Playing for Bergman
by levomepromazine | created - 08 Mar 2013 | updated - 16 Aug 2014 | Public
1. Maj-Britt Nilsson
Actress | Sommarlek
Rare indeed to spot a dark-haired Swede on film but the delicately beautiful Maj-Britt Nilsson was certainly one of them, along with Harriet Andersson, who went on to captivate film audiences in the bleak films of Ingmar Bergman.
Born in Stockholm on December 11, 1924, the lovely Nilsson was ...
2. Bibi Andersson
Actress | Persona
Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing ...
3. Harriet Andersson
Actress | Viskningar och rop
Discovered at age 20 by celebrated director Ingmar Bergman, she became part of Bergman's regular stable of performers; in fact, he wrote Summer with Monika (1953) especially for her breakthrough. Extraordinary and versatile as an actress, her roles have ranged from the naive young wife in Sawdust ...
1- Sommaren med Monika (1953), Monica
4. Gunnel Lindblom
Actress | Jungfrukällan
After acting studies at the Gothenburg City Theatre from 1950-52, she made her breakthrough debut in Gustaf Molander's Kärlek (1952). When Ingmar Bergman became head of the Malmö City Theatre he asked her to join him there and with him as a director she played the role of Margareta in Goethe's...
5. Ingrid Thulin
Actress | Smultronstället
Ingrid trained as a ballet dancer and attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre. She came to fame thanks to Bergman's "Wild Strawberries". She acted in 9 Ingmar Bergman's films. Her fame allowed her to act in Luchino Visconti's "The Damned" in 1969. Ingrid Thulin lived in Rome since the 1960's. ...
6. Liv Ullmann
Actress | Viskningar och rop
Liv Ullmann's father was a Norwegian engineer who used to work abroad, so as a child she lived in Tokyo, Canada, New York and Oslo. In the mid-1950s she made her stage debut and in 1957 made her film debut. She really became successful, however, when she began to work for Swedish director Ingmar ...
7. Eva Dahlbeck
Actress | Sommarnattens leende
Eva Dahlbeck was born on March 8, 1920 in Saltsjö-Duvnäs, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress and writer, known for Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), Brink of Life (1958) and A Lesson in Love (1954). She was married to Sven Lampell. She died on February 8, 2008 in Hässelby, Stockholm, ...
8. Margit Carlqvist
Actress | Sommarnattens leende
Margit Carlqvist was born on February 11, 1932 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is an actress, known for Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), Skrift i sne (1966) and Het är min längtan (1956).
9. Anita Björk
Actress | Fröken Julie
Anita Björk is able to use simple means to give depth and character to a role. She has a way of expressing any emotion just by raising an eyebrow or twitching her lips. This was something she used to a large extent in her best movie, Alf Sjöberg's Miss Julie (1951) where she played the young lady ...
10. Ulla Jacobsson
Actress | Zulu
Ulla Jacobsson was an International Swedish Actress and became world-famous with the film One Summer of Happiness (1951) (English title: "One Summer of Happiness", German title: "Sie tanzte nur einen Sommer") and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) ("Smiles of a Summer Night"), which Zarah Leander made...
11. Birgitta Pettersson
Actress | Jungfrukällan
Birgitta Pettersson was born on January 7, 1939 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden. She is an actress, known for The Virgin Spring (1960), The Magician (1958) and When Darkness Falls (1960).
12. Ingrid Bergman
Actress | Casablanca
Ingrid Bergman was one of the greatest actresses from Hollywood's lamented Golden Era. Her natural and unpretentious beauty and her immense acting talent made her one of the most celebrated figures in the history of American cinema. Bergman is also one of the most Oscar-awarded actresses, tied with ...
13. Nine-Christine Jönsson
Actress | Hamnstad
Nine-Christine Jönsson was born on June 8, 1926 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress and writer, known for Port of Call (1948), Livet i Finnskogarna (1947) and Kvinnor i väntrum (1946). She died on January 3, 2011.
14. Birgitta Valberg
Actress | Jungfrukällan
Birgitta Valberg was born on December 16, 1916 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress and assistant director, known for The Virgin Spring (1960), Paradistorg (1977) and A Time in the Sun (1966). She died on March 29, 2014 in Sweden.
