Maj-Britt Nilsson | |
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| Born | Maj-Britt Nilsson 11 December 1924 |
| Died | 19 December 2006 (aged 82) Cannes, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1941–1977 |
| Spouse(s) | Per Gerhard (1951–2006; her death) |
| Children | Karl |
Maj-Britt Nilsson (11 December 1924 – 19 December 2006) was a Swedish movie actress of the 1940s and 1950s.
Biography
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Nilsson was born in Stockholm, and trained there at the drama school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre. She appeared in three Ingmar Bergman films: Till Glädje (To Joy, 1950), Sommarlek (Summer Interlude or Illicit Interlude, 1951), and Kvinnors Väntan (Secrets of Women or Waiting Women, 1952). She also appeared in the English-language film A Matter of Morals (1961), directed in Sweden by John Cromwell.[1]
Maj-Britt Nilsson died in Cannes, France, aged 82. Her death, which was not widely reported outside Sweden, was confirmed by Jon Asp, executive editor of the online publication Ingmar Bergman Face to Face. No cause was announced.[2]
Personal life
In 1951, she married Per Gerhard, a theater director and son of Karl Gerhard, a prominent Swedish singer, who survived her by five years.
Filmography
- Vårat gäng directed by Gunnar Skoglund (1942)
- Resan bort by Alf Sjöberg (1945)
- Det är min modell by Gustaf Molander (1946)
- Maria by Gösta Folke (1947)
- Gatan by Gösta Werner (1949)
- Flickan från tredje raden by Hasse Ekman (1949)
- Sjösalavår by Per Gunvall (1949)
- Till Glädje by Ingmar Bergman (1950)
- Sommarlek by Ingmar Bergman (1951)
- För min heta ungdoms skull by Arne Mattsson (1952)
- Kvinnors Väntan by Ingmar Bergman (1952)
- Vi tre debutera by Hasse Ekman (1953)
- Vildfåglar by Alf Sjöberg (1955)
- Sommarflickan by Håkan Bergström and Thomas Engel (1955)
- Litet bo by Arne Mattsson (1956)
- Egen ingång by Hasse Ekman (1956)
- Was die Schwalbe sang by Géza von Bolváry (German film; 1956)
- Flickan i frack by Arne Mattsson (1956)
- Jazzgossen by Hasse Ekman (1958)
- The Forests Sing Forever by Paul May (1959)
- The Inheritance of Bjorndal by Gustav Ucicky (Austrian film; 1960)
- A Matter of Morals (De sista stegen) by John Cromwell (American-Swedish film; 1961)
- Lita på mej, älskling! by Sven Lindberg (1961)
- En enkel melodi by Kjell Grede (1974)
- Bluff Stop by Jonas Cornell (1977)
References
- ^ Ronald Bergan Obituary: Maj-Britt Nilsson, The Guardian, 31 January 2007
- ^ Obituary, The New York Times, 21 January 2007
Further reading
- Maj-Britt Nilsson at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
External links
- Maj-Britt Nilsson at IMDb
- (in Swedish) Maj-Britt Nilsson, Dramatens elevskola