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{{Short description|American actress (born 1941)}}
{{distinguish|Anna Margaret}}
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| caption       = Ann-Margret in the 1960s
| birth_name    = Ann-Margret Olsson
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1941|04|28|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Krokom Municipality|Krokom]], Sweden
| citizenship   = U.S. (from 1949)
| occupation    = {{hlist|Actress|singer|dancer}}
| years_active  = 1961–present
| spouse        = {{marriage|[[Roger Smith (actor)|Roger Smith]]|1967|2017|end=d}}
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'''Ann-Margret Olsson''' (born 28 April 1941), credited as '''Ann-Margret''', is an American actress and singer with a career spanning seven decades. Her many screen roles include ''[[Pocketful of Miracles]]'' (1961), ''[[State Fair (1962 film)|State Fair]]'' (1962), ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]'' (1963), ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]'' (1964),  ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]'' (1971), ''[[The Train Robbers]]'' (1973), ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]'' (1975), ''[[The Return of the Soldier (film)|The Return of the Soldier]]'' (1982), ''[[52 Pick-Up]]'' (1986), ''[[Newsies]]'' (1992), ''[[Grumpy Old Men (film)|Grumpy Old Men]]'' (1993), ''[[Any Given Sunday]]'' (1999), ''[[Taxi (2004 film)|Taxi]]'' (2004), and ''[[Going in Style (2017 film)|Going in Style]]'' (2017). Her accolades include five [[Golden Globe Awards]] and an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] in addition to two [[Academy Award]] nominations and two [[Grammy]] nominations.

Born in Sweden, Ann-Margret immigrated to the United States as a child. Gaining popularity in 1961 as a singer with a sultry, vibrant [[contralto]] voice,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Henderson |first=Eric |date=1 February 2011 |title=Ann-Margret Is the...''Kitten with a Whip''! |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/ann-margret-is-the-kitten-with-a-whip |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504172302/https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/ann-margret-is-the-kitten-with-a-whip |archive-date=4 May 2018 |access-date=3 May 2018 |magazine=[[Slant Magazine]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Anita |date=28 April 2016 |title=Celebrating Seniors – Ann-Margret Is 75 |url=https://50plusworld.com/celebrating-seniors-ann-margret-is-75/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219045744/https://50plusworld.com/celebrating-seniors-ann-margret-is-75/ |archive-date=19 February 2022 |access-date=19 February 2022 |website=50+ World}}</ref> she quickly rose to Hollywood stardom.

She released [[Born to Be Wild (Ann-Margret album)|''Born to be Wild'']], her first classic-rock album, in 2023.

==Early life==
Ann-Margret Olsson was born on 28 April 1941, in Valsjöbyn, [[Krokom Municipality]], [[Jämtland County]], Sweden, to Anna Regina ({{nee|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".{{sfn|Ann-Margret|Todd Gold|1994|p=8}} 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 the family.

After World War II, his wife hesitated and Gustav emigrated alone, but was joined by his wife and daughter in 1946.<ref>[[Bengt Forslund|Forslund, Bengt]] (1995), ''Svenska filmstjärnor'', Alfabeta, ISBN 9177124448</ref> In 1949, Ann-Margret became a naturalized American citizen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 October 2019 |title=Ann-Margret |url=https://walkoffame.com/ann-margret/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116015919/https://walkoffame.com/ann-margret/ |archive-date=16 January 2023 |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref>

Ann-Margret took her first dance lessons at the Marjorie Young School of Dance. She showed 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kart |first=Larry |title=An Ann-Margert Story would take some telling |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/boca-raton-news-ann-margret/167020854/ |work=[[Boca Raton News]] |agency=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=July 18, 1983 |page=6C}} [https://www.newspapers.com/article/boca-raton-news-ann-margert-cont/167020976/ article continued]</ref><ref name="Yahoo"/> While a teenager, Ann-Margret appeared on the Morris B. Sachs ''Amateur Hour'', ''[[Don McNeill's Breakfast Club]]'', and [[Ted Mack (radio-TV host)|Ted Mack]]'s ''[[The Original Amateur Hour|Amateur Hour]]''. She continued to star in theater as she attended [[New Trier High School]] in [[Winnetka, Illinois|Winnetka]], Illinois. (Two fellow movie stars, [[Charlton Heston]] and [[Rock Hudson]], had graduated from the school many years earlier.)

She was part of a group known as the Suttletones, which went to the [[Dunes (hotel and casino)|Dunes]] hotel and casino in Las Vegas. The Dunes 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 (magazine)|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".{{sfn|Ann-Margret|Todd Gold|1994|p=77}}

Ann-Margret said she dropped her last name before moving out to California because when you are an entertainer, "mean things" can be written about you and she did not want her parents to be hurt by anything written about her.<ref>{{cite news |last=Freeman |first=Don |title=Ann-Margret: Beaten once by a leaf player |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/standard-speaker-ann-margret/167020365/ |work=Standard-Speaker |agency=Copley News Service |date=February 22, 1983 |page=18}}</ref>

==Career==
===Music career===
[[File:Ann Margret 1968.JPG|thumb|upright|1960s publicity photo]]
Ann-Margret began recording for [[RCA Victor]] in 1961, first recording "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,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shearer |first=Lloyd |date=13 December 1964 |title=Ann-Margret: Room at the Top |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent-star-news-ann-margret/167036063/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225417/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/31796444/ |archive-date=4 May 2018 |access-date=3 May 2018 |work=[[Pasadena Star-News|Independent Star-News]] |location=[[Pasadena, California]] |page=98 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> 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 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;<ref name="Billboard"/> the song was later performed by [[the Beatles]] in 1963. In 1962, Ann-Margret was nominated for a [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grammy Award Nominees 1962 - Grammy Award Winners 1962 |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1962-214.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602005611/http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1962-214.html |archive-date=2 June 2016 |access-date=26 April 2017 |website=awardsandshows.com}}</ref>

Her only charting album 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 (film)|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.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=11 January 1963 |title=Watch the Birdie and see Ann-Margret Soar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816010809/https://books.google.com/books?id=3kcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=life%20magazine%201963%20ann-margret&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=life%20magazine%201963%20ann-margret&f=false |archive-date=16 August 2024 |magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]] |pages=60–61 |access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Whitburn2004p21"/> 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 [[GMA Dove Award|Dove Award]] nomination for gospel album of the year. Her album ''Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection'', also produced and arranged by Greenhaw, was recorded in 2004.<ref>official records, National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences; official records, Gospel Music Association; Mesquite (Texas) News, 2001 Volumes; holiday record release data, Select-O-Hits Distribution, 2004–2010</ref> 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 (song)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ann-Margret Rocks with New Album, 'Born to Be Wild' |url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/music/info-2023/ann-margret-born-to-be-wild-album.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212092014/https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/music/info-2023/ann-margret-born-to-be-wild-album.html |archive-date=12 December 2023 |access-date=12 December 2023 |website=aarp.org}}</ref> The album was released on 14 April 2023, on vinyl, compact disc, and all streaming platforms.

