Birgitta Valberg (16 December 1916 – 29 March 2014) was a Swedish actress. She was best known for her work in several
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoun ...
films made over a 30-year period, including the Bergman produced ''
Paradise Place
''Paradise Place'' ( sv, Paradistorg) is a 1977 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnel Lindblom. Birgitta Valberg won the award for Best Actress at the 13th Guldbagge Awards.
Cast
* Marianne Aminoff as Christina
* Maria Blomkvist as Eva
* An ...
'' (1977). For her role in this film, which was directed by
Gunnel Lindblom
Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom (18 December 1931 – 24 January 2021) was a Swedish film actress and director.
Career
As an actress, Lindblom was particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the l ...
, another member of Bergman's repertory company, she won the award for
Best Actress
Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...
at the
13th Guldbagge Awards.
She trained at the
Royal Dramatic Training Academy
The Royal Dramatic Training Academy ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teaterns Elevskola, also known as ''Dramatens elevskola''), was the acting school of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and for many years (1787–1964) seen as the ...
.
Filmography
Film
*1934: ''Unga hjärtan'' - Ingrid
*1939: ''
The People of Högbogården
''The People of Högbogården'' (Swedish: ''Folket på Högbogården'') is a 1939 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Weel and starring John Ekman, Linnéa Hillberg and Annalisa Ericson.Qvist & Von Bagh p.58 Location shooting took place around G ...
'' - Young Woman
*1939: ''
Melodin från Gamla Stan'' - Woman at the restaurant (uncredited)
*1941: ''
In Paradise
''In Paradise'' (Swedish: ''I paradis...'') is a 1941 Swedish comedy film directed by Per Lindberg and starring Margit Manstad, Viveca Lindfors and Georg Rydeberg.Qvist & Von Bagh p.105 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in Stockholm. ...
'' - Marianne
*1941: ''
The Fight Continues'' - Nurse
*1942: ''
Bambi
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'' - Bambi's Mother (Swedish dub)
*1943: ''
Life in the Country'' - Frida von Rambow
*1948: ''
Port of Call'' - Mrs. Vilander
*1949: ''
Love Wins Out'' - Schwester Erika
*1951: ''
Divorced
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'' - Eva Möller
*1953: ''
Barabbas
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Biblical account
According to all four canoni ...
'' - Veronica from Cyrene (uncredited)
*1953: ''
House of Women'' - Vera
*1954: ''Flottans glada gossar'' - Olga Ekman
*1954:''
Taxi 13'' - Britt-Marie
*1954: ''
Karin Månsdotter
Karin Månsdotter (in English Catherine; 6 November 1550 – 13 September 1612) was first a mistress of King Eric XIV of Sweden and then briefly queen as his wife.
Early life
Karin was born in Stockholm to a soldier and later prison guard na ...
'' - Queen Dowager
*1955: ''Farligt löfte'' - Irma Strand
*1955: ''
Smiles of a Summer Night'' - Actress
*1956: ''
The Staffan Stolle Story
''The Staffan Stolle Story'' ( sv, Ratataa eller The Staffan Stolle Story) is a 1956 Swedish musical comedy film directed by Hasse Ekman. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 29th Academy Awards, ...
'' - Fru Lefverhielm
*1956: ''Sista natten'' - The Man's Wife
*1957: ''
Synnöve Solbakken'' - Karen Solbakken
*1958: ''
Miss April'' - Ms. Holm, secretary
*1959: ''
Sleeping Beauty
''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...
'' - Maleficent (Swedish dub)
*1960: ''
The Virgin Spring'' - Märeta
*1960: ''
Heart's Desire'' - Henriette Löwenflycht
*1962: ''
The Mistress'' - The Motherly (uncredited)
*1964: ''Svenska bilder'' - Mrs. Lundberg
*1965: ''För vänskaps skull'' - Nun
*1966: ''
The Princess'' - Doctor
*1968: ''
Shame
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Definition
Shame is a discrete, basic emotion, d ...
'' - fru Jacobi
*1969: ''
Som natt och dag'' - Cecilia
*1970: ''
Storia di una donna'' - Mrs. Ullman
*1976: ''
The Man on the Roof
''The Man on the Roof'' ( sv, Mannen på taket) is a 1976 Swedish police procedural-thriller film directed by Bo Widerberg. It is based on the 1971 novel '' The Abominable Man'' by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The film stars Carl-Gustaf Lindste ...
'' - Mrs. Nyman
*1977: ''
Paradise Place
''Paradise Place'' ( sv, Paradistorg) is a 1977 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnel Lindblom. Birgitta Valberg won the award for Best Actress at the 13th Guldbagge Awards.
Cast
* Marianne Aminoff as Christina
* Maria Blomkvist as Eva
* An ...
'' - Katha
*1980: ''
Flygnivå 450'' - Hedvall
*1988: ''
Ingen rövare finns i skogen'' (Short) - Mormor
*1989: ''
Peter och Petra'' - Grandmother
*1992: ''
Sunday's Children
''Sunday's Children'' ( sv, Söndagsbarn) is a 1992 Swedish drama film directed by Daniel Bergman and written by Ingmar Bergman. At the 28th Guldbagge Awards the film won the award for Best Cinematography (Tony Forsberg) and Thommy Berggren w ...
'' - Grandmother
Television
*1955: ''Hamlet'' (TV Movie) - Drottning Gertrud
*1961: ''Han som fick leva om sitt liv'' (TV Movie) - Anna
*1961: ''Mr Ernest'' (TV Movie) - Lady Bracknall
*1961: ''En handelsresandes död'' (TV Movie) - Linda Loman
*1961: ''Ljuva ungdomstid'' (TV Movie) - Essie, Nat's wife
*1962: ''Sex roller söka en författare'' (TV Movie) - Madame Paix
*1968: ''Rötter'' (TV Movie) - Mrs. Bryant
*1973: ''Näsan'' (TV Movie) - Sven's wife
*1973: ''Pelikanen'' (TV Movie) - The mother
*1973: ''En skugga'' (TV Movie) - Vera's mother
*1979: ''En handelsresandes död'' (TV Movie) - Linda Loman
*1980: ''Räkan från Maxim'' (TV Movie) - Hertiginnan de Valmonté
*1986: ''
Studierektorns sista strid'' - Agnes
*1990: ''
S*M*A*S*H'' - Tant Sporrhane
*1990-1991: ''Storstad'' - Maria Zimmermann
*1993: ''
Polisen och domarmordet'' - Frideborg Glans
*1995: ''
Snoken'' - Margit Edström
*1996: ''Idlaflickorna'' (TV Movie) - Galen Fru (final film role)
References
Further reading
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External links
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1916 births
2014 deaths
Swedish actresses
Actresses from Stockholm
Eugene O'Neill Award winners
Litteris et Artibus recipients
Best Actress Guldbagge Award winners
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