Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress.

Biography

She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma ( née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn. Along with Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, and Ingrid Thulin, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival for '' Brink of Life''. In 1989, she was given the Litteris et Artibus for her services to the arts in Sweden. Hiort af Ornäs died in Bromma on 28 November 2015, aged 94.

Partial filmography

* '' Imprisoned Women'' (1943) - Kaj * '' Youth in Danger'' (1946) - Bibbi Nicklasson * ''Flickan från tredje raden'' (1949) - Dagmar Antonsson * ''

Fiancée for Hire ''Fiancée for Hire'' (Swedish: ''Fästmö uthyres'') is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Olof Winnerstrand, Karl-Arne Holmsten and Eva Dahlbeck.Qvist & Von Bagh p.115 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stock ...

'' (1950)- Gertrud Stenström * ''

While the City Sleeps While the City Sleeps may refer to: * ''While the City Sleeps'' (1928 film), an American silent film starring Lon Chaney * ''While the City Sleeps'' (1950 film), a Swedish drama scripted by Ingmar Bergman * ''While the City Sleeps'' (1956 film), ...

'' (1950) - Rutan * ''

Count Svensson ''Count Svensson'' (Swedish: ''Greve Svensson'') is a 1951 Swedish comedy film directed by Emil A. Lingheim and starring Edvard Persson, Mim Persson and Barbro Hiort af Ornäs.Qvist & von Bagh p.124 The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...

'' (1951) - Greta Svensson * ''

Barabbas Barabbas (; ) was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast. Biblical account According to all four canoni ...

'' (1953) - Maria of Magdala (uncredited) * ''

Darling of Mine ''Darling of Mine'' (Swedish: ''Älskling på vågen'') is a 1955 Swedish comedy film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Sickan Carlsson, Karl-Arne Holmsten and Erik Berglund.Qvist & Von Bagh p.44 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios ...

'' (1955) - Linda Loy * ''

Das Fräulein von Scuderi ''Das Fräulein von Scuderi'' is an East German crime film directed by Eugen York. It was released in 1955. Cast * Henny Porten as Fräulein von Scuderi * Willy A. Kleinau as Cardillac * Anne Vernon as Madelon * Roland Alexandre as O ...

'' (1955) - La Martiniere * ''Sju vackra flickor'' (1956) - Adele Hellgren * '' Vägen genom Skå'' (1957) - Emma * ''Som man bäddar...'' (1957) - Secretary * ''Spielbank-Affäre'' (1957) - Schulleiterin * '' A Guest in His Own House'' (1957) - Lisen * '' Brink of Life'' (1958) - Nurse Brita * ''Pojken i trädet'' (1961) - Mother * ''Lita på mej älskling'' (1961) - Juror (uncredited) * '' All These Women'' (1964) - Beatrica * '' Loving Couples'' (1964) - Lilian von Pahlen - née Vind-Frijs * ''

Shame Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness. Definition Shame is a discrete, basic emotion, d ...

'' (1968) - Kvinna i flyktingbåten * ''...som havets nakna vind'' (1968) - Aida * ''Som natt och dag'' (1969) - Madeleine * ''Eva - den utstötta'' (1969) - Jenny Berggren * '' The Passion of Anna'' (1969) - Woman in Dream (uncredited) * ''Skräcken har 1000 ögon'' (1970) - Barbro, Sven's Aunt * '' The Touch'' (1971) - Karin's Mother (uncredited) * ''

Scenes from a Marriage ''Scenes from a Marriage'' ( sv, Scener ur ett äktenskap) is a 1973 Swedish television miniseries written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Over the course of six hour-long episodes, it explores the disintegration of the marriage between Maria ...

'' (1973) - Stefan's mother * ''Bröllopet'' (1973) - Karin Löfgren * ''

What the Swedish Butler Saw ''What the Swedish Butler Saw'' is a 1975 Swedish-American erotic sex comedy film directed by Vernon P. Becker and starring Ole Søltoft, Sue Longhurst, Malou Cartwright and Diana Dors. It is known by several alternative titles including ''A ...

'' (1975) - Jack's Mother * ''Mackan'' (1977) - Skolkökslärarinna * ''Den nya människan'' (1979) - Lärere * ''

Father to Be ''Father to Be'' ( sv, Jag är med barn) is a 1979 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström. Plot Bosse (Magnus Härenstam) is a young ad man, fascinated with cinema, with secret dreams of being an author. He meets Lena (Anki Lidén ...

'' (1979) - Greta, sjuksyster * '' Sällskapsresan 2 – Snowroller'' (1985) - Stig Helmers mamma * '' S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa'' (1988) - Stig Helmers mamma * ''Amelia'' (1991) - Yvonne, Gösta's mother * '' Den ofrivillige golfaren'' (1991) - Mamma * ''Selma & Johanna - En roadmovie'' (1997) - Grandma * '' Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt'' (1999) - Mamma * ''Den utvalde'' (2005) - Mormor

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hiort af Ornäs, Barbro 1921 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Swedish actresses Swedish film actresses Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners People from Gothenburg Litteris et Artibus recipients