Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg[1] (29 September 1931 – 11 January 2015) was a Swedish actress, model, and sex symbol. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita (1960).[2] Ekberg worked primarily in Italy to which she became a permanent resident in 1964.[3]
She was married to Thunderball actor Rik Van Nutter from 1963 until 1975.
In the movie From Russia with Love, she is on a big poster ( Call Me Bwana ), and her mouth is a private escape hatch of Krilencu.
- Ali Kerim Bey: "She has a lovely mouth, that Anita."
- James Bond: "Yes, I see what you mean"
- ―From Russia with Love