Degermark described her father as an alcoholic but her early life as sheltered though being brought up in an affluent rural family. She suffered the symptoms of anorexia for some years before she married Siemens heir and film producer Pier Andrea Caminneci (1941–2013) in 1971; the couple had a son, divorcing in 1973. Degermark moved to the United States for a time. After returning to Sweden in 1979, still with anorexia, Degermark became involved in a relationship with a man that led to her moving in the drug subculture, and eventually being befriended by a female career criminal. She worked in women's voluntary groups for other people with anorexia. While in her 50s, she was embroiled in a series of disputes over missing money with both charity regulators and her father's second wife. After complaints were made by her stepmother to the authorities, Degermark served a prison sentence and lost the last friends remaining from her high water mark of teenage film star many years before.[1]