May Britt

May Britt, stage name of Maybritt Wilkens (Lidingö, Sweden, 22 March 1933), had a brief career as movie actress in 1950s, in Italy first and in the USA afterwards. She retired from the scenes after she married Sammy Davis, Jr. in 1960.

May Britt was discovered by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati in 1951. Aged 18, she was the assistant to a photographer in Stockholm. The two Italians were in Sweden to make a casting for a young blonde for the title role in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair. They came to the studio where she worked for viewing pictures of some models. After meeting her, they offered her the part.

May Britt immediately moved to Rome. As expected, she made her movie debut as the leading actress in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair in 1952. In the following years she worked in some ten Cinecittà productions. She also featured in the War and Peace film of 1956.

In late 1950s May Britt relocated to Hollywood after signing with 20th Century Fox. She starred in a few movies, including The Young Lions with Marlon Brando and the criticized remake of The Blue Angel in the role that previously was Marlene Dietrich's.

She met Sammy Davis, Jr., the famous Afro-American singer and actor, in 1959. They soon started dating, and, after a brief engagement, got married on 13 November 1960. Their wedding caused controversy. At that time interracial marriages were forbidden by law in 31 US states out of 50, and only in 1967 those law were abolished by US Supreme Court.

Once married, May Britt left the movies for her family. She and Sammy Davis, Jr. had one daughter and adopted two sons. They divorced in 1968.

After divorce, May Britt resumed working with some sporadic TV guest appearances, the last in 1988. Since then she has been mainly involved in painting.


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Since then she has been mainly involved in painting. Christie was a leading figure in the glamorous London of the 1960s, and continues to make movies including those in the French language with Sophie Marceau in 2001's Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre. After divorce, May Britt resumed working with some sporadic TV guest appearances, the last in 1988. She played Lara in Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Bathsheba in Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). They divorced in 1968. Her first major film role was opposite Tom Courtenay in Billy Liar (1963). had one daughter and adopted two sons. The full recordings have now been lost, although a section of material from the final episode, featuring Christie, does survive.

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They soon started dating, and, after a brief engagement, got married on 13 November 1960. Fast Lady, The (1962). She met Sammy Davis, Jr., the famous Afro-American singer and actor, in 1959. Billy Liar (1963). She starred in a few movies, including The Young Lions with Marlon Brando and the criticized remake of The Blue Angel in the role that previously was Marlene Dietrich's. Darling (1965). In late 1950s May Britt relocated to Hollywood after signing with 20th Century Fox. Young Cassidy (1965).

She also featured in the War and Peace film of 1956. Doctor Zhivago (1965). In the following years she worked in some ten Cinecittà productions. Fahrenheit 451 (1966). As expected, she made her movie debut as the leading actress in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair in 1952. Far from the Madding Crowd (1967). May Britt immediately moved to Rome. Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967).

After meeting her, they offered her the part. Petulia (1968). They came to the studio where she worked for viewing pictures of some models. In Search of Gregory (1969). The two Italians were in Sweden to make a casting for a young blonde for the title role in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair. Miller (1971). Aged 18, she was the assistant to a photographer in Stockholm. McCabe & Mrs.

May Britt was discovered by Italian film-makers Carlo Ponti and Mario Soldati in 1951. The Go-Between (1971). in 1960. Don't Look Now (1973). She retired from the scenes after she married Sammy Davis, Jr. Shampoo (1975). May Britt, stage name of Maybritt Wilkens (Lidingö, Sweden, 22 March 1933), had a brief career as movie actress in 1950s, in Italy first and in the USA afterwards. Nashville (1975).

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