A 1960 picture of Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (L) and his Swedish colleague Anita Ekberg (R) in Rome's famous "Fontana di Trevi" during the shooting of the Federico Fellini movie "La Dolce Vita". Ekberg, 77, the curvaceous Swedish-born film star who famously frolicked in the Trevi fountain in "La Dolce Vita," has been admitted to a hospital in Rome, a medical official said. Ekberg, who has lived in Italy for many years, was checked into the San Giovanni hospital, said the official in its neurosurgery department who declined to give details. Italy's domestic ANSA news agency said she had fallen ill in her home in Genzano, near Rome, and that while her condition was not considered serious, she had been put under observation. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

A 1960 picture of Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (L) and his Swedish colleague Anita Ekberg (R) in Rome's famous "Fontana di Trevi" during the shooting of the Federico Fellini movie "La Dolce Vita". Ekberg, 77, the curvaceous Swedish-born film star who famously frolicked in the Trevi fountain in "La Dolce Vita," has been admitted to a hospital in Rome, a medical official said. Ekberg, who has lived in Italy for many years, was checked into the San Giovanni hospital, said the official in its neurosurgery department who declined to give details. Italy's domestic ANSA news agency said she had fallen ill in her home in Genzano, near Rome, and that while her condition was not considered serious, she had been put under observation.