Bibi Andersson

Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson, 21 December 1957
Born	Berit Elisabeth Andersson 11 November 1935 (1935-11-11) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1951–present
Spouse	Kjell Grede (m. 1960–1973) «start: (1960)–end+1: (1974)»"Marriage: Kjell Grede to Bibi Andersson" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibi_Andersson) Per Ahlmark (m.1979) Gabriel Mora Baeza (m. 2004) «start: (2004)»"Marriage: Gabriel Mora Baeza to Bibi Andersson" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibi_Andersson)

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

Early life

Bibi Andersson was born as Berit Elisabeth Andersson in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, the daughter of Karin (née Mansion), a social worker, and Josef Andersson, a businessman. 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, 60s and 70s, she starred in more than ten Bergman-directed pictures, including The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Brink of Life, The Magician and Persona.

Later career

In 1963, at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival, Andersson won the Silver Bear for Best Actress award for her role in Vilgot Sjöman's film The Mistress.

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.

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.

Filmography

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• Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
• Last Pair Out (1956)
• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957)
• Wild Strawberries (1957)
• Brink of Life (1958)
• Rabies (1958)
• The Magician (1958)
• The Devil's Eye (1960)
• The Pleasure Garden (1961)
• The Mistress (1962)
• All These Women (1964)
• Ön (1966)
• Persona (1966)
• Duel at Diablo (1966)
• The Girls (1968)
• The Passion of Anna (1969)
• The Kremlin Letter (1970)
• The Touch (1971)
• The Man from the Other Side (1971)
• Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
• I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (film) (1977)
• An Enemy of the People (1978)
• The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979)
• Quintet (1979)
• Marmalade Revolution (1980)
• Exposed (1983)
• Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985) (TV)
• Poor Butterfly (1986)
• Babette's Feast (1987)
• Kika (1993)
• Dreamplay (1994)
• The Butterfly's Dream (1994)
• Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)
• Arn – The Knight Templar (2007)

External links

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