Allan Edwall

Infobox actor
name = Allan Edwall

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birthname = Johan Allan Edwall
birthdate = birth date|1924|8|25
birthplace = Rödön, Jämtland, Sweden
deathdate = death date and age|1997|2|7|1924|8|25
deathplace = Stockholm, Sweden
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occupation = Actor
Screenwriter
Film director
yearsactive = 1953–1991
spouse = Britt Edwall (1957–1965)
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Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924, Rödön, Sweden–7 February 1997, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He also appeared in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Daramatic Theatre School from 1949-1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. In his songs, he frequently attackted the injustices of society. Edwall also owned a theatre called 'Brunnsgatan 4' in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer. He is the father of photographer Mattias Edwall.

elected filmography

* The Devil's Eye (1960)
* The Virgin Spring (1960)
* Winter Light (1962)
* All These Women (1964)
* Emil i Lönneberga (1971)
* The Emigrants (1971)
* The New Land (1972)
* The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
* Fanny and Alexander (1982)
* Ronia the Robber's Daughter (1984)
* The Sacrifice (1986)

Discography

*1979 "Grovdoppa"
*1981 "Färdknäpp"
*1982 "Gnällspik"
*1982 "Ramsor om dom och oss"
*1984 "Vetahuteri"
*1991 "Edwalls blandning"
*2005 "Aftonro" (posthumous)
*2002 "Den lilla bäcken - Allans bästa" (posthumous)
*2005 "Alla Allans visor" (posthumous)
*2005 "Allans allra bästa" (posthumous)

External links

*imdb name|0249735|Allan Edwall