===Rapid rise to Hollywood stardom (1961–1964)===
[[File:Ann-Margret Publicity.jpg|thumb|upright|Ann-Margret in a publicity photo from the 1960s]]

In 1961, Ann-Margret filmed a [[screen test]] at [[20th Century Fox]] and was signed to a seven-year contract.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Villet, Grey |author-link=Grey Villet |date=27 January 1961 |title=Who, Me? $10,000 a Week! |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UUEAAAAMBAJ |access-date=30 August 2019 |magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]] |page=83 |volume=50 |number=4}}</ref> 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 was awarded her first [[Golden Globe]], for [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress|New Actress of the Year]], alongside [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Christine Kaufmann]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1962 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1962 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119120152/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1962 |archive-date=19 January 2018 |access-date=2 February 2018 |website=The Golden Globes |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]}}</ref>

Then came a 1962 remake of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s musical ''[[State Fair (1962 film)|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.{{sfn|Ann-Margret|Todd Gold|1994|p=91}} In her autobiography, Ann-Margret wrote that 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.{{sfn|Ann-Margret|Todd Gold|1994|p=96}} 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 was more effective in parts closer to what she was in real life: an energetic good girl with a twinkle in the eye".<ref name="vagg">{{Cite magazine |last=Vagg |first=Stephen |date=6 September 2021 |title=Surviving Cold Streaks: Ann-Margret |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/surviving-cold-streaks-ann-margret/ |access-date=9 March 2023 |magazine=[[FilmInk]]}}</ref>

Her performance as the all-American teenager Kim in ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|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|Life]]'' magazine put her on the cover for the second time and announced that the "torrid dancing almost replaces the central heating in the theater".{{sfn|Ann-Margret|Todd Gold|1994|p=102}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=11 January 1963 |title=Watch the 'Birdie' and See Ann-Marget Soar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60 |access-date=30 August 2019 |magazine=Life |pages=60–61 |volume=54 |number=2}}</ref> Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical|Best Actress]]. She was then asked to sing "[[Baby Won't You Please Come Home]]" at President [[John&nbsp;F. Kennedy]]'s private birthday party at the [[Waldorf Astoria New York]], one year after [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s famous "[[Happy Birthday to You]]".{{sfn|Ann-Margret|Todd Gold|1994|p=104}} A few months later, Ann-Margret voiced an animated version of herself, named "Ann-Margrock", on the television series ''[[The Flintstones]]''.<ref name="flint-tv">{{Cite news |date=23 September 1963 |title=Today's Channel Check |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89101536/ann-margrock/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117185834/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89101536/ann-margrock/ |archive-date=17 November 2021 |access-date=17 November 2021 |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |page=39 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> 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 was his".<ref name="vagg"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lichter |first=Paul |title=Elvis in Vegas |publisher=Duckworth |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7156-4172-9 |location=New York |page=64}}</ref> Choreographer [[David Winters (choreographer)|David Winters]] was hired because Ann-Margret was his dance student and recommended him for the job.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wakin |first=Daniel J. |date=24 May 2019 |title=What They Left Behind: Legacies of the Recently Departed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/obituaries/what-they-left-behind-legacies-of-the-recently-departed.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625112236/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/obituaries/what-they-left-behind-legacies-of-the-recently-departed.html |archive-date=25 June 2023 |access-date=27 May 2019 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It was Winters' first choreographer credit on film. He would go on to become a common collaborator for both Presley and Ann-Margret.

===Decline in fortunes and European sojourn (1965–1969)===
''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 a Whip]]'', saw Ann-Margret give a "balls-to-the-wall performance" as a juvenile delinquent who entraps a politician.<ref name="vagg"/> She followed up with ''[[The Pleasure Seekers (1964 film)|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 the result that he took his name off the credits of ''Bus Riley''. She then featured in ''[[Once a Thief (1965 film)|Once a Thief]]'', a crime film intended to be a [[star-making vehicle]] for French actor [[Alain Delon]] in the United States.<ref name="vagg"/> 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 the tenth greatest [[Western film]] of all time. Her agent had turned down the role without telling her.<ref>{{Cite web |editor-last=Passafiume |editor-first=Andrea |title=Cat Ballou |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4484/cat-ballou#articles-reviews |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504111220/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4484/Cat-Ballou/articles.html |archive-date=4 May 2017 |access-date=9 December 2012 |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI's 10 Top 10: Top 10 Western |url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624042805/http://afi.com/10top10/category.aspx?cat=3 |archive-date=24 June 2016 |access-date=6 August 2016 |publisher=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref> 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.<ref name="vagg"/>

While she was working on ''Once a Thief'', she met her future husband [[Roger Smith (actor)|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 was met with resistance from her parents.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Carter |first=Maria |date=8 May 2017 |title=Inside Ann-Margret and Roger Smith's 50-Year Marriage |url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a43010/ann-margret-and-roger-smith-50-year-marriage/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205054215/https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a43010/ann-margret-and-roger-smith-50-year-marriage/ |archive-date=5 December 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020 |magazine=[[Country Living]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Thousands of service personnel listen to Miss Ann-Margret sing one of her numbers during her show in Danang, Vietnam. - NARA - 532506.tiff|thumb|left|Ann-Margret performing for U.S. service personnel in Vietnam in 1966]]

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".<ref name="vagg"/> A month after its release, she teamed up with entertainers [[Charles Wayne Day|Chuck Day]] and [[Mickey Jones]] for a [[United Service Organizations|USO]] tour to entertain U.S. servicemen in [[South Vietnam]] and other parts of South-East Asia. A moderately successful [[Stagecoach (1966 film)|remake]] of the classic [[John Ford]] Western ''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|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."<ref name="vagg"/> Ann-Margret ended 1966 by featuring in the hit [[Dean Martin]]–starrer ''[[Murderers' Row (film)|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.<ref name="vagg"/>