15. Mai Zetterling
Actress | The Witches
Mai Zetterling was born in Sweden in 1925, and lived briefly in Australia while still a child. She's known as a director and actor and trained on the Stockholm repertory stage, she began appearing in war-era films starting in her teens. Following her debut in Lasse Maja (1941), she made quite an ...
16. Ewa Fröling
Actress | Män som hatar kvinnor
Ewa Fröling was born on August 9, 1952 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is an actress, known for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), Fanny and Alexander (1982) and Sally and Freedom (1981).
17. Barbro Kollberg
Actress | Det regnar på vår kärlek
Barbro Anna Elisabeth Kollberg was a Swedish actress, theatre leader and acting teacher born on December 27, 1917 in Eskilstuna. She studied at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School 1937-40. She was engaged at the Blache Theatre, Stockholm. In 1943 she was approached by director Gösta Cederlund to play...
1- Det regnar på vår kärlek (1946), Maggi
18. Doris Svedlund
Actress | Den långa julmiddagen
Doris Svedlund was born on December 11, 1926 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Den långa julmiddagen (1956), Diana går på jakt (1960) and Prison (1949). She died on September 7, 1985.
19. Eva Henning
Actress | Elvira Madigan
Eva was born in New York, USA, with a Norwegian father and a Swedish mother, Ragni. They divorced when Eva was 6 years old and Ragni remarried the actor Uno Henning.
Eva was accepted to the Royal Dramatic Theater's acting school in 1938. She had some minor roles both on the stage and in a few movies...
20. Gertrud Fridh
Actress | Smultronstället
Gertrud Fridh was born on November 26, 1921 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Wild Strawberries (1957), The Magician (1958) and The Devil's Eye (1960). She died on October 11, 1984 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
1- Skepp till India land (1947), Sally
21. Gudrun Brost
Actress | Jungfrukällan
Gudrun Brost was born on April 6, 1910 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for The Virgin Spring (1960), Hour of the Wolf (1968) and June Night (1940). She was married to Sven Forssell. She died on June 28, 1993 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
22. Gunnel Broström
Actress | Smultronstället
Gunnel Broström was born on October 25, 1922 in Östermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress and director, known for Wild Strawberries (1957), Slå nollan till polisen (1960) and Hemma klockan sju (1958). She was married to Gustaf Olivecrona. She died on June 28, 2012.
23. Lena Olin
Actress | The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Swedish-born Lena Olin already had a successful career as an actress before she came to Hollywood. She acted at the Royal Theatre in Stockholm and was directed by Ingmar Bergman. She was born in Stockholm, to actors Britta Holmberg and Stig Olin, who appeared in six of Bergman's films. Lena also ...
24. Pernilla August
Actress | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Pernilla August started acting as a child, performing in plays at Vår teater and at school. In 1979 she was accepted at the Statens scenskola to study acting professionally. Director Ingmar Bergman took note of her early and cast her as a nanny in his Fanny and Alexander (1982).
In 1982 she got ...
25. Lena Nyman
Actress | Ronja Rövardotter
Lena Nyman was born on May 23, 1944 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress and writer, known for Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984), I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) and Autumn Sonata (1978). She was married to Jan Lundström. She died on February 4, 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden.
26. Marianne Löfgren
Actress | Juninatten
Marianne Löfgren was born on February 24, 1910 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for June Night (1940), Only One Night (1939) and En förtjusande fröken (1945). She was married to Bergvall, Tycho. She died on September 4, 1957 in Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden.
1- Kris (1946)- Nelly 2- Fängelse (1949)- Mrs. Bohlin
27. Naima Wifstrand
Actress | Smultronstället
Raised by a single mother, she grew up in a poor home at Fleminggatan in Stockholm. She was working extra in a small shop for sewing materials and the owner encouraged her acting dreams. In 1905 she was accepted to accompany the Anna Lundberg travelling theatre company around Sweden. This led to ...
28. Naemi Briese
Actress | Sommaren med Monika
Naemi Briese was born on March 4, 1908 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Summer with Monika (1953), Vi går landsvägen (1937) and Hon eller ingen (1934). She was married to Elof Ahrle. She died on August 20, 1980 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
1- Skepp till India land (1947), Selma 2- Sommaren med Monika (1953), Monika's mother
29. Pernilla Allwin
Actress | Fanny och Alexander
Pernilla Alwin is a Swedish actress born on 4 September 1970. Her major film role came under the direction of Ingmar Bergman in the acclaimed masterpiece Fanny and Alexander (1982), where she played Fanny (also in the extended miniseries as well). Ver natural instincts are all evident while playing...
