Ingrid Lilian Thulin (; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish

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and

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who collaborated with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She was often cast as harrowing and desperate characters, and earned acclaim from both Swedish and international critics. She won the

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress The Best Actress Award (french: Prix d'interprétation féminine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival since 1946. It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and chosen by the jury from the films in officia ...

for her performance in '' Brink of Life'' (1958) and the inaugural

Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role The Guldbagge for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a Swedish film award presented annually by the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) as part of the Guldbagge Awards (Swedish: "Guldbaggen") to actresses working in the Swedish motion picture industry. ...

for ''The Silence'' (1963), and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress BAFTA for '' Cries and Whispers'' (1972).

Early life and education

Thulin was born in

Sollefteå Sollefteå () is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,562 inhabitants in 2010. The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name o ...

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, northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna ( née Larsson) and Adam Thulin, a fisherman. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by The

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the ...

("''Dramaten''") in 1948.

Career

For many years she worked regularly with Ingmar Bergman. Thulin appeared in Bergman's '' Wild Strawberries'' (1957), '' The Magician'' (1958, in which she spent much of the film dressed as a boy), ''

Winter Light ''Winter Light'' ( sv, Nattvardsgästerna, lit=The Communicants) is a 1963 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring his regulars, Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. It follows Tomas Ericsson (Bj� ...

'' (1962), '' The Silence'' (1963), '' The Rite'' (1969) and '' Cries and Whispers'' (1972). She shared the Best Actress award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival and received a

Guldbagge Award The Guldbagge Awards ( sv, Guldbaggen, en, Gold scarab) is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the nam ...

for

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, the first year the award was given out, for her performance in ''The Silence''. In 1968, she was cast by

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in his historical epic of

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, ''The Damned''. Thulin's performance earned a National Society of Film Critics Award for

. Winner of the David di Donatello Awards 1974, Thulin was also nominated for the BAFTA Award the same year. In 1980, she was the head of the jury at the

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Personal life

She was married to

Harry Schein Harry Leo Schein (13 October 1924 – 11 February 2006) was an Austrian-born Swedish chemical engineer, writer and a major figure in Swedish culture. Born in Vienna, Schein was a founder of the Swedish Film Institute and acted as its first Managi ...

, the founder of the Swedish Film Institute, for more than 30 years until 1989, although they lived separately for many years before divorcing. She bought an apartment in Paris, France, in the early 1960s, and some years later a beach house in

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. In 1970, she became a resident of Sacrofano, Italy, where she lived for 34 years. Her memoir was published in 1992 ("''Någon jag kände''" ("Somebody I knew"); Norstedts Förlag; ).

Death

She returned to Sweden for medical treatment and later died from cancer in Stockholm, 20 days before her 78th birthday.

Legacy

The municipality of

, where Thulin is buried, has given out an Ingrid Thulin Memorial Scholarship annually since 2008. The Scholarship (which is valued at SEK 20,000), is open to any applicants pursuing the arts. It is sponsored by actress Harriet Andersson, Thulin's longtime personal friend.

Selected filmography

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* ''Jørund Smed'' (1948) – Girl * ''

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'' (1949) – Gudrun * ''

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'' (1949) – Margit Dahlman * ''

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'' (1950) – Gunvor Ranterud * '' When Love Came to the Village'' (1950) – Agneta *'' Living on 'Hope''' (1951)– Yvonne * '' Encounter with Life'' (1952) – Viola * '' Kalle Karlsson of Jularbo'' (1952) – Elsa * '' A Night in the Archipelago'' (1953) – Ingrid * '' The Chieftain of Göinge'' (1953) – Anna Ryding * ''

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'' (1954) – Woman in haystack (uncredited) * ''Två sköna juveler'' (1954) – Lilly Fridh * ''

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'' (1955) – Cecilia * '' Whoops!'' (1955) – Malou Hjorthage * ''

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'' (1956, Director: Sheldon Reynolds) (with

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) – Brita * '' Never in Your Life'' (1957) – Lily * ''Smultronstället / Wild Strawberries'' (1957, Director: Ingmar Bergman) (with

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) – Marianne Borg * '' Brink of Life'' (1958, Director: Ingmar Bergman) – Cecilia Ellius * '' Ansiktet / The Magician'' (1958, Director: Ingmar Bergman) – Manda Vogler * '' Domaren'' (1960, Director:

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) – Brita Randel * ''

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'' (1962, Director:

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) (with

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) – Marguerite Laurier * '' Agostino'' (1962, Director:

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) – Agostino's Mother * '' Nattvardsgästerna / Winter Light'' (1963, Director: Ingmar Bergman) (with

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and

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) – Märta Lundberg * '' Tystnaden / The Silence'' (1963, Director: Ingmar Bergman) (with

) – Ester * ''Sekstet'' (1963) – Elaine * ''

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'' (1963) - 'The Incurable One' episode * '' Die Lady'' (1964) – Nadine * ''

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'' (1965, Director:

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) (with Maximilian Schell,

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) – Dr. Michele 'Mischa' Wolf * '' La guerre est finie'' (1966, Director:

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) (with

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) – Marianne * '' Night Games'' (1966) – Irene * ''Domani non siamo più qui'' (1967) – Gioia * ''

Vargtimmen ''Hour of the Wolf'' ( sv, Vargtimmen, lit=The Wolf Hour) is a 1968 Swedish psychological horror film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann. The story explores the disappearance of fictional painter Johan Borg ( ...

/ Hour of the Wolf'' (1968, Director: Ingmar Bergman) (with

) – Veronica Vogler * '' Calda e... infedele'' (1968) – Camila * '' Badarna'' (1968) – Cook * '' Adélaïde'' (1968) – Elisabeth Hermann * ''O.K. Yevtushenko'' (1968) – Nando Girl * '' Riten / The Rite'' (1969, TV Movie, Director: Ingmar Bergman) (with Ingmar Bergman and

) – Thea Winkelmann * '' La caduta degli dei'' (1969, Director:

) (with Dirk Bogarde, Helmut Berger) – Baroness Sophie Von Essenbeck * '' La corta notte delle bambole di vetro'' (1971, Director: Aldo Lado) (with Jean Sorel,

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– Jessica * ''N.P. il segreto'' (1971) – N.P.'s wife * '' Viskningar och rop / Cries and Whispers'' (1972, Director: Ingmar Bergman) (with Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson) – Karin * ''La sainte famille'' (1973) – Maria * '' En handfull kärlek'' (1974, Director:

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) – Inez Crona * ''Monismanien 1995'' (1975) – Personundersökare * ' (1975, Director:

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) (with Lino Ventura) – Hélène * ''

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'' (1976, Director:

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) (with Helmut Berger) – Kitty Kellermann * ''L'Agnese va a morire'' (1976) – Agnese * ''

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'' (1976, Director:

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, Burt Lancaster) – Dr. Elena Stradner * ''En och en'' (1978) – Ylva * ''

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) * '' Il Giorno prima'' (1987, Director:

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) (with

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, Burt Lancaster,

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) – Mrs. Havemeyer * ''Orn'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1991) – Adelina (final film role)

References

External links

* *
Ingrid Thulin Official Website (Swedish)
(archived)
Ingmar Bergman Face to Face on Ingrid Thulin

Bergman's leading lady dies at 76

Ingrid Thulin: Northern Light
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thulin, Ingrid 1926 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Swedish actresses Swedish film actresses Best Actress Guldbagge Award winners Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners Deaths from cancer in Sweden People from Sollefteå Municipality

Early life and education

Career

Personal life

Death

Legacy

Selected filmography

References

Further reading

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