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 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Horowitz |first=Joy |date=18 February 1994 |title=Ann-Margret Looks Back in Her 'Story' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91377876/am-ep-guitar-flowers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229155248/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91377876/am-ep-guitar-flowers/ |archive-date=29 December 2021 |access-date=18 February 2022 |work=[[The Press Democrat]] |location=[[Santa Rosa, California]] |page=D2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> After the first Vegas run ended, she followed with a [[CBS]] television special ''[[The Ann-Margret Show]]'', produced and directed by [[David Winters (choreographer)|David Winters]] on 1 December 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 the show were nominated for a Primetime Emmy in Outstanding Choreography.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 November 2011 |title=Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love |url=http://tv.nytimes.com/show/40207/Ann-Margret-From-Hollywood-With-Love/overview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104004842/http://tv.nytimes.com/show/40207/Ann-Margret-From-Hollywood-With-Love/overview |archive-date=4 November 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

===Critical acclaim in supporting roles (1970s)===
[[File:Photograph of Ann-Margret and Back-up Dancers Performing during the Entertainment Portion of a State Dinner Honoring the Shah of Iran - NARA - 7518980 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Ann-Margret performing at a state dinner honoring the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah of Iran]] in 1975]]

In 1970, she returned to films with ''[[R.&nbsp;P.&nbsp;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 (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]'' by director [[Mike Nichols]], playing the girlfriend of a neglectful, arguably abusive character played by [[Jack Nicholson]]. She was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] and won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|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."<ref name="vagg"/>

On the set of ''[[The Train Robbers]]'' in Durango, Mexico, in June 1972, she told Nancy Anderson of [[Copley Press|Copley News Service]] that she had been on the "[[grapefruit diet]]" and had lost almost 20 pounds (134 to 115) eating unsweetened citrus.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson, Nancy |date=4 June 1972 |title=John Wayne A Father Figure on Movie Set in Durango, Mexico |work=[[The Joplin Globe]] |agency=[[Copley Press|Copley New Service]]}}</ref>

On Sunday, 10 September 1972, while performing at [[Lake Tahoe]], she fell {{convert|22|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} from an elevated platform to the stage and suffered injuries including a broken left arm, cheekbone, and jawbone. She required meticulous [[Plastic surgery|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.{{sfn|Ann-Margret|Todd Gold|1994|pp=236–254}}

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 (1975 film)|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 [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]] for ''Tommy''. <!-- As previously mentioned, she also did a string of successful TV specials, starting with ''The Ann-Margret Show'' for NBC and CBS in 1968.
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On 17 August 1977, Ann-Margret and Roger Smith traveled to Memphis to attend Elvis Presley's funeral.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nash |first=Alanna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TqMN4YzS8GYC&pg=PA312 |title=The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley |date=8 July 2003 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-1-4391-3695-9 |page=312 |access-date=4 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217192233/https://books.google.com/books?id=TqMN4YzS8GYC&pg=PA312 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Three months later, she hosted ''Memories of Elvis'' featuring abridged versions of the ''Elvis'' 1968 TV and ''Aloha from Hawaii'' specials.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gaar |first=Gillian G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VdK3PLyzbMC&pg=PA310 |title=Return of the King: Elvis Presley's Great Comeback |date=1 March 2011 |publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com |isbn=978-1-4587-3190-6 |pages=310–311 |access-date=4 July 2013}}</ref>

Other films she co-starred in during the late 1970s include ''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]'' (1977), ''[[The Last Remake of Beau Geste]]'' (1977), and the horror/suspense thriller ''[[Magic (1978 film)|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 the 1978 film ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''. At 36 years of age when filming commenced, she was ultimately determined to be too old to convincingly play the role of a high school student. Twenty-eight-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.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Windeler |first=Robert |date=31 July 1978 |title=Ohh Sandy! – Olivia Newton-John |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071391,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202163225/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071391,00.html |archive-date=2 December 2008 |access-date=10 November 2008 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

For her contributions to the film industry, Ann-Margret received a [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|motion picture star]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1973. Her star is located at 6501 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ann-Margret |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/ann-margret |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108235155/http://www.walkoffame.com/ann-margret |archive-date=8 November 2017 |access-date=8 November 2017 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame}}</ref>

===Television-movie era (1980s)===
[[File:Ann-Margret2.jpg|thumb|upright|Ann-Margret in 1988]]

Ann-Margret starred opposite [[Bruce Dern]] in ''[[Middle Age Crazy]]'' (1980). In 1982, she co-starred with [[Walter Matthau]] and [[Dinah Manoff]] in the [[I Ought to Be in Pictures (film)|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 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 film)|A&nbsp;Streetcar Named Desire]]'' (1984), winning Golden Globe Awards for both performances.

After [[Barbara Stanwyck]] won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie]] in 1983 for her role in ''[[The Thorn Birds (miniseries)|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."<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2008 |title=Barbara Stanwyck 1983 Emmy Award for The Thorn Birds |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGAVmOyBaQI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/MGAVmOyBaQI |archive-date=28 October 2021 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Stephen |date=17 July 1984 |title=TV is Polishing Ann-Margaret's Image |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/17/arts/tv-is-polishing-ann-margaret-s-image.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111202958/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/17/arts/tv-is-polishing-ann-margaret-s-image.html |archive-date=11 January 2021 |access-date=21 January 2021 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In ''[[Twice in a Lifetime (film)|Twice in a Lifetime]]'' (1985) Ann-Margret portrayed a waitress 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&nbsp;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 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.<ref name="NYTimes"/>

===Continuing film and television career (1990–present)===
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 (film)|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'',{{sfn|Ann-Margret|Todd Gold|1994}} in which she publicly acknowledged her battle with and ongoing recovery from alcoholism. She played Belle Watling in ''[[Scarlett (miniseries)|Scarlett]]'' (1994), a television miniseries loosely based on the [[Scarlett (Ripley novel)|1991 book of the same name]] written by [[Alexandra Ripley]] as a sequel to [[Margaret Mitchell]]'s 1936 novel ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]''. In 1995, ''[[Empire (magazine)|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 a cameo appearance for ''[[The Limey]]'', but her performance was cut from the movie.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tobias |first=Scott |date=12 February 2009 |title=The New Cult Canon: The Limey filmmaker commentary track |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-new-cult-canon-the-limey-filmmaker-commentary-trac-1798215723 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116102730/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-new-cult-canon-the-limey-filmmaker-commentary,23702/ |archive-date=16 November 2012 |access-date=28 November 2012 |work=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref>

