Uschi Digard was born in SaltsjöDuvnäs near Stockholm Sweden in 1948 At 16 she left home traveled to Paris and spent a year there and later in Italy before journeying further to England She returned to her native Sweden but finally settled in the United States in 1967 Working as a translator for the jewelry trade she was told so often that she should model that she eventually decided to give it a try Before long she was appearing in softcore erotic films and was eventually discovered by filmmaker Russ Meyer After a long and illustrious career she retired in 1989 She speaks eight languages German Italian Spanish Swedish Danish Norwegian French and English Now married she lives in Palm Springs California for two weeks out of every month the rest of the time she spends in her private pad in North Hollywood