Ann-Margret
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JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Date

Year

JanuaryJanuary
Jan.

1972

Hollywood's Foreign Press awards Ann-Margret a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for the film 'Carnal Knowledge'.
Jan.

1976

Ann-Margret wins the Golden Globe for Best Actress for her work in 'Tommy'.
Jan. 4

1961

Ann-Margret tries out for the film 'State Fair'.
Jan. 11

1961

Ann-Margret signs to an RCA recording contract.
Jan. 11

1963

Ann-Margret appears on the cover of the 1/11/63 edition of Life Magazine.
Jan. 18

1961

Ann-Margret and Roger Smith meet for the first time.
Jan. 18

1965

Ann-Margret serves as Master of Ceremony at President Johnsons Inaugural Ball.
Jan. 21

1961

Ann-Margret is offered the 'State Fair' role.
Jan. 27

1961

Ann-Margret appears on the cover of the 1/27/61 edition of Life Magazine.

Date

Year

FebruaryFebruary
Feb.

1962

Ann-Margret becomes engaged to Burt Sugarman.
Feb.

1973

Ann-Margret performs the Sahara (the site of the accident) in Lake Tahoe.
Feb.

1979

Ann-Margret's 'Love Rush' album comes out.
Feb. 5

1961

Ann-Margret buys a buys a watermelon colored, stick-shift, convertible Ford Falcon.
Feb. 7

1973

Ann-Margret's father dies.
Feb. 9

1961

Ann-Margret records her first RCA single, "Lost Love".
Feb. 10

1961

Ann-Margret ta[es the Jack Benny Show.
Feb. 12

1961

Ann-Margret meets Frank Capra, director of 'State Fair'
Feb. 14

1983

'Who Will Love My Children' airs on television.
Feb. 17

1976

Ann-Margret is nominated for Best Actress for 'Tommy' for the 48th Academy Award.
Feb. 28

1961

Ann-Margret's first single 'Lost Love' is released.

Date

Year

MarchMarch
March

1962

Ann-Margret breaks up her engagement to Burt Sugarman.
March

1962

'State Fair' premieres.
March

1966

Ann-Margret entertains soldeirs in Vietnam..
March

1977

Ann-Margret tapes the Television special 'Rhinestone Cowgirl'.
March 6

1961

Ann-Margret's first RCA album ('And Here She Is') is finished.
March 6

1962

Ann-Margret wins the Golden Globe from the Foreign Press Association as 'International Star of Tomorrow -1961'.
March 6

1981

Ann-Margret is awarded the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce Award.
March 21

1980

Ann-Margret is honored with the Jimmy Durante Award as best female entertainer at the Las Vegas Entertainer Awards.

Date

Year

AprilApril
April 4

1973

'When You're Smiling' television special airs and is dedicated to Ann-Margret's father.
April 5

1963

'Bye Bye Birdie's premiere is at Radio City Music hall.
April 9

1962

Ann-Margret sings 'Bachelor in Paradise' at the 34th Academy Awards.
April 20

1964

'Viva Las Vegas' premieres.
April 28

1941

Ann-Margret is born in Stockholm, Sweden.

Date

Year

MayMay
May

1961

Ann-Margret starts work on 'Pocketful of Miracles''.
May 3

1980

'Hollywood Movie Girls' television special starring Ann-Margret airs on television.
May 8

1967

Ann-Margret and Roger Smith marry in Las Vegas.
May 10

1995

Ann-Margret chats on CompuServe.
May 18

1978

Ann-Margret performs in the Circus Maximus Showroom at Caesar's Palace.
May 19

1997

The domain name 'ann-margret.com' is registered by Roger Smith.
May 20-23

1959

Ann-Margret stars in her high shool play 'Plain and Fancy'.
May 29

1963

Ann-Margret sings at President Kennedy's birthday.

Date

Year

JuneJune
June

1961

Ann-Margret's second single (I Just Don't Understand') is released.
June

1967

Ann-Margret opens a five-week engagement at the Riviera with George Burns and Elvis Presley in the audience. Elvis gives A-M flowers in the shape of a guitar.
June

1979

The premiere of 'The Villain' costarring Kirk Douglas occurs.
June 17

1955

Ann-Margret graduates from Junior High School.
June 20

1980

Ann-Margret takes her last alcohol drink.
June 22

1978

Ann-Margret performs in the Circus Maximus Showroom at Caesar's Palace.
June 26

1979

Elvis' father, Vernon, dies.
June 28

1971

'Carnal Knowledge' premieres.
June 28

1978

'Cheap Detective' premieres.

Date

Year

JulyJuly
July

1960

Ann-Margret and the Suttletones play at Villa Marina in Newport Beach.
July

1961

Ann-Margret appears on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
July 10

1971

Ann-Margret performs one night at the Concord Hotel in upstate New York.
July 11

1973

Ann-Margret unveils her star at 6501 Hollywood Boulevard.
July 14

1979

Ann-Margret gives her first live appearance in New York City in a mini-concert for the 'Billboard' convention at Roseland in New York.

Date

Year

AugustAugust
August

1960

Ann-Margret and the Suttletones play at the Commercial Hotel in Elko, Nevada and at the Riverside Hotel in Reno.
August 6

1971

Ann-Margret appears on the cover of Life Magazine.
August 16

1977

Ann-Margret opens at the Hilton on the day that Elvis dies.
August 17

1978

Ann-Margret performs in the Circus Maximus Showroom at Caesar's Palace.
August 17

1988

Roger's first wife, Victoria Shaw, dies from asthma problems.

Date

Year

SeptemberSeptember
Sept.

1960

Ann-Margret and the Suttletones play at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas.
Sept.

1961

Ann-Margret starts work on 'State Fair'.
Sept.

1978

Ann-Margret tapes 'Rockette' a two-hour celebration of Radio City's fifty year history.
Sept. 10

1972

At 12:30 at night while doing her 12th show (in 6 nights) at the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe, Ann-Margret falls 22 feet on stage.
Sept. 11

1996

The domain name 'annmargret.com is registered by the Ann-Margret Club.
Sept. 29

1977

Ann-Margret hosts 'Memories of Elvis' two-hour NBC Television special.

Date

Year

OctoberOctober
Oct. 14

1978

Ann-Margret appears on 'The Osmond Special' television special.
Oct. 18

1980

'Middle Age Crazy' opens.

Date

Year

NovemberNovember
Nov.

1960

A-M is booked at the Congo Room, Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas with George Burns.
Nov. 2

1978

Ann-Margret a
Nov. 23

1977

Ann-Margret's 'Cinderella at the Palace' television special airs.
Nov. 28

1972

Ann-Margret does a remarkable comeback from her accident opening at the Las Vegas Hilton.
Nov. 29

1946

Ann-Margret and her mother arrive in the United States via the steamer Gripsholm.

Date

Year

DecemberDecember
Dec.

1959

Ann-Margret goes to Iceland and Germany on a USO tour.
Dec.

1966

' The Swinger' and 'Murderers Row' both are released.
Dec. 6

1964

'Pleasure Seekers' is released.
Dec. 6

1969

'Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love' television special appear.
Dec. 9

1969

Ann-Margret does her second television special, starring Dean Martin and Lucille Ball.
Dec. 14

1978

Ann-Margret 'Rockette' a two-hour celebration of Radio City's fifty year history airs on television.
Dec. 18

1932

Roger Smith is born in South Gate, California.
Dec. 22

1968

Ann-Margret performs at the opening show for Bob Hope's Christmas Show in Vietnam.

[Updated 08/01/1998]
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