{"id":2299,"date":"2026-06-03T12:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:24:06","slug":"the-secrets-behind-ann-margret-and-roger-smiths-50-year-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edmpackz.com\/?p=2299","title":{"rendered":"The Secrets Behind Ann-Margret and Roger Smith’s 50-Year Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Swedish-born, Midwestern-bred actress Ann-Margret first met actor Roger Smith around the time she appeared in her first feature film, 1961’s\u00a0Pocketful of Miracles<\/em>\u00a0with Bette Davis. Barely an adult, she hadn’t yet established herself as the sexy female lead known for roles opposite such stars as Elvis Presley and Dick Van Dyke. Smith, then in his late 20s, was starring in television’s\u00a077 Sunset Strip<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“Every other woman I met was falling all over me,” Smith\u00a0told\u00a0New York<\/em>\u00a0magazine in 1976<\/a>\u00a0of his first impression of Ann, “but this innocent, fresh-faced beauty only spoke to me when I spoke to her and the rest of the time ignored me. I was impressed.”<\/p>\n

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They wouldn’t meet again until five years later. By then, Ann-Margret’s career had peaked and appeared to be on the decline;\u00a077 Sunset Strip<\/em>\u00a0was over and Roger Smith was separated from his wife of nine years, Australian actress Victoria Shaw. They began dating after Smith invited her to the San Francisco nightclub where he was singing. He took her out to dinner the next night, then for a ride on his private plane the following day.<\/p>\n

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