Gertrud Fridh
Acting
Biography
Gertrud Fridh was a Swedish stage and screen actress. She graduated from The Gothenburg City Theatre's school ac acting in 1943. She made her film debut in Gustaf Molnader's "Rid i natt!/Ride Tonight!" (1942). Getrud Fridh played "Pax" in the controversial Hasse Ekman film "The White Cat" (1950).
Born: November 26, 1921
Place of Birth: Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, Sweden
Known For
Wild Strawberries
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Hour of the Wolf
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
The Magician
A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.
The Devil's Eye
Don Juan is sent from Hell to Earth with a mission: to seduce a virgin in order to spoil her pure wedding. The mission becomes frantic when Don Juan falls in love for the first time in centuries.
A Ship to India
Returning home after seven years at sea, a sailor relives his youth aboard a salvage ship dominated by his abusive father, recalling love, betrayal, and the desire to escape. Told in flashback, the film explores family conflict, longing, and moral reckoning in an early milestone of Ingmar Bergman’s career.
All These Women
Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the cellist's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician's private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.
Halsduken
This is a Swedish remake based on The Scarf, the British original from 1959 (script : Francis Durbridge). The English script was translated to Swedish by Ulla Berthel and Börje Lindell. The Swedish version retains the English setting.
The White Cat
A man comes to Stockholm's central station. He does not know who he is or where he has been. He has some keys and a phone number. Perhaps he is the escaped sex maniac the police are searching for. A waitress at a café tries to help him.
The Yellow Squadron
The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the boarder. The peace in Europe is fragile and the cold war is imminent. At F8 - Air Fore Base, the yellow squadron stand ready with its J29 fighters.
Siska
A young woman struggles with life, love and career. She is courted by a young man but is unwilling to enter into a relationship if it means limiting her freedom.
Filmography
as Ilse Siedel
as Ilse Siedel
as Naima Wifstrand
as Corinne von Merkens
as Traviata
as Gull Fernström
as Annabella Myrman
as Marianne Hastings
as Renata
as Ottilia
as Karin, Isak's Wife
as Margit Friberg
as Lizzie
as Inger Bart-Wretling
as "Pax", Lena Gall
as Charlotta Ulfhammar
as Inga Larsson
as Sally
as Rose-Marie Nilsson
as Peasant Woman (uncredited)