Sweden Digard was long believed to be Swedish and the
Swedish Film Institute tentatively accepts this, while acknowledging that there are other possibilities. The 2013 interview, however, suggests that her connection with the country is slight. She says she lived there "for three years" in the sixties when her husband had a show on Swedish television, but her chronology implies a shorter period, approximately summer 1967 to autumn 1968. Once settled, she began working as a
pin-up model. She became one of the best known big-bust models in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Magazines in which she appeared frequently include
Knight,
Cinema X,
Latent Image, and
Gent. Digard also did photo shoots under the name of Astrid Lillimore. At the same time, she set about breaking into the movies. She started at the bottom as a
bit player and
supporting actress in
sexploitation films, with her uncredited turn as a hitch-hiker in
Gary Graver's
The Kill (1968) possibly her first screen appearance. She gradually worked up to more prominent roles, as in ''Raquel's Motel
(aka Uschi's Hollywood Adventure'', 1970). Both of these films were so low-budget they were shot without sound and then dubbed with a narrative voice-over. Yet even in
Z movies, Digard developed a reputation for her work ethic and commitment to making projects succeed — which extended to stepping in as a
stunt double for more trepidatious colleagues if necessary. Meyer cast Digard in
Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970) to perform an
interpretive dance scene symbolizing the death of the protagonist. She went on to appear in two more of Meyer's films in the 1970s:
Supervixens (1975) and
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979). She was also a co-producer on
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, as she had been earlier on the director's
Up! (1976). She provided the voice-over narration for Tundi Horvath's character in Meyer's last film,
Pandora Peaks (2000). She also had starring roles in
Edward L. Montoro's
Getting Into Heaven (1970) and
Ed Wood's
The Only House in Town (1971). Among the dozens of features in which Digard did cameos and played minor roles were
Superchick (1973) starring
Joyce Jillson, as the character Mayday;
Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS (1975), as a prisoner;
Sam Peckinpah's
The Killer Elite (1975), as a girl at a party;
Richard Franklin's
Fantasm (1976), as Super Girl;
Chesty Anderson, USN (1976), as the Baron's girlfriend;
Female Chauvinists (1976), as a character called Pussy; and
John Landis's
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), as the woman showering in the segment "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble". Digard appeared in a small number of X-rated movies, such as
I Want You! (1970), but her own sex scenes in these films were faked. or anthologised on
videocassette and DVD. Her
Amazon-like screen presence and enthusiasm for the genre made her a favourite in the niche market for sexy fighting loops, These usually involved her wrestling other women (Candy Samples, Kelly Stewart,
Serena), but some involved boxing, and some pitted her against men. ==Return to private life==