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Ewa Aulin (born 13 February 1950 in Landskrona, Skåne län, Sweden) is a Swedish actress who appeared in a number of Italian and some American films in the 1960s and 1970s. She is best remembered for playing the title character in the cult film Candy (1968) where she appeared alongside such stars as John Huston, Ringo Starr, Walter Matthau, Richard Burton and Marlon Brando.

Ewa Aulin first rose to fame in her native Sweden when she won the title of Miss Teen Sweden in 1965 at age 15. Subsequently, she went on to represent Sweden in the Miss Teen International pageant, which was held on April 6, 1966 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Ewa won; thereby earning the title of Miss Teen International 1966.

Ewa's success as Miss Teen International quickly attracted the attention of Italian film producers, and in 1967 she made her feature film debut with a supporting role in the comedy Don Giovanni in Sicilia (Don Juan in Sicily), based on the novel by Vitaliano Brancati. This was quickly...

Created by dipity on Jan 24, 2008

Last updated: 11/11/09 at 02:54 PM

• Candy
  1967

  Candy is a 1968 film directed by Christian Marquand. Based on the 1958 novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, it starred Ringo Starr, Ewa Aulin, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, James Coburn, John Huston, Walter Matthau, and Sugar Ray Robinson. Anita Pallenberg and Florinda Bolkan also appear in small parts.The opening sequence shows Candy (Ewa Aulin) descending to Earth from outer space. In the next scene, she is in school, where her father (John Astin) is also her teacher. She attends a poetry recital by eccentric poet MacPhisto (Richard Burton), who offers her a ride home in his limousine. At her home, MacPhisto gets increasingly drunk and continues to recite poems, inspiring Candy and the Mexican gardener Emanuel (Ringo Starr) to have sex. After this scandal, the family decides to send her off to a private school, and she embarks on a psychedelic journey during which she meets a number of strange people, including a sex starved military general (Walter...,
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• Ewa Aulin's Birthday
  1949

  Ewa Aulin was born