Ann-Margret
Swedish-American celebrity Ann-Margret Olsson was among the most popular stars in the 1960s and 1970s. She was a recording artist at first, but the multi-talented performer’s big break came when she co-starred in Bye Bye Birdie. Her acting credits include playing the title character’s mother in the 1975 film Tommy, and playing a recurring role on Law and Order: SVU and Ray Donovan. Five decades after Ann-Margret Olsson became a celebrity, her talent and beauty still influence show business.
Ann-Margret
Vivien Leigh
Similar to some people on this list, Vivien Leigh also said that her natural beauty overshadowed her acting skills a lot and that she had to overcome that. True enough, she was once described by a director as a “consummate actress, hampered by beauty.” She gained the most popularity by starring in Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire, but her career onstage was actually more prolific. In the last decades of her life, she fought tuberculosis but ultimately succumbed to the disease in 1967.
Vivien Leigh
