May Britt

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.

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