By May, Ann-Margret signed to co-star. She was paid $15,000 a week over ten weeks. Viva Las Vegas was filmed during the summer of 1963, before production of Presley's film Kissin' Cousins, but was released after Kissin' Cousins in the summer of 1964.
How old was Ann Margaret when she made Viva Las Vegas?
These were Viva Las Vegas, Kissin' Cousins, Girl Happy, and Harum Scarum. Ann-Margret and Elvis first met on the Viva Las Vegas set, the first film they worked on together. It was 28-year-old Presley's 14th film, while, at age 22, Ann-Margret's career was starting to explode.
Legend has it that the very next day the Colonel and hotel president Alex Shoofey struck a five-year deal, offering Elvis twice-annual engagements at $125,000 per week. Bruce Banke says there was never a signed contract, only a handshake deal.
Ann-Margret then received a phone call from Elvis' friend and road manager, Joe Esposito. He broke the awful news that Elvis had died. She responded with two simple words: "We're coming." Elvis' funeral was held two days later, on August 18, 1977.
News: Ann-Margret, a Swedish-American actress, has achieved remarkable success in the entertainment industry, amassing a net worth of $28 million as of 2023. Over the course of her career, she has demonstrated her skills as an actress, dancer, and singer, garnering a dedicated fan base and substantial wealth.
Ann-Margret hot dance with Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas (4K)
Did Ann-Margret love Elvis?
She still loved Elvis as a dear friend, and wanted to honor his memory. Even decades later, Ann-Margret would become emotional over Elvis' memory. She generally avoided saying much to the public about Elvis. She even kept mentions of him in her autobiography rather vague.
Although they dated off an on for a year after filming Viva Las Vegas, Ann-Margret indicated they knew early on that their love affair had to end. “His wish was that we could stay together,” she explained. “But of course we both knew that was impossible …
Ann-Margret explained that her loving relationship with Elvis ultimately ended because of forces out of her control. She wrote: "There were other factors in Elvis's life that forced him apart from me, and I understood them. Elvis had always been honest with me, but still, it was a confusing situation."
At the time of his death in 1977, Elvis Presley's net worth was around $5 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. (That's around $24 million today.) This figure was complicated by expenses related to Graceland and the fact that his record label was making money off his music, not Presley's estate or relatives.
In 1973, Colonel Parker negotiated to sell all the rights to all of Elvis' songs to RCA Records for 5.4 million dollars. Colonel Parker got 50% of that deal too. Today, Elvis' estate makes nothing from anything he did before 1973.
Parker accepted that their working relationship was over and demanded that Presley pay him $2 million to end their contract, money that Parker claimed he was owed.
Ann-Margret met Elvis Presley on the MGM soundstage when the two filmed Viva Las Vegas (1964). Filmink argued "She had so much energy and pep that she had blown her previous three male co-stars off screen, but Elvis could match her. He was the best on-screen partner she ever had, and she was his."
Nancy, 83, developed a very close relationship with The King after starring alongside him in the 1968 American musical action film, Speedway. However, it's claimed that the pair's relationship never developed romantically as Elvis was reportedly worried about repercussions from Nancy's father, Frank Sinatra.
Ann-Margret: There are so many. I remember picking up Dean Martin at his house one time when we were going to do a film shoot. He was just so funny, and such a wonderful actor — he was always right there. You'd look into his eyes and he was present.
Elvis started to give Ann-Margret childish nick-names, a typical sign of his warm feelings: Rusty (her name in the film), Thumper, Scoobie, Bunny. They lived only for the moment and for each other.
Priscilla discovered that Elvis was reluctant to be intimate with her after she'd gone through childbirth. He told her he wanted her to have time to recover, but as Priscilla later wrote, “He had mentioned before we were married that he had never been able to make love to a woman who'd had a child.”
ELVIS PRESLEY and ANN MARGARET were together for 12 months after meeting on the set of “VIVA LAS VEGAS” ..Anne always knew Elvis would be marrying Priscilla as he had promised her father he would.. ANN MARGARET was also in a long term relationship at the time..
Lisa Marie Presley was laid to rest at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. alongside dad Elvis Presley and son Benjamin Keough. Learn more about her life and legacy after her death on Jan.
Priscilla was there for Elvis' funeral on August 18, 1977 at Graceland. There were about 80,000 in attendance, according to People. "I was in shock," Priscilla said of the funeral on TODAY in 2018. "You'd see glimpses, you'd see people crying, hysterical, fainting, and that's how impactful it was and still to this day.
The film oversimplifies Elvis Presley's musical influences, relationships, and personal history for the sake of an idolatrous story. While not completely accurate, the movie contains enough truth to make it compelling as both art and a version of history, as evident by its Golden Globe win and Oscar nomination.
(They have no children together.) Around the time Ann-Margret was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 1971's Carnal Knowledge, she was dependent on pills and alcohol, unable to distinguish fantasy from reality, she told the New York Times.