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 the theme song, a modified version of the ''Viva Las Vegas'' theme, to the live-action film ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Westhoff |first=Jeffrey |date=28 April 2000 |title='Rock' On |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89101694/northwest-herald/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117190142/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89101694/northwest-herald/ |archive-date=17 November 2021 |access-date=17 November 2021 |work=[[Northwest Herald]] |location=[[Woodstock, Illinois]] |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

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 the 2004 comedy ''[[Taxi (2004 film)|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 the album at two auditorium church services at [[Christ Cathedral (Garden Grove, California)|Crystal Cathedral]] in Garden Grove, California, and broadcast worldwide on the program ''[[Hour of Power]]''.<ref>''Los Angeles Times'', 20 December 2004. Local section</ref>

In November 2005, Ann-Margret reunited with [[Charles Wayne Day|Chuck Day]] and [[Mickey Jones]] for an encore of their 1966 USO tour for veterans and troops at [[Nellis Air Force Base]], Nevada.<ref name="LasVegasEvents"/>

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 film]]s, such as ''[[Memory (2006 film)|Memory]]'' (2006) with [[Billy Zane]] and [[Dennis Hopper]]. In 2009, she appeared in the comedy ''[[Old Dogs (film)|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 31{{nbsp}}March 2010, on [[NBC]].<ref name="TVGuide"/> 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 9{{nbsp}}May 2010. On 29 August 2010, she won an Emmy, her first, for Guest Performance by an Actress for her ''SVU'' performance. The Emmy venue audience gave her a standing ovation.

On 14 October 2010, Ann-Margret appeared on CBS's ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Keck |first=William |date=22 September 2010 |title=Keck's Exclusives: How CSI Nabbed Ann-Margret |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/kecks-exclusives-csi-1023527/ |url-status=live |journal=TV Guide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128204436/https://www.tvguide.com/news/kecks-exclusives-csi-1023527/ |archive-date=28 January 2021 |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>

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]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Oldenburg |first=Ann |date=24 February 2014 |title=Ann-Margret joins 'Ray Donovan' cast |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/02/24/ann-margret-joins-ray-donovan-cast/5781079/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710102617/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/02/24/ann-margret-joins-ray-donovan-cast/5781079/ |archive-date=10 July 2017 |access-date=24 August 2017 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> On 1 October 2018, it was announced that she had joined the second season of the [[Syfy]] series ''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]'' in a recurring role.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |date=1 October 2018 |title=Ann-Margret Joins Syfy's 'Happy!' In Recurring Role; Bryce Lorenzo & Christopher Fitzgerald Set To Return |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/ann-margret-syfy-happy-bryce-lorenzo-christopher-fitzgerald-1202474249/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001232717/https://deadline.com/2018/10/ann-margret-syfy-happy-bryce-lorenzo-christopher-fitzgerald-1202474249/ |archive-date=1 October 2018 |access-date=1 October 2018 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>

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 28 November 2023, she was a guest narrator of [[Disney's Candlelight Processional]] at [[Walt Disney World]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 October 2023 |title=Disney: 9 new narrators set for Candlelight Processional |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/05/disney-epcot-candlelight-processional-new-narrators-2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026032050/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/05/disney-epcot-candlelight-processional-new-narrators-2023/ |archive-date=26 October 2023 |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=orlandosentinel.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Ann-Margret is a stepmother of the three children of her husband [[Roger Smith (actor)|Roger Smith]], an actor, who later became her manager. She and Smith were married for 50{{nbsp}}years from 8{{nbsp}}May 1967 until his death on 4{{nbsp}}June 2017. Before her marriage to Smith, she dated [[Eddie Fisher]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Joanne |date=8 October 1999 |title=Eddie Fisher Tells All |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB939349584520612207 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727115308/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB939349584520612207 |archive-date=27 July 2018 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> was briefly engaged to [[Burt Sugarman]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Oppenheimer |first=Peer J. |title=Ann Margret: Hollwood's Hottest Newcomer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-ann-margret/167021772/ |work=The American-Statesman |date=August 18, 1963 |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Swedish Singer To Wed American |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news-swedish-singer/167021875/ |work=[[The Winona Daily News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 25, 1962 |location=[[Winona, Minnesota]] |page=15}}</ref> and was romantically linked to [[Elvis Presley]] when they co-starred in the film ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]'' in 1964.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pfeiffer |first=Lee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=me-aAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT69 |title=Cinema Sex Sirens |last2=Worrall |first2=Dave |date=29 November 2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-725-9 |page=69}}</ref>

Ann-Margret has given talks about her [[Swedish-American]] heritage, including her explorations of [[Swedish cuisine]].<ref>Mary Daniels, [https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/06/15/the-swedish-side-of-ann-margret/ The Swedish Side of Ann-Margret]. ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', June 15, 1988.</ref>

A keen motorcyclist, Ann-Margret rode a [[Triumph Tiger T110|500&nbsp;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 Engineering|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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 January 2001 |title=Ann-Margret Discusses Being a Showbiz Survivor |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/01/lkl.00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329002516/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/01/lkl.00.html |archive-date=29 March 2013 |access-date=28 November 2012 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

In a 2012 interview, she stated, "All my life I've had this feeling, deep, deep, deep inside of me{{nbsp}}...my faith and my feelings.{{nbsp}}...I mean you go outside and you see flowers. You see the trees. You see all your loved ones, you see{{nbsp}}...and then you think of Who created it all." She described her relationship with God, and with Jesus Christ as "something which 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."<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Hollywood Legend Ann-Margret on Faith, Love and Recovery |url=http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/interviews/JB143_Ann-Margret.aspx |series=[[The 700 Club]] |network=[[Christian Broadcasting Network|CBN]] |access-date=15 March 2019 |air-date=4 August 2012 |credits=Interviewer: Scott Ross |archive-date=22 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722023433/http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/interviews/JB143_Ann-Margret.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 14 May 2022, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in Humane Letters by the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 May 2022 |title=Famed Entertainer Ann-Margret Gets Honorary Degree from UNLV |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-las-vegas-nevada-elvis-presley-05f1610a9ad0557b774284349591b082 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515170707/https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-las-vegas-nevada-elvis-presley-05f1610a9ad0557b774284349591b082 |archive-date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022 |website=AP News}}</ref>