30. Alf Kjellin
Actor | Ice Station Zebra
Although trained for the stage in his native Sweden, Alf Kjellin appeared in only a few stage productions before entering films. His work in Torment (1944) resulted in his being noticed by Hollywood, and he made his American film debut in 1949 under the name Christopher Kent. He soon went back to ...
31. Åke Grönberg
Actor | Gycklarnas afton
Åke Grönberg was born on March 26, 1914 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor and writer, known for Sawdust and Tinsel (1953), I Roslagens famn (1945) and Summer with Monika (1953). He was married to Sonja Margareta Lund and Rut Holm. He died on September 15, 1969.
32. Allan Edwall
Actor | Jungfrukällan
Allan Edwall was born in a working class home in Jämtland, Sweden in 1924. His father was a trade-union man and a communist. 1949-52 he attended Stockholm's Royal Daramatic Theatre School. Through the years he made more than 400 parts in theater, film, television and radio. He was also a director, ...
33. Åke Fridell
Actor | Det sjunde inseglet
Åke Fridell was born on June 23, 1919 in Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957) and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955). He died on August 26, 1985 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden(undisclosed).
1- Det regnar på vår kärlek (1946), reverend 2- Skepp till India land (1947), variety hall owner 3- Sommaren med Monika (1953), Monika's father
34. Björn Bjelfvenstam
Actor | Smultronstället
Björn Bjelfvenstam was born on February 19, 1929 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden. He is an actor, known for Wild Strawberries (1957), Tre kronor (1994) and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955).
35. Birger Malmsten
Actor | Skepp till India land
Birger Malmsten was born on December 23, 1920 in Gräsö, Uppsala län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for A Ship to India (1947), It Rains on Our Love (1946) and Eva (1948). He was married to Haide Göransson. He died on February 15, 1991 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
1- Det regnar på vår kärlek (1946), David 2- Skepp till India land (1947), Johannes Blom 2- Musik i mörker (1948), Bengt Vyldeke 3- Fängelse (1949), Thomas 4- Törst (1949), Bertil 5- Till Glädje (1950),Marcel 6- Sommarlek (1951), Henrik 7- Kvinnors väntan (1952), Martin Lobelius
36. Erik Hell
Actor | Den osynliga muren
Erik Hell was born on August 11, 1911 in Kalliokoski, Finland. He was an actor, known for Den osynliga muren (1944), Krane's Confectionery (1951) and Alla mina söner (1965). He was married to Öllegård Wellton. He died on March 11, 1973 in Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden.
1- Skepp till India land (1947), Pekka 2- Hamnstad (1948), Berit 's Father
37. Erland Josephson
Actor | Offret
Erland Josephson, the distinguished Swedish actor best known for his appearance in Ingmar Bergman's films, was born in Stockholm, Sweden on June 15, 1923. Josephson's relationship with Bergman, a long-time friend, began in the late 1930s when they first worked together in the theater.
Although he ...
38. Elliott Gould
Actor | MASH
Elliott Gould is an American actor known for his roles in M*A*S*H (1970), his Oscar-nominated performance in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), and more recently, his portrayal of old-time con artist Reuben Tishkoff in Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (...
39. Erik Strandmark
Actor | Det sjunde inseglet
Erik Strandmark was born on September 14, 1919 in Torsaker, Sweden. He was an actor and director, known for The Seventh Seal (1957), Sköna Susanna och gubbarna (1959) and Barabbas (1953). He died on January 5, 1963 in Trinidad, West Indies.
40. Folke Sundquist
Actor | Smultronstället
Folke Sundquist was born on November 4, 1925 in Falun, Dalarnas län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Wild Strawberries (1957), För min heta ungdoms skull (1952) and Förtrollad vandring (1954). He died on January 13, 2009 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden.
41. Gunnar Björnstrand
Actor | Persona
Being the son of an acting father, Oscar Johanson, it isn't surprising that he wanted to be an actor already as a child. However, he first worked as a baker's apprentice, in a barber shop or in the docks. After the conscription he got his first role, a bit part on the theater Lilla Teatern in ...
