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• Ann-Margret opens up about some of her biggest films in an interview with Interview Magazine
• The actress, 84, looked back at the beginning of her film career, discussing working with Bette Davis on Pocketful of Miracles
• Ann-Margret went on to be over 55 films after her debut, cementing herself in 60s and 70s cinema

Ann-Margret has fond memories of working with the iconic Bette Davis.

While Davis was known as being a perfectionist to a fault, which sometimes led to clashes with cohorts on her many movie sets, this wasn't the case between the two actresses while filming 1961's Pocketful of Miracles.

Ann-Margret, 84, recently spoke with Interview Magazine, where she recalled a moment where Davis looked out for her on the film's set.

"I was about to have a close-up, and of course, Pocketful of Miracles was my first movie, and I didn’t know close-shot, medium-shot," she explained.

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"She was there and she, at one point, stopped all the filming and said, 'Ann-Margret, this is your close-up, I want you to look as good as you possibly can. Makeup! Hair!' The makeup person and hair person came and when they finished she looked and said, 'Okay, now we can go on.' Oh, she was lookin’ out for me."

She added, "I played her daughter and I really felt like it."

Pocketful of Miracles was Ann-Margret's first film, but far from her last. She'd go on to have roles in over 55 films, including Bye Bye Birdie, Viva Las Vegas, and Tommy.

Of that film, Ann-Margret shared her positive experience with director Ken Russell. "I had been told about him, and that he screamed a lot, so I was ready for that," she admitted.

"In my presence, he didn’t scream at all. He just was very… calm. I really had a good relationship with him."

The actress' career has had many ebbs and flows and she's kept her cool, learning to ride those waves.

"I knew that I had something to offer. I just kept going no matter what people said," she explained about her mentality.

In 2010, she won an Emmy for a guest role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Her most recent credits include 2021’s Queen Bees and two episodes of Netflix’s The Kominsky Method. In 1967, she married actor Roger Smith, who became her manager. They were together until his death in 2017.

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