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Bibi Andersson

11th November 1935 Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden Acting

Berit Elisabet Andersson (November 11, 1935 – April 14, 2019) or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing against Nils Poppe. Eventually, she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. A brief relationship with Ingmar Bergman made her quit school and follow him to the Malmö city theatre, where he was a director, performing in plays by August Strindberg and Hjalmar Bergman. Bergman also gave her a small part in his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), and larger roles in his Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal (1957). From the the 1960s she got offers from abroad, with best result in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). During the civil war in Yugoslavia she has worked with several initiatives to give the people of Sarajevo theatre and other forms of culture.

109 Movies 11 TV Shows 120 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Anna poster
Anna 10th November 2000 as Annas mor
Vortex poster
Vortex 14th January 1976 as Patricia Tauling
The Girls poster
The Girls 16th September 1968 as Liz / Lysistrata
Den kära leken poster
Den kära leken 30th September 1959 as Lena/fröken Blå, fröken Grön, fröken Vit, fröken Röd
Rabies poster
Rabies 7th November 1958 as Eivor
Dumbom poster
Dumbom 26th December 1953 as Elvira
Ubåt 39 poster
Ubåt 39 25th August 1952 as Girl on a train
Miss Julie poster
Miss Julie 28th June 1951 as Dancing girl (uncredited)