Agneta Eckemyr

Agneta Marie-Anne Eckemyr (2 July 1950 – 29 December 2018)^[1]^[2] was a Swedish actress, model and clothing designer.^[3]

Biography

Eckemyr was born in Karlsborg in the county of Västra Götaland. She started modelling at a young age, and moved to New York City in the United States when she was 20 years old.^[3]

She was photographed by

Disney family film production The Island at the Top of the World, Eckemyr appeared on the front cover and within the October 1975 edition of Playboy magazine, in a pictorial on Sapphic love.^[5] Her success in the US led to offers of high-profile roles in Sweden, and in 1975 she appeared in Lejonet och jungfrun (The Lion and the Virgin) with Sven-Bertil Taube and directed by Lars-Magnus Lindgren.^[3]

After retirement from being an actress, she turned her talents to clothing design. Her final designs were featured at Älskning (Swedish for Darling) on
Columbus Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, a block from where she lived in an apartment overlooking Central Park.^[6]^[7]
She moved back to Sweden in 2013, and died in Stockholm in 2018.

Filmography

1971: Blindman – Pilar

1974: The Island at the Top of the World – Freyja

1975: Lejonet och jungfrun – Virgo

1977: The Kentucky Fried Movie – Ming Chow (segment "A Fistful of Yen")

1978: CHiPs episode Flashback! –1st Woman in Car

1979: Winter Kills – Nurse One

1979: Kristoffers hus – Hanna

1980: Flygnivå 450 – Aino

1981: Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro – Inger

1982: Brusten himmel – Märta

References

^ "Dödsannonser i SVD". Svenska Dagbladet.

^ "Svenska skådespelerskan Agneta Eckemyr är död".

^ ^a ^b ^c "Agneta Eckemyrs sista svåra år". expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 December 2018.

^ http://www.life.com/gallery/37692/image/ugc1022802#index/30^{[permanent dead link]}

^ Playboy Magazine – 1975 Back Issues Archived 9 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

^ Places_Solvang

^ "Västerãs Tidning". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.

External links

Agneta Eckemyr at
IMDb

"Agneta Eckemyr". The New York Times.

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[1] "Dödsannonser i SVD". Svenska Dagbladet.

[2] "Svenska skådespelerskan Agneta Eckemyr är död".

[:0-3] "Agneta Eckemyrs sista svåra år". expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[4] ttp://www.life.com/gallery/37692/image/ugc1022802#index/30^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Playboy Magazine – 1975 Back Issues Archived 9 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Places_Solvang

[7] "Västerãs Tidning". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2007.

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