==Portrayal==
The 2005 CBS miniseries ''[[Elvis (miniseries)|Elvis]]'' includes the story of her affair with Elvis Presley during the filming of ''Viva Las Vegas''. She was portrayed by the actress [[Rose McGowan]]. She also provided the voice of a fictionalized version of herself in a 1963 ''[[Flintstones]]'' episode "Ann-Margrock Presents".<ref name="flint-tv"/>

==Filmography==
===Film===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Pocketful of Miracles]]'' || Louise || [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress]]
|-
| 1962 || ''[[State Fair (1962 film)|State Fair]]'' || Emily Porter ||
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]'' || Kim McAfee || Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]]
|-
| rowspan=3| 1964 || ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]'' || Rusty Martin ||
|-
| ''[[Kitten with a Whip]]'' || Jody Dvorak ||
|-
| ''[[The Pleasure Seekers (1964 film)|The Pleasure Seekers]]'' || Fran Hobson ||
|-
| rowspan=3| 1965 || ''[[Bus Riley's Back in Town]]'' || Laurel ||
|-
| ''[[Once a Thief (1965 film)|Once a Thief]]'' || Kristine Pedak ||
|-
| ''[[The Cincinnati Kid]]'' || Melba ||
|-
| rowspan=4| 1966 || ''[[Made in Paris]]'' || Maggie Scott ||
|-
| ''[[Stagecoach (1966 film)|Stagecoach]]'' || Dallas ||
|-
| ''[[The Swinger]]'' || Kelly Olsson ||
|-
| ''[[Murderers' Row (film)|Murderers' Row]]'' || Suzie ||
|-
| 1967 || ''[[The Tiger and the Pussycat]]'' || Carolina ||
|-
| rowspan=2| 1968 || ''[[Mr. Kinky]]'' || Maggie, a Hippy ||
|-
| ''[[Seven Men and One Brain]]'' || Leticia ||
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Rebus (film)|Rebus]]'' || Singer ||
|-
| rowspan=2| 1970 || ''[[R. P. M.]]'' || Rhoda ||
|-
| ''[[C.C. and Company]]'' || Ann McCalley ||
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]'' || Bobbie || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]<br/>Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]<br/>Nominated – [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
| 1972 || ''[[The Outside Man]]'' || Nancy Robson ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[The Train Robbers]]'' || Mrs. Lowe ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]'' || Nora Walker || [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]]<br/>Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 1976 || ''[[The Twist (1976 film)|The Twist]]'' || Charlie Minerva ||
|-
| rowspan=2| 1977 || ''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]'' || Lady Booby || Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
|-
| ''[[The Last Remake of Beau Geste]]'' || Flavia Geste ||
|-
| rowspan=2| 1978 || ''[[The Cheap Detective]]'' || Jezebel Dezire ||
|-
| ''[[Magic (1978 film)|Magic]]'' || Peggy Ann Snow || Nominated – [[Saturn Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 1979 || ''[[The Villain (1979 film)|The Villain]]'' || Charming Jones ||
|-
| 1980 || ''[[Middle Age Crazy]]'' || Sue Ann Burnett || Nominated – [[Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress]]
|-
| rowspan=3| 1982 || ''[[The Return of the Soldier (film)|The Return of the Soldier]]'' || Jenny Baldry ||
|-
| ''[[Lookin' to Get Out]]'' || Patti Warner ||
|-
| ''[[I Ought to Be in Pictures (film)|I Ought to Be in Pictures]]'' || Steffy Blondell ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Twice in a Lifetime (film)|Twice in a Lifetime]]'' || Audrey Minelli ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[52 Pick-Up]]'' || Barbara Mitchell ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[A Tiger's Tale]]'' || Rose Butts ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[A New Life (film)|A New Life]]'' || Jackie Jardino ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Newsies]]'' || Medda Larkson || Nominated – [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress]]
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Grumpy Old Men (film)|Grumpy Old Men]]'' || Ariel Truax ||
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Grumpier Old Men]]'' || Ariel Gustafson ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Any Given Sunday]]'' || Margaret Pagniacci ||
|-
| 2000 ||''[[The Last Producer]]'' || Mira Wexler ||
|-
| 2001|| ''A Woman's a Helluva Thing'' || Claire Anders-Blackett || 
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Interstate 60]]'' || Mrs. James ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Taxi (2004 film)|Taxi]]'' || Mrs. Washburn ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Mem-o-re]]'' || Carol Hargrave ||
|-
| rowspan=3| 2006 || ''Tales of the Rat Fink'' || Heartbreaker || Voice role
|-
| ''[[The Break-Up]]'' || Wendy Meyers ||
|-
| ''[[The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause]]'' || Sylvia Newman ||
|-
| rowspan=3| 2009 || ''[[All's Faire in Love]]'' || Her Majesty the Queen ||
|-
| ''[[Old Dogs (film)|Old Dogs]]'' || Martha ||
|-
| ''[[The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond]]'' || Cornelia ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Lucky (2011 film)|Lucky]]'' || Pauline Keller ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Going in Style (2017 film)|Going in Style]]'' || Annie ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Papa (2018 film)|Papa]]'' || Barbara ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Queen Bees (film)|Queen Bees]]'' || Margot ||
|-
|}

=== Box-office ranking ===

For two years, Ann-Margret was voted by movie exhibitors as being among the more popular actors in the United States:
* 1964 – 8th
* 1965 – 17th<ref>"Connery No. 1 in Earnings" ''Los Angeles Times'' 4 January 1966: b8.</ref>

