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74-532: Rysher Entertainment, Inc. was an American film and television production company and distributor. It was founded in 1991. In 1993, Rysher was acquired by Cox Enterprises , and was subsequently closed in 1999. That same year, Viacom entered an agreement with Cox Enterprises for distribution rights to the Rysher library, which currently lie with Viacom's successor Paramount Global , specifically its subsidiaries Paramount Pictures and CBS Media Ventures . Ownership of

148-620: A USO tour to entertain U.S. servicemen in South Vietnam and other parts of South-East Asia. A moderately successful remake of the classic John Ford Western 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." Ann-Margret ended 1966 by featuring in

222-548: A Lifetime Ann-Margret portrayed the woman 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 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

296-523: 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. In 1991, she starred in the TV film Our Sons opposite Julie Andrews as mothers of sons who are lovers, one of whom

370-504: A Whip , saw Ann-Margret give a "balls-to-the-wall performance" as a juvenile delinquent who entraps a politician. She followed up with 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

444-541: A broken left arm, cheekbone, and jawbone. She required meticulous 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. 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

518-460: 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 . In 2000, she recorded

592-412: A definite style of her own, which can easily guide her to star status". Ann-Margret is a stepmother of three children of her husband Roger Smith , an actor, who later became her manager. She and Smith were married for 50   years from May   8, 1967 until his death on June   4, 2017. Before this, she dated Eddie Fisher and was romantically linked to Elvis Presley when they co-starred in

666-760: A host of global businesses and brands serving auto dealers, manufacturers and financial institutions. Cox Media Group (CMG) is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company. In 2019, Cox Enterprises reached an agreement with Apollo Global Management to sell a majority interest in Cox Media Group's broadcast television stations, including the company's radio, newspaper, and TV properties in Ohio, and its local OTT advertising subsidiary – Gamut. Smart Media from Cox. based in New York. On February 10, 2020, Cox Enterprises bought back

740-425: A motorcycle in rural Minnesota in 2000. In a 2012 interview, she stated, "All my life I've had this feeling, deep, deep, deep inside of me   ...my faith and my feelings.   ...I mean you go outside and you see flowers. You see the trees. You see all your loved ones, you see   ...and then you think of Who created it all." She described her relationship with God, and with Jesus Christ as "something which

814-464: A production/distribution agreement. In May 1995, Rysher entered into a five-film domestic distribution arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The company closed the film unit due to underperforming box-office sales in July 1997. Later that year, in 1997, Papazian-Hrsch Entertainment struck a deal with Rysher to develop their TV projects. In 1998, Rysher collaborated with HBO to distribute some of

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888-960: A singer with a sultry, vibrant contralto voice, she quickly rose to Hollywood stardom. Her many screen roles include Pocketful of Miracles (1961), State Fair (1962), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Train Robbers (1973), Tommy (1975), The Return of the Soldier (1982), 52 Pick-Up (1986), Newsies (1992), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Any Given Sunday (1999), Taxi (2004), and Going in Style (2017). Her accolades include five Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award in addition to two Academy Award nominations and two Grammy nominations. She released Born to be Wild , her first classic-rock album, in April 2023. Ann-Margret Olsson

962-568: A single broadband network. Cox entered the automotive industry in 1965 with the purchase of Black Book . Three years later, Manheim was purchased by Cox as well. In the 1980s, Manheim acquired its first non-U.S. auction in Toronto, Canada , making Cox an international company. In 1997, Autotrader.com was founded revolutionizing the way people buy and sell used cars. In 2014, Cox Enterprises brought its automotive-related businesses (which by then included vAuto and NextGear Capital) together under

1036-521: A standing ovation. On October 14, 2010, Ann-Margret appeared on CBS' CSI . 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 . On October 1, 2018, it

1110-473: A television miniseries loosely based on the 1991 book of the same name written by Alexandra Ripley as a sequel to Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind . In 1995, 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

1184-459: A total of $ 1.5 million, and the Cox Video unit has also acquired the rights to produce video adaptations of the magazines and exercise regulations of Joe Weider , which included Muscle & Fitness , Flex and Men's Fitness & Shape , and Peter Bieler acting as executive producer on tapes produced by Cox Video, which also served as executive vice president of the studio, and the company

1258-595: 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; the song was later performed by the Beatles in 1963. In 1962, Ann-Margret was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist . Her only charting album

