Ulla-Britt ("Lena") Brogren (18 April 1929 in

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– 21 September 2005 (aged 76) in

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) was a Swedish

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. In the 1950s, Brogren started working at Gothenburg City Theatre, where she was one of the names on the

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s. Her appearances in the plays ''Lång dags färd mot natt'' and ''Kaos är granne med Gud'' were well known. In the play ''Tjena Gary'', she acted against Ingvar Hirdwall. Hagge Geigert made her engaged for playing the "bad" children's book author Mrs Smythe in the play ''En man för mycket'' at Liseberg Theatre in 1992.

Selected filmography

*1952 – '' Secrets of Women'' *1957 – '' Lille Fridolf blir morfar'' *1973 – '' Om 7 flickor'' *1976 – '' Hem till byn'' (TV) *1978 – '' Hedebyborna'' (TV) *1981 – '' Tuppen'' *1981 – '' Rasmus på luffen'' *1981 – '' Operation Leo'' *1982 – '' Polisen som vägrade svara'' (TV) *1994 – '' Rena rama Rolf'' (TV) *1998 – '' Svenska hjärtan'' (TV) *2003 – '' Solbacken: Avd. E'' (TV) *2005 – '' Saltön'' (TV)

External links

* * Swedish television actresses 2005 deaths 1929 births Actors from Västerås Swedish stage actresses {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub