Anita Strindberg (born 19 June 1937) is a Swedish former

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who appeared in numerous Italian ''

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'' films in the 1970s. Strindberg appeared as Anita Edberg in two Swedish films in the late 1950s. She started her career in gialli with Lucio Fulci's ''

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin ''A Lizard in a Woman's Skin'' ( it, Una lucertola con la pelle di donna) is a 1971 ''giallo'' film directed by Lucio Fulci and produced by Edmondo Amati and Robert Dorfmann. It stars Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Leo Genn, and ...

'' in 1971 and starred in her first lead role that same year, in the

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-directed '' The Case of the Scorpion's Tail''. In 1972, she starred in two more gialli:

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's ''

Who Saw Her Die? ''Who Saw Her Die?'' ( it, Chi l'ha vista morire?) is an Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Aldo Lado and Vittorio De Sisti, starring Anita Strindberg and George Lazenby. Lazenby and Strindberg play the parents of a murdered girl, who pursue h ...

'' and Martino's '' Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key''. After the early 1970s, Strindberg acted in many types of

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s: a women in prison film '' Women in Cell Block 7'' (1973); the ''

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''-like horror film '' The Antichrist'' (1974); and the '' poliziotteschi'' film '' Almost Human'' (1974), directed by

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. Her last film was

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's ''

Murder Obsession ''Murder Obsession'' (''Follia omicida''), a.k.a. ''Fear'', is a 1981 Italian giallo film directed by Riccardo Freda, and starring Laura Gemser and Anita Strindberg. Plot synopsis A successful actor named Michael (Stefano Patrizi) has a dark p ...

'', also known as ''Fear'' co-starring Laura Gemser.

Filmography

*'' Blonde in Bondage'' (1957) - Telephone Operator *''Sköna Susanna och gubbarna'' (1959) - Susanna *''Quella chiara notte d'ottobre'' (1970) - Victim (uncredited) *'' Una lucertola con la pelle di donna'' (''A Lizard in a Woman's Skin'', 1971) - Julia Durer *'' La coda dello scorpione'' (''Case of the Scorpion's Tail'', 1971) - Cléo Dupont *'' Coartada en disco rojo'' (''The Two Faces of Fear'', 1972) - Dr. Paola Lombardi *'' The Eroticist'' (1972) - French Ambassador's Wife *'' Chi l'ha vista morire?'' (''Who Saw Her Die?'', 1972) - Elizabeth Serpieri *'' Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave'' (''Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key'', 1972) - Irina *'' Forza 'G''' (''Winged Devils'', 1972) - Cléo Dupont *'' Al tropico del cancro'' (''Tropic of Cancer'', 1972) - Grace Wright *'' Partirono preti, tornarono... curati'' (''Halleluja to Vera Cruz'', 1973) *'' Diario segreto da un carcere femminile'' (''Women in Cell Block 7'', 1973) - Daughter of Musumeci *''

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'' (''The African Deal'', 1974) - Eva McDougall *'' La profanazione'' (1974) *'' Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare'' (''Almost Human'', 1974) - Iona Tucci *'' L'uomo senza memoria'' (''Puzzle'', 1974) - Mary Caine *''

L'anticristo ''The Antichrist'' ( it, L'anticristo), also released as ''The Tempter'', is a 1974 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Umberto Orsini, Alida Valli, Remo ...

'' (''The Antichrist'', 1974) - Greta *'' La verginella'' (1975) *''

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'' (1976) - Ingrid *'' L'inconveniente'' (1976) *'' The Salamander'' (1981) - Princess Faubiani *''

'' (1981) - Glenda Stanford (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strindberg, Anita 1937 births Living people 20th-century Swedish actresses