1332-682: 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. She played Belle Watling in Scarlett (1994),

1406-528: Is located at 6501 Hollywood Boulevard . Ann-Margret starred opposite Bruce Dern in Middle Age Crazy (1980). 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 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

1480-538: Is planning on to do regular releases that sometimes make use of the magazine's names and will be positioned as companions to Wieder's widely-distributed equipment, and the MHE comedies ranked at the $ 100,000 range and the Fox Hills tapes ranked at the $ 100,000 range. Over the ensuing decades, Cox made pioneering investments and became the first company to bundle telephone, highspeed internet and digital cable television over

1554-524: 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." On May 14, 2022, she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in Humane Letters by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . Ann-Margret began recording for RCA Victor in 1961, first recording "Lost Love". Her debut album And Here She Is ... Ann-Margret

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1628-517: The Ann-Margret CBS drama Four Corners from Columbia TriStar Television . The company's assets were acquired by 2929 Entertainment in 2001. They were bought by Qualia Capital, LLC. in 2006, and were merged with Gaylord Films and Pandora Entertainment. The combined entity became known as Qualia Libraries Co. and the brand name served as a limited partnership , and now owns the trademark to Hogan's Heroes . In 2011, Qualia Libraries Co.

1702-526: 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 (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

1776-665: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 1983 for her role in 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." In Twice in

1850-709: The governor of Ohio . He was the Democratic Party candidate for president of the United States in the presidential election of 1920 , running unsuccessfully on a ticket that included Franklin D. Roosevelt as the vice presidential candidate. In 1935, at the urging of Governor Cox's son James M. Cox Jr. , Cox entered the radio business starting with WHIO in Dayton. Governor Cox purchased The Atlanta Journal in 1939 as well as radio station WSB . On September 29, 1948, Cox's WSB-TV , later referred to as

1924-524: The "Eyes of the South", aired the first television broadcast in Atlanta. WHIO-TV in Ohio's Miami Valley soon followed, airing its first broadcasts on February 23, 1949. In 1950, Governor Cox purchased The Atlanta Constitution , and in 1962 his son purchased three cable television systems in central Pennsylvania with a total of 11,800 subscribers. The two combined their broadcasting and cable businesses into

1998-502: 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. Thirty 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. For her contributions to the film industry, Ann-Margret received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1973. Her star

2072-457: 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 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

2146-698: The Cox Automotive name. Cox Communications is the third-largest U.S. cable company, serving approximately 6 million residences and businesses. It provides advanced digital video, Internet, telephone and home security and automation services over its own nationwide IP network. Cox Communications formed an alliance with the Cleveland Clinic  to take Healthcare to the home in February 2015. The company has also been deploying residential gigabit internet service. In 2019, Cox Communications earned

2220-611: The No. 11 spot on the 2019 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list. This marks the fourteenth time the company has been recognized among the nation's corporate diversity leaders. Cox Automotive is a provider of "vehicle remarketing services and digital marketing and software for automotive dealers and consumers." Cox Automotive brands include Manheim, Clutch Technologies, Dealer-Auction Ltd, AutoTrader , Kelley Blue Book , vAuto, Dealer.com, Dealertrack, NextGear Capital, Xtime, Vinsolutions, Dickinson Fleet Services, FleetNet America, and

2294-810: The Ohio newspapers it sold to Apollo Global Management after the FCC required Apollo to reduce the daily newspapers to 3-day publication or sell them. Cox announced the newspapers would continue 7-day publication. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , in addition to the media agency Ideabar, will continue to be part of Cox Enterprises. Cox Conserves is the company's national sustainability program that focuses on alternative energy, community investment, employee engagement, energy conservation, waste diversion, recycling, and water conservation. Since its launch in 2007, Cox Enterprises has invested more than $ 120 million in over 400 sustainability and conservation projects through Cox Conserves to drive positive environmental change within

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2368-517: The Rich and Famous (renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte for the final season) and Star Search . Later, they produced and distributed George & Alana . The company branched out into feature films, and in the span of three years had produced over two dozen. In late 1993, Beverly Hills 90210 star Gabrielle Carteris , through GABCO Productions struck a deal with Rysher TPE for

2442-610: The Video Game Masters , the off-net syndicated version of the DIC Entertainment series that also aired on NBC , Captain N: The Game Master . Also that year, it attempted to merge with film and television production company The Kushner-Locke Company , only for the deal to be aborted. Also that year, Cox Enterprises was in discussions to purchase the studio and helped them merge with TPE. It

