Bibi Andersson

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Bibi Andersson
Born	Birgitta Andersson[1] 11 November 1935 (1935-11-11) (age 74) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	actress
Years active	1951 - present
Spouse(s)	Kjell Grede (1960-1973) Per Ahlmark (m.1979) Gabriel Mora Baeza (2004-)

Birgitta "Bibi" Andersson (born 11 November 1935) is a Swedish actress.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Later career 3 Personal life 4 Selected filmography 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

Andersson was born in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, the daughter of Karin (née Mansion), a social worker, and Josef Andersson, a businessman.^[2][3][4] She studied acting at the Terserus Drama School and at the legendary Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm. After completing school, she agreed to join the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, which she was associated with for 30 years. Her first collaboration with Ingmar Bergman was in 1951, when she participated in his production of an advertisement for the detergent "Bris". In the 1950s she starred in four Bergman-directed pictures: The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Brink of Life and The Magician.

[edit] 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 opposite James Garner and Sidney Poitier in the violent western Duel at Diablo. More Bergman collaborations followed, as well as working with John Huston (The Kremlin Letter: 1970) and Robert Altman (Quintet: 1979). She made her debut in American theatre in 1973 with a production of Erich 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 in television and as a theatre actress, working with Bergman among others. She was also a supervisor for the humanitarian project Road to Sarajevo.

[edit] 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 director Kjell Grede with whom she has a daughter, Jenny, and, secondly (1978, divorced), to the politician and writer Per Ahlmark. Since 29 May 2004, Andersson has been married to Gabriel Mora Baeza.

[edit] Selected filmography

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bibi Andersson at the Internet Movie Database
• Bibi Andersson at the TCM Movie Database
• Bibi Andersson at the Internet Broadway Database

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Persondata
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