Sigrid Holmquist (21 February 1899, in

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them t ...

– 9 July 1970, in Sydney, Australia), also known as Sie Holmquist or Bie Holmquist, was a Swedish actress during the

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era. After three films in Sweden, she went to pursue a career in

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. She appeared in 18 films between 1920 and 1927 before retiring from the screen.

Filmography

References

* Forslund, Bengt (1995), ''Filmstjärnor: en bok om svenska skådespelerskor i världen'', Stockholm: Alfabeta

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Swedish film actresses Swedish silent film actresses 1899 births 1970 deaths People from Borås 20th-century Swedish actresses Swedish expatriates in the United States {{Sweden-actor-stub