=== Television ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! 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 (voice) || Episode: "Ann-Margrock Presents"<ref name="flint-tv"/>
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Here's Lucy]]'' || Ann-Margret || Episode: "Lucy and Ann-Margret"
|-
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Dames at Sea#Television|Dames at Sea]]'' || Ruby || TV adaptation of stage musical<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476980/fullcredits ''Dames at Sea''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309044833/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476980/fullcredits |date=9 March 2021}} (1971, TV adaptation) at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5iR3OP8rlk ''Dames at Sea'' (1971, TV adaptation)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503202431/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5iR3OP8rlk&gl=US&hl=en |date=3 May 2020}}, video clip of "It's You" on YouTube</ref>
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Who Will Love My Children?]]'' || Lucile Fray || TV movie<br/>[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film]];<br/>Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie]]
|-
| 1984 || ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1984 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' || [[Blanche DuBois]] || TV movie<br>[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television]]
|- 
| 1987 || ''[[The Two Mrs. Grenvilles]]'' || Ann Arden Grenville || Miniseries<br/>Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film<br/>Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Our Sons]]'' || Luanne Barnes || TV movie
|- 
| 1993 || ''[[Alex Haley's Queen]]'' || Sally Jackson || 2 episodes<br/>Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film<br/>Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
|-
| rowspan=3| 1994 || ''[[Scarlett (TV miniseries)|Scarlett]]'' || Belle Watling || Miniseries 
|-
|''[[Following Her Heart]]'' || Ingalill "Lena" Lundquist || rowspan=3|TV movie
|-
|''[[Nobody's Children (1994 film)|Nobody's Children]]'' || Carol Stevens
|-
| rowspan=2| 1996 || ''[[Blue Rodeo (television movie)|Blue Rodeo]]'' || Maggie Yearwood 
|-
| ''[[Seduced by Madness]]'' || Diane Kay Borchardt || Miniseries 
|-
| rowspan=2| 1998 || ''Life of the Party'' || Pamela Harriman || TV movie<br/>Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film<br/>Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie<br/>Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]
|-
|''[[Four Corners (U.S. TV series)|Four Corners]]'' || Amanda "Maggie" Wyatt || 2 episodes
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Happy Face Murders]]'' || Lorraine Petrovich || TV movie
|-
| rowspan=4| 2000 || ''[[Perfect Murder, Perfect Town]]'' || Nedra Paugh || rowspan=2|Miniseries 
|-
|''[[The 10th Kingdom]]'' || [[Cinderella]]
|-
| ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'' || Angela || Episode: "Millennium"
|-
|''[[Popular (TV series)|Popular]]'' || God || Episode: "Are You There, God? It's Me Ann-Margret"
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Blonde (2001 film)|Blonde]]'' || Della Monroe || Miniseries
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Third Watch]]'' || Judge Barbara Halsted || 3 episodes
|-
| 2004 || ''A Place Called Home'' || Tula Jeeters || TV movie
|-
| rowspan=3| 2010 || ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || Rita Wills || Episode: "Bedtime"<br/>[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
|-
|''[[Army Wives]]'' || Aunt Edie || Episode: "Guns & Roses"
|-
|''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' || Margot Wilton || Episode: "Sqweegel"
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Ray Donovan]]'' || June || 2 episodes
|-
| 2018 || ''[[The Kominsky Method]]'' || Diane || 2 episodes<br/> Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Award – Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Happy! (TV series)|Happy!]]'' || Bebe DeBarge || 2 episodes
|-
| 2022 || ''A Holiday Spectacular'' || Grandma Margret || TV Movie
|}

== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[And Here She Is ... Ann-Margret]]'' (1961)
* ''[[On the Way Up]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Vivacious One]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Bachelors' Paradise]]'' (1963)
* ''3 Great Girls'' – with [[Della Reese]] and [[Kitty Kallen]] (1963) – four songs
* ''[[Beauty and the Beard]]'' (1964) (with [[Al Hirt]])
* ''David Merrick Presents Hits from His Broadway Hits'' (1964) (with [[David Merrick]]) – four songs
* ''[[The Swinger#Soundtrack|Songs from The Swinger (and Other Swingin' Songs)]]'' (1966)
* ''[[The Cowboy and the Lady (album)|The Cowboy and the Lady]]'' (1969) (with [[Lee Hazlewood]])
* ''[[Ann-Margret (album)|Ann-Margret]]'' (1980)
* ''God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions'' (2001)
* ''Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection'' (2004)
* ''God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions 2'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ann-Margret – Album Discography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ann-margret-mn0000731084/discography |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003014504/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ann-margret-mn0000731084/discography |archive-date=3 October 2018 |access-date=2 October 2018 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
* ''[[Born to Be Wild (Ann-Margret album)|Born to Be Wild]]'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2023 |title=Pete Townshend and Joe Perry Guest on Ann-Margret's New Album |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ann-margret-2023-album-born-to-be-wild/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303230734/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ann-margret-2023-album-born-to-be-wild/ |archive-date=3 March 2023 |access-date=3 March 2023 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref>

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br/><ref name="uk">{{Cite magazine |title=Ann-Margret Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ann-margret/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418045844/https://www.billboard.com/music/ann-margret/chart-history |archive-date=18 April 2019 |access-date=8 April 2019 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]<br/><ref name="uk"/>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]<br/><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Ann Margaret – Chart history |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/ann-margaret/chart-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418044319/https://www.billboard.com/music/ann-margaret/chart-history |archive-date=18 April 2019 |access-date=8 April 2019 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Oricon Singles Chart|JPN]]<br/><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=11 January 1964 |volume=25 |issue=18 |title=Japan's Best Sellers |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-01-11.pdf#page=37 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816010624/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-01-11.pdf |archive-date=16 August 2024 |access-date=8 May 2023 |magazine=[[Cash Box]] |page=37}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[CHUM Chart|CAN]]<ref>https://chumtribute.com/61-10-02-chart.jpg {{Bare URL image|date=December 2025}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Lost Love" 
| rowspan="3" | 1961
| — || — || — || — || —
|- 
! scope="row"| "[[I Just Don't Understand]]" 
| 17 || — || — || — || 6
|- 
! scope="row"| "It Do Me So Good" 
| 97{{Efn|"It Do Me So Good" also charted at #58 on the [[Record World]] Singles Chart<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Hit Records 1954-1982 |url=https://www.recordresearch.com/books/hit-records-1954-1982/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608064138/https://www.recordresearch.com/books/hit-records-1954-1982/ |archive-date=8 June 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=Recordresearch}}</ref> and #90 on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Charts.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Cash Box Top 100 |magazine=Cash Box Magazine |date=December 2, 1961 |volume=23 |issue=12 |page=5 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1961/CB-1961-12-02.pdf#page=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811062234/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1961/CB-1961-12-02.pdf#page=5 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>|group=upper-alpha}}|| — || — || — |
|-
! scope="row"| "What Am I Supposed to Do"
| rowspan="2" | 1962
| 82 || 19 ||— ||— || —
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Jim Dandy (song)|Jim Dandy]]"
|{{Efn|"Jim Dandy" did not enter the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], but did peak at #127 on the [[Record World]] Singles Chart.<ref name="auto"/> |group=upper-alpha}}||— ||— || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "So Did I"
| rowspan="2" | 1963
| —|| —|| —|| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]" / "Take All the Kisses"
|{{Efn|"Take All The Kisses" did not enter the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], but did peak at #101 on the [[Record World]] Singles Chart<ref name="auto"/> and #42 on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' [[Looking Ahead chart|Looking Ahead]] Chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Looking Ahead |magazine=Cash Box Magazine |date=April 20, 1963 |volume=24 |issue=32 |page=14 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-04-20.pdf#page=14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818154654/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1963/CB-1963-04-20.pdf#page=14 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> |group=upper-alpha}}|| —|| —|| 2 || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Someday Soon"
| rowspan="3" | 1964
| —|| —|| —|| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Man's Favorite Sport"
| —|| —|| —|| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Hey Little Star"
|{{Efn|"Hey Little Star" did not enter the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], but did peak at #130 on the [[Record World]] Singles Chart.<ref name="auto"/> |group=upper-alpha}}|| —|| —|| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
| 1966
| —|| —|| —|| — || —
|- 
! scope="row"| "Sleep in the Grass"
| 1969
| {{efn-ua|"Sweet" did not enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but did peak at number 13 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]].}}|| —|| —|| — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Love Rush"
| 1979
| —|| —|| 8 || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Midnight Message"
| 1980
| —|| —|| 12 || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes"
| 1981
| —|| —|| 22 ||— || —
|-
| colspan="7" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory
|}

