- Bibi Andersson
Infobox actor
name = Bibi Andersson
birthdate = birth date and age|1935|11|11
birthplace =Stockholm ,Sweden
birthname = Birgitta Andersson [http://books.google.com/books?id=wbgYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Bibi+Andersson%22+Birgitta&dq=%22Bibi+Andersson%22+Birgitta&pgis=1]
spouse =Kjell Grede (1960-1973)Per Ahlmark (m.1979)Gabriel Mora Baeza (2004-)
yearsactive = 1951 - present
occupation = actress
awards =Silver Bear for Best Actress
1962 "The Mistress "
Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
1958 "Brink of Life "
NSFC Award for Best Actress
1967 "Persona "
NSFC Award for Best Supporting Actress
1974 "Scenes from a Marriage "Birgitta "Bibi" Andersson (born
11 November 1935 ) is a Swedish actress.Early life
Andersson was born in
Kungsholmen ,Stockholm , the daughter of Karin (née Mansion), a social worker, and Josef Andersson, a businessman.cite book|last=Segrave|first=Kerry|authorlink=|coauthors=Linda Martin|title=The Continental Actress: European Film Stars of the Postwar Era|publisher=McFarland|date=1990|location=|pages=274|month=|url=|id=ISBN0899505104] cite book|last=Wilson|first=H.W.|authorlink=|coauthors=|title= Current biography yearbook|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company|date=|location=|pages=13|month=|url=|id=] [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/74/Bibi-Andersson.html Bibi Andersson Biography (1935-) ] ] She studied acting at theTerserus Drama School and at the legendaryRoyal Dramatic Theatre School inStockholm . After completing school, she agreed to join theRoyal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, which she remained a member of for 30 years. Her first collaboration withIngmar Bergman was in 1951, when she participated in his production of an advertisement for thedetergent "Bris". At the end of the 1950s she starred in three Bergman pictures: "The Seventh Seal ", "Wild Strawberries", and "Brink of Life ".Later career
Her intense portrayal of the
nurse Alma in the 1966 film "Persona" led to an increase in the number of cinematic roles offered her, and she appeared that same year oppositeJames Garner andSidney Poitier in the violent western "Duel at Diablo ". More Bergman collaborations followed, as well as working withJohn Huston ("The Kremlin Letter ": 1970) andRobert Altman ("Quintet": 1979). She made her debut in American theatre in 1973 with a production ofErich Maria Remarque 's "Full Circle". In 1990 she worked as a theatre director in Stockholm. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Andersson worked primarily intelevision and as a theatre actress, working with Bergman among others. She was also a supervisor for the humanitarian projectRoad to Sarajevo .Personal life
In 1996, she published her
autobiography "Ett ögonblick" ("A Moment", or, literally, "A Blink of the Eye"). She has been married (1960, divorced) to the directorKjell Grede with whom she has a daughter, Jenny, and, secondly (1978, divorced), to the politician and writerPer Ahlmark . Since29 May ,2004 , Andersson has been married toGabriel Mora Baeza .Filmography
*
Arn – The Knight Templar (2007)
* (2002)
*Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
*The Touch (1971)
*The Passion of Anna (1969)
* Persona (1966)
*All These Women (1964)
* The Pleasure Garden (1961)
*The Devil's Eye (1960)
* The Magician (1958)
*Brink of Life (1958)
* Wild Strawberries (1957)
*The Seventh Seal (1957)
*Last Pair Out (1956)
*Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)References
External links
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NAME= Andersson, Bibi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Andersson, Berit Elisabeth
SHORT DESCRIPTION=actress
DATE OF BIRTH=November 11 ,1935
PLACE OF BIRTH=Stockholm ,Sweden
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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