1- Det regnar på vår kärlek (1946), mr.Purman 2- 3- 4-
42. Georg Rydeberg
Actor | Harald Handfaste
His father was a sea captain, but he refused to allow his son to became a sailor like him. But that could not scare the 14-year old Rydeberg, and at the age of 14, he was steward on a boat to Hull, UK, and the next year he was a sailor on a ship to Lagos, Africa. He got a job as an office clerk, ...
43. Hasse Ekman
Writer | Sommarnöje sökes
Being the son of actor / theatre director Gösta Ekman, it was natural for him to start a career in the movie business. He was first noticed for playing against his father in Intermezzo (1936). He also showed a talent for writing, and his first script was filmed as Blixt och dunder (1938). Producer ...
44. Holger Löwenadler
Actor | Lacombe Lucien
Holger Löwenadler was born on April 1, 1904 in Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Lacombe, Lucien (1974), A Ship to India (1947) and The Heavenly Play (1942). He died on June 18, 1977 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
45. Jullan Kindahl
Actress | Smultronstället
Jullan Kindahl was born on April 12, 1885 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Wild Strawberries (1957), Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) and Arvtagerskan (1962). She died on April 18, 1979 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden.
46. Jarl Kulle
Actor | Fanny och Alexander
Hadn't it been for his school teacher, who managed to get him money for a theater education, he would probably never had become an actor. After two failed attempts at becoming a student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school he succeeded at the age of 19. During these years in the beginning ...
47. Lars Ekborg
Actor | Sommaren med Monika
Lars Ekborg was born on June 6, 1926 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden. He was an actor and writer, known for Summer with Monika (1953), The Magician (1958) and Lille Fridolf och jag (1956). He was married to Lola Ekborg. He died on October 7, 1969 in Sweden.
1- Sommaren med Monika (1953), Harry
48. Max von Sydow
Actor | Flash Gordon
Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry.
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49. Nils Poppe
Actor | Det sjunde inseglet
While studying, he became interested in acting and was discovered when performing in a school play.
His talent for comedic acting made him known for the public when he debuted with Pengar - en tragikomisk saga (1947), which he directed himself. He is today best remembered for his character Fabian ...
50. Stig Järrel
Actor | Hets
Once one of Sweden's hardest working actors, he has descibed himself as a workaholic during the 1940s. He has played all kinds of roles, both comedy as in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar: Ett biografdrama i prolog, epilog och ett antal tableauxer (1945) as ...
51. Sture Lagerwall
Actor | Djävulens öga
After a few years as an intern and actor at the Oscarsteatern in Stockholm 1931-1934 he was engaged by Gösta Ekman at Vasateatern and then, 1934-1936, at The Royal Dramatic Theatre. After 1936 he became a freelancer and worked on all the theatres in Stockholm, particularly so for Per-Axel Branner ...
52. Stig Olin
Soundtrack | Resan till dej
A distinguished actor, director and composer in Sweden; Stig Olin made his success in many areas of the Swedish entertainment business in the 1940s and 50s. As an actor, he claimed success when he played boyish characters and naive students on film. He was the actor who eventually took the claim of...
1- Kris (1946)- Jack 2- Fängelse (1949)- Peter 3- Till glädje (1950)- Stig Eriksson 4- Sommarlek (1951)- ballet master
53. Ulf Johansson
Actor | Femte generationen
Ulf Johansson was born on February 3, 1922 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Femte generationen (1986), Hour of the Wolf (1968) and Shame (1968). He was married to Ingrid Borthen. He died on February 15, 1990 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
1- Det regnar på vår kärlek (1946), Stalvispen
54. Ulf Palme
Actor | Fröken Julie
Ulf Palme was born on October 18, 1920 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor and writer, known for Miss Julie (1951), Girl with Hyacinths (1950) and På dessa skuldror (1948). He died on May 12, 1993 in Ingarö, Stockholms län, Sweden.
55. Victor Sjöström
Actor | Smultronstället
Victor Sjöström was born on September 20, 1879, and is the undisputed father of Swedish film, ranking as one of the masters of world cinema. His influence lives on in the work of Ingmar Bergman and all those directors, both Swedish and international, influenced by his work and the works of ...
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