Ingeborg Viola Öllegård Wellton-Hell (née Wellton; 18 April 1932 – 26 June 1991) was a Swedish actress. She was married to actor

Erik Hell Erik Hell (11 August 1911 – 11 March 1973) was a Swedish actor. Hell was born in Kalliokoski, Finland, to a Norwegian father and a Finnish mother. He moved to Sweden with his family in 1918 during the Finnish Civil War. He married the actre ...

from 1960 until his death in 1973. She studied at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1950–53 and was engaged at 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 ...

until 1956. After 1956 she was engaged at many theatres, among them

Östgötateatern The East Gothland Theatre (Swedish ''Östgötateatern'') is Sweden's largest regional theatre, with stages in Norrköping and Linköping, both dating from the early 20th century, as well as touring companies. The repertoire includes Swedish an ...

and

Riksteatern Riksteatern is the name of the popular ''"National Touring Theatre"/"National Theatre Company"'' (~Eng. transl.) in Sweden. It's the biggest theatre company on tour in Sweden and can, in one way, almost be described as Sweden's national stage ...

. As film actor she is well known as Tommy's and Annika's mother in ''

Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking ( sv, Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional protagonist, main character in an Pippi Longstocking (book), eponymous series of children's books by Sweden, Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Kari ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''Hammarforsens brus'' (1948) * ''Folket i fält'' (1953) * '' A Night in the Archipelago'' (1953) *'' Unmarried Mothers'' * '' The Mistress'' (1962) * '' I Am Curious (Yellow)'' (1967) * ''

'' (1969–1973, TV and film) * '' August Strindberg: ett liv'' (1985, TV)

External links

Öllegård Wellton on Internet Movie DatabaseÖllegård Wellton on Swedish Film Database
1932 births 1991 deaths Actresses from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish actresses Place of death missing {{Sweden-actor-stub