Inga Linnéa Landgré (born ''Lundgren''; 6 August 1927) is a Swedish actress who has worked in theatre, television and films since the 1940s.

Early life and career

Inga Landgré was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1927. Her father was a struggling musician whose alcoholism strained her parents' marriage. Her mother was a waitress. They divorced in the early 1930s, when she was only five years old. She was an only child. She received her theatrical education in ''Calle Flygare Teaterskola'' and made her acting debut in 1944 at the

Blanche Theatre Blanche Theatre or in Swedish Blancheteatern (before 1915 called Blanch's theater, and for a time the Vaudeville Theatre), was a private theater located in a building on West Tradgardsgatan next to Kungsträdgården in Stockholm, Sweden. The theat ...

as ''Anja'' in ''"Körbärsträdgården"''. She started appearing in motion pictures around this time as well, starting with the 1943 film '' Ordet''. In 1946, she starred in ''

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'', Ingmar Bergman's directorial debut.

Personal life

Landgré was married to the Swedish actor Nils Poppe between 1949-1959. The couple had two children together, of whom one also became an actress. In the 1960s, she acted as a

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for her friend

Andreas Papandreou Andreas Georgiou Papandreou ( el, Ανδρέας Γεωργίου Παπανδρέου, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, ...

, who later became the prime minister of Greece, by delivering

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to Greece.

Awards and honours

She won the Guldbagge Honorary Award in 2011, but received it in January 2012.

Selected filmography

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Landgre, Inga 1927 births Living people Actresses from Stockholm Litteris et Artibus recipients 20th-century Swedish actresses