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May Britt

May Britt

Actor · Died December 11, 2025, aged 91 · Lidingö, Stockholms län, Sweden

May Britt (March 22, 1934 - December 11, 2025) was a Swedish actress who had a brief career in the 1950s in Italy and later in the United States. She retired from the screen after she married Sammy Davis, Jr. in 1960. Description above from the Wikipedia article May Britt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 22, 1934
Died
December 11, 2025 (aged 91)
From
Lidingö, Stockholms län, Sweden
Works as
Actor
Titles
5 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 9% in 30 days

What are May Britt's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Survival
19%
Self
15%
Power
15%
Morality
15%
Romantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Melancholic
3
Dread
1
Romantic
1
Cathartic
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch May Britt's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for May Britt's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

19 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Probe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Helga

  • Haunts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Ingrid Swenson

  • The Partners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Mission: Impossible(1966)

    Show 1 episode · as Eva Gollan

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Murder, Inc.(1960)

    as Eadie Collins

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Blue Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Lola-Lola

  • The Hunters(1958)

    as Kristina 'Kris' Abbott

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Young Lions(1958)

    as Gretchen Hardenberg

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • War and Peace(1956)

    as Sonia Rostova

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Revelation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Nadia Ulianova, periodista Soviética

  • L'ultimo amante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Maria Spanisch

  • Give 'em Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Gina Diego

  • Modern Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Claudia Bardi

  • Fatal Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Santuzza

  • The Ship of Condemned Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Consuelo

  • Funniest Show on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Brigitte

  • The She-Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Maria Maricchia

  • Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Jolanda

  • The Unfaithfuls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Liliana Capacci Rodgers

Career shape

Star power in the 78th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 1953 to 1988.

Biggest box office

War and Peace (1956)

$25K worldwide

Highest rated

The Young Lions (1958)

Midcredits 85th

Most popular right now

War and Peace (1956)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting19 of 19: 19 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

By decade

1950s14 · acting1960s2 · acting1970s2 · acting1980s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do May Britt's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3

Shape of the crowd

None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser5

Most loved · actor

The Young Lions (1958)

Midcredits 85th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does May Britt work with?

People who share at least 2 of May Britt's MovieCove titles; Irwin Shaw shares the most, 2.