Elvis and Me

Elvis and Me is a 1985 American biography written by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, the former wife of singer Elvis Presley. The book tells of their meeting on an American army base in Germany and their subsequent relationship.

The Ann-Margret affair

Of the many women involved with Elvis Presley the one who worried Priscilla Beaulieu most was actress/singer Ann-Margret, who co-starred with him in the film Viva Las Vegas. In her book Priscilla devotes four pages to the subject (175 to 178). She writes there was a lot of publicity about a romance between Elvis and Ann-Margret during the 1963 filming and the following weeks when Presley returned to Hollywood to record the music and prepare for his next film. Despite his denials of an affair Beaulieu went to Los Angeles and stayed with him. Aware Priscilla was there, Ann-Margret took matters into her own hands and suddenly announced to the Los Angeles press that she was engaged to Elvis Presley. The news was picked up by every major newspaper in America and Elvis informed Priscilla that he and Colonel Tom Parker thought it best for her to "go back to Memphis till it calms down." Beaulieu picked up a vase and fired it across the room, screaming that Ann-Margret should "keep her ass in Sweden where she belongs." But, desperate to please him, she went back to Graceland the next day. Elvis showed up two weeks later, admitted the affair was true but promised he had ended it. Of all the movie stars Elvis Presley worked with, Ann-Margret was the only one to attend his funeral.

Related Topics:
Ann-Margret - Viva Las Vegas - Hollywood - Colonel Tom Parker

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The very next line of Priscilla's book says that after the Ann-Margret ordeal she soon suspected there were other women. She started traveling everywhere with him but says she would still "get crazed with worry." Priscilla writes she was afraid that the moment she was away from him another woman could slip in. She says when she heard a rumor about one of the starlets she would sometimes do things like suggest coming to the movie set but he would refuse. In other instances she recites how her insecurities would lead her to imitate the other woman's appearance, changing her clothes, hairstyle and makeup to hopefully please him.

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If she forcefully challenged Presley on her suspicions he would threaten to send her home to her parents. One such confrontation led to a screaming match where he told her to get out. Bags packed, chauffeur ready to take her to the airport, he changed his mind at the last minute and she willingly stayed. Priscilla writes that it was years later before she realized his tactics were part of a need to control her. This was all before they were married but in her 2005 made-for-television documentary titled Elvis by the Presleys, she admitted he had affairs with other women during their marriage.

Related Topics:
2005 - Elvis by the Presleys

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