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May Britt

1933 - 2025

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Maj-Britt Wilkens (22 March 1934 – 11 December 2025), known as May Britt ( MY), was a Swedish–American actress who had a brief career in the 1950s in Italy and later in the United States. She was married to American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. from 1960 to 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). May Britt is the 4,688th most popular actor (up from 4,789th in 2024), the 775th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 781st in 2019) and the 68th most popular Swedish Actor.

May Britt was most famous for being a Swedish film actress who starred in Hollywood films in the 1950s and 1960s. She is also widely known for marrying actor Sammy Davis Jr. in 1960, one of the first high-profile interracial marriages in the United States.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, May Britt ranks 4,688 out of 13,578. Before her are Herbert Marshall, Hanna Maron, Rose Leslie, Patrick Kilpatrick, Ben Chaplin, and Millie Perkins. After her are Ed Helms, Jimmy Durante, James Darren, Bill Smitrovich, Luke Hemsworth, and Irina Alfyorova.

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Among people born in 1933, May Britt ranks 364. Before her are Hiroki Kosai, Mike Larrabee, Gino Pivatelli, Knut Johannesen, Wayne Rogers, and Gabriel Aresti. After her are Erik Hornung, Bengt Berndtsson, Norbert Eschmann, Toini Pöysti, Viktor Kapitonov, and Maurizio Arena. Among people deceased in 2025, May Britt ranks 343. Before her are Gino Pivatelli, Bernd Cullmann, Antonio Bailetti, Ileana Silai, Fauja Singh, and Assata Shakur. After her are Patricia Routledge, Jan Lála, Miguel Ángel Russo, Eduardo Serra, Roman Starovoyt, and David Johansen.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, May Britt ranks 775 out of 1,879. Before her are Irma Johansson (1932), Carl Frederik von Breda (1759), Harald Cramér (1893), Karin Dreijer (1975), Carl Folcker (1889), and Glenn Strömberg (1960). After her are Jan Arnald (1963), Gustaf Skarsgård (1980), Margaretha Krook (1925), Nils Karlsson (1917), Bengt Berndtsson (1933), and Uschi Digard (1948).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, May Britt ranks 68. Before her are Joel Kinnaman (1979), Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921), Ewa Aulin (1950), Bill Skarsgård (1990), Christina Schollin (1937), and Alexandra Rapaport (1971). After her are Gustaf Skarsgård (1980), Margaretha Krook (1925), Uschi Digard (1948), Rosa Taikon (1926), Alf Kjellin (1920), and Lars Hanson (1886).

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