She was the second wife of Robert Evans, who became Paramount Pictures' production chief.
Sparv's son, Maximilian Hoover, scion of the magnate family which founded the eponymous vacuum cleaner, is married to Tatiana Boncompagni, an Italian writer and socialite.
Sparv and her third husband, Fred Kolber, were reportedly among Bernie Madoff's multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme.
Awarded a Golden Globe as Most Promising Newcomer in 1967 for her role in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round.