2516-707: The album at two auditorium church services at Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, and broadcast worldwide on the program Hour of Power . In November 2005, Ann-Margret reunited with Chuck Day and Mickey Jones for an encore of their 1966 USO tour for veterans and troops at Nellis Air Force Base , Nevada. 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

2590-700: The comedy 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 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, her first, for Guest Performance by an Actress for her SVU performance. The Emmy venue audience gave her

2664-541: The company's assets changed hands multiple times over the 2000s before finally being acquired by Vine Alternative Investments in 2011. Keith Samples established the company in April 1991, as an independent company, whose sole product had been the distribution of the series Saved by the Bell (at the time, NBC could not distribute it in syndication due to fin-syn rules ). Encouraged by the success, it made its second move with their first foray into animation, Captain N and

2738-530: The company's international operations stretch across Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America. Cox Enterprises is currently led by Alexander C. Taylor, a fourth-generation Cox family member and great-grandson of founder James M. Cox . James M. Cox's grandson, James C. Kennedy , and other members of the Cox family are on the company's board of directors. On March 2, 2020, the sale of Cox Media Group's Ohio newspapers

2812-596: The cover for the second time and announced that the "torrid dancing almost replaces the central heating in the theater." Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress . 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 New York , one year after Marilyn Monroe 's famous " Happy Birthday to You ". A few months later, Ann-Margret voiced an animated version of herself, named "Ann-Margrock", on

2886-450: The deal being valued at $ 525 million. In February 2024, Cox agreed to buy out government software company OpenGov , in which it already holds minority interest, with the deal valuing the company at $ 1.8   billion. Ann-Margret Ann-Margret Olsson (born April 28, 1941), credited as Ann-Margret , is a Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer with a career spanning seven decades. Initially gaining notoriety in 1961 as

2960-558: 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 continued to star in theater as she attended New Trier High School in Winnetka , Illinois. Two fellow movie stars Charlton Heston and Rock Hudson , had graduated from

3034-509: The family. After World War II , his wife hesitated and Gustav emigrated alone, but was joined by his wife and daughter in 1946. In 1949, Ann-Margret became a naturalized American citizen. 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

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3108-535: The film 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 nonstandard 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

3182-626: The hit Dean Martin –starrer 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. 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

3256-500: 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 (forty years after her first) and also a Dove Award nomination for gospel album of the year. Her album Ann-Margret's Christmas Carol Collection , also produced and arranged by Greenhaw,

3330-487: 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), winning Golden Globe Awards for both performances. After Barbara Stanwyck won

3404-557: The musical 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 Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical 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

3478-550: The organization, among stakeholders, and within the communities being served. According to its public statements, its primary focus areas include: In September 2019, Cox Automotive's Mobility Division entered into an agreement with Rivian , the company developing the first luxury all-electric truck. In the deal, Cox will invest $ 350 million into Rivian, with the two companies exploring partnership opportunities in service operations, logistics, and digital retailing. In August 2022, Cox Enterprises agreed to acquire Axios Media , with

3552-637: 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. 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". A month after its release, she teamed up with entertainers Chuck Day and Mickey Jones for

3626-753: The privately-owned company. In 1982, CBC moved its headquarters to the Atlanta area and changed its name to Cox Communications , Inc. The company was eventually consolidated into Cox Enterprises. In 1988 then-Executive Vice President Jim Kennedy , grandson of Governor Cox, was promoted to CEO and chairman of Cox Enterprises. In 1986, Cox Enterprises launched a new subsidiary Cox Video, which lined up eleven commitments for original video programs, four of them came from Media Home Entertainment , which are comedy-based tapes and seven of them came from Fox Hills Video , which are reality-based tapes, both subsidiaries of Heron Communications , and co-production budgets involve

3700-441: The publicly-traded Cox Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1964, though the newspaper business remained independent as Cox Enterprises. In 1966, Cox expanded its holdings to purchase television syndicator Walter Schwimmer, followed in 1967, by the purchase of television production company Bing Crosby Productions. Cox subsequently sold off its syndication unit to a new production company Telecom Productions in 1970. Cox would reenter

3774-638: The result that he took his name off the credits of Bus Riley . She then featured in Once a Thief , a crime film intended to be a star-making vehicle for French actor Alain Delon in the United States. 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

