Swedish-Italian Screen Siren Anita Ekberg Dies at 83

Ekberg as the Marilyn Monroe-like Sylvia, playing in Rome's Trevi fountain in La Dolce Vita in 1960.

Miss Sweden, Anita Ekberg, 1951.

Bob Hope leaves for the Thule Air Force Base in Greenland on Dec. 30, 1954 with Eckberg and other entertainers.

Ekberg as the Marilyn Monroe-like Sylvia, playing in Rome's Trevi fountain in La Dolce Vita in1960.

Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita in 1960.

Ekberg dances in one of Vita's most memorable scenes, in 1960.

Ekberg clasps hands with the dashing Marcello Mastroianni in a scene from the film 'La Dolce Vita' in 1960.

A color portrait of Ekberg circa 1960.

Ekberg checks her hair between takes of Call Me Bwana on Nov. 8, 1962.

Ekberg attends a screening of the restored version of La Dolce Vita, posing next to a poster featuring herself and co-star Mastroianni ,at the Piazza Maggiore on July 6, 2010 in Bologna.