- Born
- Birth nameCamilla Margareta Sparv
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Glamorous, svelte, ash blonde Camilla Margareta Sparv briefly courted the international limelight in the mid-60s. The stunning Swedish high-fashion model arrived in Hollywood in 1965, courtesy of Columbia Pictures. Following a third-billed role (Sister Constance) in The Trouble with Angels (1966), she was awarded a Golden Globe as Most Promising Newcomer in 1967 for her performance (Inger Knudson) opposite James Coburn in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966). This seems to have set the tone for her subsequent casting as exotic European belles in several action films: the alluringly named Coco Duquette, mistress of chief antagonist Karl Malden in the Matt Helm thriller Murderers' Row (1966); kidnap victim Toni Peters and love interest of British spy Stephen Boyd in Assignment K (1968); the spunky girlfriend of a U.S. marshal (Gregory Peck) searching for Mackenna's Gold (1969); and the girl a champion skier (Robert Redford) has a brief fling with in Downhill Racer (1969). After a six-year hiatus, Camilla segued into television guest roles, decorating a number of (mostly) crime shows, including The Rockford Files (1974), Hawaii Five-O (1968), Barnaby Jones (1973) and Simon & Simon (1981).
Camilla was married three times: her exes included former Paramount production chief Robert Evans and vacuum cleaner millionaire Herbert Hoover III. Her third husband (of 22 years) was hedge fund founder and real estate company owner Fredric Kolber (1939-2016).
- IMDb mini biography by: I.S.Mowis
- SpousesFredrick Harvey Kolber(May 28, 1994 - November 25, 2016) (his death, 1 child)Herbert William Hoover III(December 20, 1969 - 1979) (divorced, 2 children)Robert Evans(September 2, 1964 - January 1967) (divorced)
- ParentsMartin Karl SparvAntonia Konnikov
- RelativesBirgitta Charlotta Sparv(Sibling)
- Playing Graceful, Sophisticated, Classy, Elegantly Beatiful Women
- She was the second wife of Robert Evans, who became Paramount Pictures' production chief.
- Sparv's son, Maximilian Hoover, scion of the magnate family which founded the eponymous vacuum cleaner, is married to Tatiana Boncompagni, an Italian writer and socialite.
- Sparv and her third husband, Fred Kolber, were reportedly among Bernie Madoff's multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme.
- Awarded a Golden Globe as Most Promising Newcomer in 1967 for her role in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round.
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