=== Soundtrack appearances ===
* ''State Fair'' (1962)
* ''Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963)
* ''The Pleasure Seekers'' (1965)
* ''Rebus'' (1969)
* ''C.C. & Company'' (1970)
* ''Dames at Sea'' (1971)
* ''[[Tommy (soundtrack)|Tommy]]'' (1975)
* ''Newsies'' (1992)
* ''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'' (2000)
* ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' (2001)
* ''Viva Las Vegas'' (LP reissue of ''Viva Las Vegas EP'') (2007) (with [[Elvis Presley]])
* ''Going in Style'' (2017)

==Theatre productions==
* ''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]'', with [[Burt Reynolds]]
* ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'' (2001, touring production)

== Orders ==

* [[File:SWE Order of the Polar Star (after 1975) - Commander BAR.png|frameless|baseline|upright=.23]] Commander of the [[Order of the Polar Star|Royal Order of the Polar Star]] (KNO) (2 December 1988)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Galella |first=Ron |date=20 November 2010 |title=Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star Honors Ann-Margret |url=http://www.gettyimages.se/detail/nyhetsfoto/ann-margret-and-mother-anna-aronsson-olsson-during-swedish-nyhetsfoto/107022173 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111521/http://www.gettyimages.se/detail/nyhetsfoto/ann-margret-and-mother-anna-aronsson-olsson-during-swedish-nyhetsfoto/107022173 |archive-date=27 April 2015 |access-date=20 April 2015 |website=[[Getty Images]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Conway |first=Ann |date=2 December 1988 |title=Nixon: Library Offers Public a View of History |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-02-li-872-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111651/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-02/news/li-872_1_orange-county |archive-date=27 April 2015 |access-date=20 April 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
| 1961
| [[Billboard Year-End]]
| Most Promising Female Vocalist
|
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bundy |first=June |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923222115/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard-Music-Week-1961-12-25-Whos-Who.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |url-status=live |title=Winners In The 14th Annual Disk Jockey Poll |magazine=Billboard Magazine |date=December 25, 1961 |volume=73 |issue=51 |page=75 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard-Music-Week-1961-12-25-Whos-Who.pdf#page=77}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1962
| [[4th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| Golden Laurel
| Top Female New Personality
|
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award]]
| Most Promising Newcomer&nbsp;– Female
|
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1963
| rowspan="4" | Golden Laurel
| Top Female Musical Performance
| ''[[State Fair (1962 film)|State Fair]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| Top Female Star
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1964
| Top Female Comedy Performance
| ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 film)|Bye Bye Birdie]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| Top Female Star
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| Golden Globe Award
| Best Motion Picture Actress&nbsp;– Musical/Comedy
| ''Bye Bye Birdie''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Photoplay Award
| Most Popular Female Star
|
| {{won}}
|-
| 1965
| rowspan="3" | Golden Laurel
| rowspan="2" | Musical Performance, Female
| ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1966
| ''Made in Paris''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1967
| Top Female Star
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1972
| [[44th Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Golden Globe Award
| Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role
| {{won}}
|-
| 1973
| [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
| [[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|Motion Pictures Star]]
| Contributions to the film industry
| style="text-align:center;" | Inducted<ref>{{cite web |url=https://walkoffame.com/ann-margret/ |title=Ann-Margret - Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] |language=en |access-date=October 22, 2025 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1976
| [[48th Academy Awards|Academy Award]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | Golden Globe Award
| Best Motion Picture Actress&nbsp;– Musical/Comedy
| {{won}}
|-
| 1978
| Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role
| ''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1979
| [[Saturn Award]]
| Best Actress
| ''[[Magic (1978 film)|Magic]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1981
| [[Genie Award]]
| Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
| ''Middle Age Crazy''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| [[Primetime Emmy Award]]
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
| ''Who Will Love My Children?''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Apple Award]]
| Female Star of the Year
|
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| Primetime Emmy Award
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
| ''{{sortname|A|Streetcar Named Desire|A Streetcar Named Desire (play)}}''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | Golden Globe Award
| rowspan="2" | Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
| ''Who Will Love My Children?''
| {{won}}
|-
| 1985
| ''{{sortname|A|Streetcar Named Desire|nolink=1}}''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| Primetime Emmy Award
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or a Special
| ''{{sortname|The|Two Mrs. Grenvilles}}''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Women in Film Los Angeles|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 2020 |title=WIF Awards Retrospective |url=https://womeninfilm.org/updates/wif-awards-retrospective/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808222322/https://womeninfilm.org/updates/wif-awards-retrospective/ |archive-date=8 August 2022 |access-date=21 January 2021 |website=Women in Film}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | Recipient
|-
| 1988
| Golden Globe Award
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
| ''{{sortname|The|Two Mrs. Grenvilles|nolink=1}}''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1993
| Primetime Emmy Award
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or a Special
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Queen: The Story of an American Family]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1994
| Golden Globe Award
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| Primetime Emmy Award
| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
| rowspan="3" | ''Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Golden Globe Award
| Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award]]
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2001
| Grammy Award
| Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album
| rowspan="2" | ''God is Love: The Gospel Sessions''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2002
| [[GMA Dove Award]]
| Best Country Album
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2003
| [[USO]]
| Spirit of Hope Award
|
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Stewart |first=Chad |title=Ann-Margret's Most Dangerous Role |publisher=[[USO]] |date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=November 21, 2025 |url=https://www.uso.org/stories/1724-ann-margret-s-most-dangerous-role}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| CineVegas International Film Festival
| Centennial Award
|
| {{won}}
|-
| 2010
| Primetime Emmy Award
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
| ''[[Law & Order: SVU]]: Bedtime''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2013
| Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
| Lifetime Achievement Award
|
| style="text-align:center;" | Recipient
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2019
| Online Film & Television Association Award
| Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
| ''[[The Kominsky Method]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| USO
| Bob Hope Legacy Award
|
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web |last=DeSimone |first=Danielle |title=Backstage at the USO Honors Service Members and Military Supporters |publisher=[[USO]] |date=November 15, 2019 |access-date=November 21, 2025 |url=https://www.uso.org/stories/2561-backstage-at-the-uso-2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Press Club]]
| Legend Award
|
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Block |first=Alex Ben |title=Ann-Margret Has Had an Amazing Career, But Won't Boast About It |publisher=[[Los Angeles Press Club]] |access-date=November 21, 2025 |url=https://lapressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2019-ANN-MARGRET.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
| [[Women%27s Image Network Awards#The Women's Image Awards 25|Women's Image Network Awards]]
| Living Legend Award
|
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The Women's Image Network 25th Annual Women's Image Awards Hosted By Caroline Rhea Announces Winners |publisher=[[Fox 5 San Diego]] |date=February 23, 2024 |access-date=November 21, 2025 |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/690870070/the-womens-image-network-25th-annual-womens-image-awards-hosted-by-caroline-rhea-announces-winners/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225184758/https://fox5sandiego.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/690870070/the-womens-image-network-25th-annual-womens-image-awards-hosted-by-caroline-rhea-announces-winners/ |archive-date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2025
| [[Cinecon]]
| Legacy Award
|
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Collins |first=Rance |title=Ann-Margret Interview on CineCon |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=August 4, 2025 |access-date=November 21, 2025 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/ann-margret-interview-cinecon-1235142161/}}</ref>
|-
|}

