May Britt, the Swedish actress who faced racism for her 1960 marriage to Rat Pack star Sammy Davis Jr., died of natural causes Dec. 11 at a hospital in Los Angeles, son Mark Davis told The Hollywood ...

She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, worrying John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. By Clay Risen May Britt, the ...

Swedish actress and Sammy Davis Jr’s ex-wife, May Britt, has died. She was 91. Britt, the second wife of the legendary Rat Pack member, died of natural causes at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana ...

She starred in such films as 'The Blue Angel' and 'Murder, Inc.,' but Fox declined to renew her contract after she and the legendary entertainer got engaged in 1960. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt ...

May Britt, the statuesque Swedish actress who starred in such films as The Blue Angel and Murder, Inc. before becoming the second wife of legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 91.

Her breakout role was in 1959, when she starred as cabaret performer Lola-Lola in 'The Blue Angel' Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her ...

May Britt, Swedish actress and the former wife of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., has died at the age of 91. The Blue Angel actress died of natural causes at a hospital in Tarzana, California on 11 ...

Actress May Britt, the second wife of legendary crooner Sammy Davis Jr, has died at the age of 91, her son confirmed on Thursday. Britt, whose best known films included The Blue Angel, Murder Inc, and ...

May Britt, the Swedish actress whose promising Hollywood career was derailed by her groundbreaking interracial marriage to entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., died Dec. 11 at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana ...

U.S. Senator Katie Britt urged graduates Friday to embrace being “lifelong learners” and to respect differing viewpoints, highlighting bipartisanship as the key to legislative accomplishments, ...

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May Britt, a Swedish film star who was once married to Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 91. The actress died of natural causes at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center on Dec. 11, her son ...