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3848-602: The school many years earlier. She was part of a group known as the Suttletones, which went to the Dunes hotel and casino in Las Vegas, which 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 proclaimed that "George Burns has a gold mine in Ann-Margret... she has

3922-782: The series outside of the United States, including Arli$ $ , Oz and Sex and the City . The company was closed in 1999 after Viacom entered an agreement with Cox Enterprises, allowing Paramount Pictures and its television unit to handle distribution rights. The company's library is incorporated into CBS Media Ventures for television series and Paramount Pictures for films (except The Opposite of Sex ). The company's films and series included Hogan's Heroes (whose partial rights are held by CBS), Ben Casey , Walking Tall , Nash Bridges (continued by Paramount Network Television ), Highlander: The Series , Kingpin , and Big Night . In 1998, Rysher and CBS Productions jointly purchased

3996-505: 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 (6.7 meters) from an elevated platform to the stage and suffered injuries including

4070-592: The show were nominated for a Primetime Emmy in Outstanding Choreography. In 1970, she returned to films with R. P. 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 by director Mike Nichols , playing the girlfriend of a neglectful, arguably abusive character played by Jack Nicholson . She

4144-696: 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. After the first Vegas run ended, she followed 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 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

4218-495: The television series The Flintstones . 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

4292-508: The television syndication business, when Cox's subsidiary TeleRep, established Television Program Enterprises in the late 1970s, before merging with Rysher Entertainment in 1993. As the cable business expanded, it was eventually consolidated and spun off into the new privately-owned Cox Cable Communications (CCC) in 1968, which quickly became the second-largest cable TV company. Upon Jim Cox Jr.'s death in 1974, he left his two sisters, Anne Cox Chambers and Barbara Cox , in control of 95% of

4366-427: The tenth greatest Western film of all time. Her agent had turned down the role without telling her. 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. While she was working on Once a Thief , she met her future husband Roger Smith , who after his successful run on

4440-720: The theme song, a modified version of the Viva Las Vegas theme, to the live-action film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas . 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

4514-433: 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. 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

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4588-568: 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 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. In

4662-540: Was acquired by affiliates of Vine Alternative Investments. Viacom merged with CBS Corporation , under the name ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global ), as a single distribution company in December. CBS Media Ventures currently distributes Rysher's television library, while the distribution rights to the film library lie with Paramount Pictures, with Trifecta Entertainment handling North American broadcast television rights. Cox Enterprises Through Cox Automotive ,

4736-462: Was awarded her first Golden Globe , for New Actress of the Year alongside Jane Fonda and Christine Kaufmann . Then came a 1962 remake of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's musical 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. In her autobiography, Ann-Margret wrote that

4810-575: Was born on April 28, 1941, in Valsjöbyn, Krokom Municipality , Jämtland County , Sweden , to Anna Regina ( née  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". 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

4884-480: Was considered that later that year that Gay Rosenthal was inking a deal with the studio to distribute their own projects. The Cox/Rysher merger was finalized, and soon afterwards, Rysher merged with Al Masini 's Television Program Enterprises to form Rysher TPE , its alternate name used from 1993 to 1994, and helped them to syndicate California Dreams , with Keith Samples remaining at the helm. Through it, they produced and distributed shows, such as Lifestyles of

4958-587: Was finalized back to Cox Enterprises, and subsequently formed Cox First Media. This move was to ensure the publications would remain daily newspapers serving the southwest Ohio region. The company was founded in Dayton, Ohio , by James M. Cox , who purchased the Dayton Daily News in 1898. Cox became a member of Ohio's delegation to the United States House of Representatives and then

5032-406: Was hired because Ann-Margret was his dance student and recommended him for the job. It was Winters' first choreographer credit on film. He would go on to become a common collaborator for both Presley and Ann-Margret. 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

5106-451: Was his." 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. Choreographer David Winters

5180-529: Was more effective in parts closer to what she was in real life: an energetic good girl with a twinkle in the eye." Her performance as the all-American teenager Kim in 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 put her on

5254-411: Was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , and won the 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." On

5328-496: Was recorded in 2004. 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 ", " 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. The album

5402-649: 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

5476-468: Was released on April 14, 2023, on vinyl, compact disc, and on all streaming platforms. In 1961, Ann-Margret filmed a screen test at 20th Century Fox and was signed to a seven-year contract. 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

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