Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom (18 December 1931 24 January 2021)[1][2] was a Swedish film actress and director.[3]

Gunnel Lindblom
Lindblom playing television theatre in 1963
Born
Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom

(1931-12-18)18 December 1931
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died24 January 2021(2021-01-24) (aged 89)
Brottby, Uppland, Sweden
OccupationsActress, film director
Years active1952–2018
Spouses
Sture Helander
(m. 1960; div. 1970)
Frederik Dessau
(m. 1981; div. 1986)
Gunnel Lindblom in 2013

Career

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As an actress, Lindblom was particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the lead role in Miss Julie for BBC Television. She also played the key role of The Mummy in Bergman's staging of Strindberg's The Ghost Sonata in 1998–2000, a performance that earned her much critical acclaim.

She appeared on stage as Tintomara's mother in Carl Almqvist's play Drottningens juvelsmycke (English: The Queen's Tiara), staged at the Royal Dramatic Theatre for the theatre's 100-year jubilee in 2008. In 2009, she directed the Jon Fosse play Flicka i gul regnjacka (Girl in Yellow Raincoat) at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, starring Stina Ekblad and Irene Lindh, which premiered on 9 October.[citation needed]

Lindblom married physician Sture Helander, whom she first met following her admission to hospital suffering from appendicitis during the shooting of The Virgin Spring. The couple had three children together, but divorced in 1970. Lindblom then married Frederik Dessau, a Danish director. Her second marriage was dissolved five years later.[4] Lindblom died on 24 January 2021 after a bout of illness.[5]

Selected filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1952 Love Rebecka Andersson Gustaf Molander
1955 The Girl in the Rain Ingrid Alf Kjellin
1956 The Song of the Scarlet Flower Kerstin Gustaf Molander
1957 The Seventh Seal Mute girl Ingmar Bergman
Wild Strawberries Evald Borg Ingmar Bergman
1958 The Venetian Valeria Ingmar Bergman Television film
Rabies Jenny Ingmar Bergman Television film
1960 The Virgin Spring Ingeri Ingmar Bergman
Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours Margit Torgny Anderberg
1962 Winter Light Karin Persson Ingmar Bergman
1963 The Silence Anna Ingmar Bergman
1964 Loving Couples Adèle Holmström Mai Zetterling
1965 Rapture Karen John Guillermin
1966 Hunger Ylajali Henning Carlsen
Woman of Darkness Anna / Mother Arne Mattsson
1967 The Vicious Circle Maria Arne Mattsson
1968 The Girls Gunilla Mai Zetterling
1973 Scenes from a Marriage Eva Ingmar Bergman Television miniseries
1977 Summer Paradise Herself Also writer and director
1981 Sally and Freedom Nora Herself Also director, produced by Bergman
2009 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Isabella Vanger Niels Arden Oplev
2011 Der Kommissar und das Meer Gunnila Winarve Anno Saul Television series; 1 Episode

References

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  1. "Skådespelaren Gunnel Lindblom är död". aftonbladet. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Skådespelaren Gunnel Lindblom har avlidit – blev 89 år". Expressen. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. "Gunnel Lindblom profile". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  4. Gilbey, Ryan (17 March 2021). "Gunnel Lindblom obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. "Swedish Actress and Director Gunnel Lindblom Has Died Aged 89". Euro Weekly. 24 January 2021.
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