Ann-Margret shared she suffered a fall and broke her elbow in April.(Amanda Edwards/
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Hollywood icon, Ann-Margret, was recently photographed outside a Los Angeles hotel in a wheelchair.
The 85-year-old actress was spotted arriving to a hotel for an event, where her staff met her outside and helped her get out of her car.
She was seen smiling as she was being wheeled into the event by her staff, in an all-black outfit, which she paired with a green blazer, glasses and a necklace.
Her appearance at the event occurred only a few months after the actress shared she suffered a fall in her home in April, which led to a broken elbow.
Ann-Margret was photographed in Los Angeles just months after announcing she broke her elbow in a fall.(G Press/Mega)
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“I fell the other day and so now my right elbow is broken,” Ann-Margret told <a href="https://parade.com/entertainment/ann-margret-health-update-exclusive” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>Parade magazine at the time. “That’s OK. … I have fallen so many times. I don’t intend to, but I do! What can I say?”
Although she was forced to cancel a fan event at the time during which she would be signing autographs, she assured the outlet that she was on the mend, telling them, “Yes I am. I sure am!”
Dubbed “The Female Elvis,” Ann-Margret had her breakout performance in the 1963 movie musical, “Bye Bye Birdie,” which established her as a leading lady early in her career. She then starred alongside Elvis Presley in the 1964 movie, “Viva Las Vegas.”
Her transition to dramatic films came in the 70s, with the actress receiving her first of two Academy Award nominations in 1972 for her role in “Carnal Knowledge.”
Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley ride motor scooters in a scene from the 1964 film “Viva Las Vegas.”(Screen Archives/
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Throughout her career, the sex-symbol received five Golden Globe Awards, one Emmy Award, two Academy Award nomination and two Grammy Award nominations.
When speaking with Fox News Digital in June, Ann-Margret shared her love for motorcycles, revealing she rode one for the first as a child in Sweden with her uncle, saying after that “I had to have one of my own.” After all these years on a bike, the actress said she has never been scared.
Ann-Margret has spoken about her love of motorcycles many times in the past.(Cleopatra Records)
“Isn’t that something?” she said. “I never have been. I love the speed. I try not to go too fast, although I do love the speed. I’m joyful when I get on that bike. I don’t get scared. That’s the problem!”
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She previously spoke to People magazine in February 2024 about her love for motorcycles, noting, “I love speed. Not the drug.”
After years in the business, Ann-Margret shares she has no plans to slow down anytime soon.(Hulton Archive/
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The performer also spoke to the outlet about her decades-long career in Hollywood, saying she had zero plans to slow down. Ann-Margret described how she took dance lessons early on in life to prove to her parents she was born to entertain.
“I remember wanting to be in show business all my life,” Ann-Margret told the outlet. “And I remember one day I said to mother and daddy, ‘I want to talk to you. It’s a very, very important thing for me and I want to get into show business.’”
