ann-Margret and his three kids, with whom she maintains a strong connection.
