Camilla Margareta Sparv (born 3 June 1943) is a Swedish actress, noted for her role opposite

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in '' Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round'' (1966).

Early life

Camilla Margareta Sparv was born in

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, Sweden, * *https://www.allmovie.com/artist/camilla-sparv-vn15298311 on 3 June 1943.

Career

She was a photographer's model in Stockholm. Sparv appeared in such films as: '' Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round'' (1966), ''

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'' (1966), '' The Trouble with Angels'' (1966), ''

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'' (1968), '' Nobody Runs Forever'' (1968), '' Mackenna's Gold'' (1969), ''

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'' (1969), ''

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'' (1978), '' Caboblanco'' (1980), and '' Survival Zone'' (1983), as well as the television shows ''

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'', ''

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'' (SE2EP19), ''

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'', '' Hawaii Five-O'' and the miniseries '' Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls'' (1981). In 1977, she appeared in "Never Con a Killer," the pilot for the ABC crime drama '' The Feather and Father Gang''.

Personal life

Sparv was briefly married to American film producer

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in 1965. On 20 December 1969, Sparv married her second husband, Herbert W. 'Bunker' Hoover III, a Hoover vacuum heir, and had two children by him. Sparv had one child with her third husband, Fred Kolber, later, a Madoff investor. * * Laura Taylor Swain#Hoover v. Boncompagni

Recognition

Sparv was awarded a

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as Most Promising Newcomer (female) in 1967 for her role opposite

in '' Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round'' (1966).

References

External links

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