Anita Ekberg

Ekberg was married to the British actor, Anthony Steel, from 1956 to 1959. Garner died from pancreatic cancer. She is most known for her role as Sylvia in La dolce vita, directed by Federico Fellini. Her final screen performance was a small part in a made for television feature in 1980. Anita Ekberg (born September 29, 1931 in Malmö) was a model and actress. After her film career ended, she ventured into stage acting and had some success, but also worked as a real estate agent between acting jobs in order to support herself. Like many child performers, Garner was unable to make a successful transition into adult roles, although she did receive several supporting roles in films during the early 1950s.

She reached the height of her success at the age of 13 in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) winning an Academy Juvenile Award largely on the basis of this performance. By 1938 she had made her first film appearance and over the next few years appeared in several more films including the young Jane in Jane Eyre (1944). Born in Canton, Ohio, Garner's mother pushed her into the limelight, and entered her in talent quests while Garner was still a child. Peggy Ann Garner (February 3, 1932 - October 16, 1984) was a American cinema and theater actress.