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Replaced by Vivien Leigh in the musical "Tovarich" before the show reached Broadway.

Came to Hollywood as a foreign import on the heels of the success of fellow Scandinavian Anita Ekberg.

When her film career declined, she sought stage roles in such musicals as "West Side Story," "The Sound of Music," "Can-Can," and "A Little Night Music," She returned to Broadway in later years with the musicals "Where's Charley?," "Nine" and "Cabaret".

Was a naturalized US citizen, but later returned to her native Finland.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Feature Actress (Musical) for a revival of "Where's Charley?".

Is one of 23 actresses who did not receive an Oscar nomination for their Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Golden Globe-winning performance; hers being for Les Girls (1957) (tied with Kay Kendall. The others, in chronological order, are: June Allyson for Too Young to Kiss (1951), Ethel Merman for Call Me Madam (1953), Jean Simmons for Guys and Dolls (1955), Kay Kendall for Les Girls (1957), Marilyn Monroe for Some Like It Hot (1959), Rosalind Russell for A Majority of One (1961) and Gypsy (1962), Patty Duke for Me, Natalie (1969), Twiggy for The Boy Friend (1971), Raquel Welch for The Three Musketeers (1973), Barbra Streisand for A Star Is Born (1976), Bernadette Peters for Pennies from Heaven (1981), Kathleen Turner for Romancing the Stone (1984) and Prizzi's Honor (1985), Miranda Richardson for Enchanted April (1991), Jamie Lee Curtis for True Lies (1994), Nicole Kidman for To Die For (1995), Madonna for Evita (1996), Renée Zellweger for Nurse Betty (2000), Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Amy Adams for Big Eyes (2014), Awkwafina for The Farewell (2019), Rosamund Pike for I Care a Lot (2020) and Rachel Zegler for West Side Story (2021).

Mother of Raoul Björkenheim

Her earliest professional engagements were as a dancer with the Sadler's Wells and Marquis de Cuevas troupes.

Her first name rhymed with "Dinah" (ie it had a long I), rather than being pronounced "Tayna".