1. Ewa Aulin is remembered for playing the title character in the cult film Candy where she appeared with John Huston, Ringo Starr, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, Richard Burton and Marlon Brando.
14 Facts About Ewa Aulin
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Ewa Aulin is known to horror film fans for starring in Death Smiles on a Murderer, Death Laid an Egg, and Ceremonia Sangrienta.
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Ewa Aulin won the title of Miss Teen Sweden in 1965 at age 15 and was then approached by Gunnar Fischer, who asked her to appear as the young girl in his short film Djavulens instrument.
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Ewa Aulin subsequently represented Sweden in the first-ever Miss Teen International pageant, on 6 April 1966 in Hollywood, California.
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Ewa Aulin won, earning the title of Miss Teen International 1966.
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In late 1967, Ewa Aulin was cast as the title character in her most famous film, the American-Italian-French co-production Candy, directed by Christian Marquand.
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Ewa Aulin learned that she had the role only the day before filming began in early December 1967.
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The film did poorly in America and failed to make an international star out of Ewa Aulin; it was more successful in Europe and in recent years has gained some popularity as a cult film.
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The only other American film Ewa Aulin appeared in was Start the Revolution Without Me, a comedy of errors set during the French Revolution.
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Ewa Aulin played a supporting role as Christina of Belgium, and the film starred Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland, but like Candy, the film did little business in America.
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Later that year, Ewa Aulin starred in the experimental film Microscopic Liquid Subway to Oblivion, which was written and directed by Ewa Aulin's husband, who used family money to set himself up as a film producer, using the Anglo-sounding stage name John Shadow.
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Ewa Aulin played an undead avenging angel in Joe D'Amato's gothic horror film La morte ha sorriso all'assassino and appeared in the thriller Una vita lunga un giorno.
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In 1974,24-year-old Ewa Aulin married wealthy real-estate developer Cesare Paladino, and they went on to have two daughters.
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Ewa Aulin abandoned her acting career, enrolled at university, and became a schoolteacher.