May Britt

May Britt
Britt in the 1960s
Born
Maj-Britt Wilkens

(1934-03-22)22 March 1934
Lidingö, Sweden
Died11 December 2025(2025-12-11) (aged 91)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1952–1988
Spouses
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(m. 1958; div. 1959)​
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(m. 1960; div. 1968)​
Lennart Ringquist
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(m. 1993; died 2017)​
Children3

May Britt (born Maybritt Wilkens; 22 March 1934 – 11 December 2025) was a Swedish actress who had a brief career in the 1950s in Italy and later in the United States. She retired from the screen while she was married to Sammy Davis Jr. from 1960 to 1968. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden.

After the divorce, Britt resumed working with sporadic TV guest appearances, the last in 1988. She then retired and mainly involved in painting. In Italy she also worked as a model for the high fashion designer Vincenzo Ferdinandi.

Britt died of natural causes at a hospital in Tarzana, California on 11 December 2025 at the age of 91.

References

  1. ↑ "Vincenzo Ferdinandi and May Britt".
  2. ↑ Barnes, Mike. "May Britt, Swedish Actress and Wife of Sammy Davis Jr., Dies at 91". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 December 2025.