== Notes ==
{{notelist-ua}}

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs=
<ref name="Yahoo">{{Cite web |title=Ann-Margret: biography |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800011586/bio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207065532/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800011586/bio |archive-date=7 February 2006 |access-date=18 June 2021 |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]]}}</ref>
<ref name="Billboard">{{Cite magazine |date=2 October 1961 |title=I Just Don't Understand, Ann-Margret |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3070121&cdi=8793639&cid=10%2F02%2F1961 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307035144/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3070121&cdi=8793639&cid=10%2F02%2F1961 |archive-date=7 March 2009 |access-date=16 May 2008 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
<ref name="NYTimes">{{Cite news |date=30 August 1989 |title=Going Too Far With the Winfrey Diet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/30/arts/going-too-far-with-the-winfrey-diet.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810175122/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/30/arts/going-too-far-with-the-winfrey-diet.html |archive-date=10 August 2009 |access-date=25 April 2010 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
<ref name="TVGuide">{{Cite magazine |date=22 February 2010 |title=Exclusive: Ann-Margret to Guest on SVU |url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Ann-Margret-1015300.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224064855/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Ann-Margret-1015300.aspx |archive-date=24 February 2010 |access-date=22 February 2010 |magazine=[[TV Guide]]}}</ref>
<ref name="Whitburn2004p21">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |title=Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003 |publisher=Record Research |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-89820-156-7 |page=21}}</ref>
<ref name="LasVegasEvents">{{Cite web |title=Las Vegas Events |url=http://www.lasvegasevents.com/index.php?p=1&id=lve-is-the-connector&pg=press-box-read&id=58 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141019033328/http://www.lasvegasevents.com/index.php?p=1&id=lve-is-the-connector&pg=press-box-read&id=58 |archive-date=19 October 2014 |website=LasVegasEvents.com}}</ref>
}}

==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book |last=Ann-Margret |url=https://archive.org/details/annmargretmystormarg00annm |title=Ann-Margret: My Story |last2=Todd Gold |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-399-13891-1 |access-date=4 August 2010 |url-access=registration}}

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'''General'''
* {{AFI person | 271-Ann-Margret }}
* {{IMDb name|268}}
* {{Tcmdb name}}
* {{Discogs artist|artist=Ann Margret|name=Ann-Margret}}
* [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p52075/biography|pure_url=yes}} Ann-Margret] at [[AllMusic]]
* [http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/margret.asp Ann of a Thousand Knights] at [[Snopes]]
* {{Cite web |title=Clip of Ann-Margret |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uh61Ur6hsw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519032846/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uh61Ur6hsw |archive-date=19 May 2016 |website=[[Ted Mack (radio-TV host)#Original Amateur Hour|Original Amateur Hour]]}} at age 16 in 1957.

'''Interviews'''
* [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/01/lkl.00.html Interview with Larry King, January 1, 2001], has a segment on the 2001 touring production of ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]''.

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[[Category:1941 births]]
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[[Category:Actresses from Wilmette, Illinois]]
[[Category:American people of Swedish descent]]
[[Category:Best Miniseries or Television Movie Actress Golden Globe winners]]
[[Category:Best Musical or Comedy Actress Golden Globe (film) winners]]
[[Category:Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe (film) winners]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star]]
[[Category:Gold Star Records artists]]
[[Category:Las Vegas shows]]
[[Category:MCA Records artists]]
[[Category:New Star of the Year (Actress) Golden Globe winners]]
[[Category:New Trier High School alumni]]
[[Category:People from Krokom Municipality]]
[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]]
[[Category:RCA Victor artists]]
[[Category:Swedish emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Swedish female dancers]]
[[Category:Swedish film actresses]]
[[Category:Swedish stage actresses]]
[[Category:Women motorcyclists]]
[[Category:20th-century Swedish actresses]]
[[Category:20th Century Studios contract players]]
[[Category:20th-century Swedish women singers]]