Ann-Margret, motorcycle aficionado, donated a bike of her own at a groundbreaking ceremony in Las Vegas for a Harley-Davidson Cafe.

She also used the occasion Tuesday to give another memento - a jacket emblazoned with her photo across the back. It will hang in the restaurant, which will feature memorabilia from the actress and Elvis Presley.For the actress, it was a homecoming of sorts. In 1960, as a teenager, she got her first big break, appearing with George Burns in a song-and-dance routine at the Sahara Hotel in 1960. Later she teamed with Presley in the movie "Viva Las Vegas," which featured both stars riding motorcycles.

For years she was one of the superstars of the Las Vegas Strip, with a musical that included her Spider Harley.

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"I'm so happy to be back here," she said at the construction site. "This city has been so great to me."

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