Gunn Wållgren
Acting
Biography
Gunn Wållgren (16 November 1913 – 4 June 1983) was a Swedish actress. Considered one of Sweden's finest and also to date most appreciated actresses, Wållgren was famous for her fragile and sensual way of acting, her warm and rich inner soulfulness, and her never failing ability of presenting an absolute presence and naturalness on stage. Her Chekhov and Ibsen character interpretations, in particular, are considered to be unsurpassed.
Born: November 16, 1913
Place of Birth: Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, Sweden
Known For
Fanny and Alexander
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
The Dress
Edit is pleased that her mother agrees to let her buy a dress she loves, but which in fact is made for an adult woman.
Söderkåkar
The story of two brothers, one rich and one poor living next to each other , struggling along with their families and daily lives in the south parts of Stockholm in the 1930's.
Fanny and Alexander
As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.
Crime and Punishment
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
Strandvaskeren
Sonja
Sonja (Birgit Tengroth) is a housewife happily married with the factory worker Kurt (Åke Grönberg). But what he doesn't know is that Sonja has a dark secret of the past; she is a former prostitute. When suddenly Sonja's former, sleazy pimp Nick (Sture Lagerwall) shows up, he blackmails her into giving him money and letting him stay at their home. Otherwise he will tell Kurt about Sonja past. Sonja comply, but when Nick starts a relationship with Kurt's young and innocent sister Maj, Sonja has to act so Maj doesn't make the same mistake she did.
Söderkåkar
The story of two brothers, one rich and one poor living next to each other, struggling along with their families and daily lives in the south parts of Stockholm in the 1930's.
Ordet
Swedish film of the Kaj Munk play that was made into a far more famous film by Carl Dreyer in Denmark twelve years later.
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
The Making of Fanny and Alexander is a fascinating look at the creation of a masterpiece. Directed by Ingmar Bergman himself, this feature-length documentary chronicles the methods of one of cinema’s true luminaries as he labors to realize his crowning production.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Helena Ekdahl
as Helena Ekdahl
as Self - Best Actress winner
as Inez Bergman
as Sally's Mother
as Mormor
as Sofia
as Aunt Gunhild
as Hanna Johnsson
as Frida's Mother
as Rose Persson-Silvergrå
as Helen Fürst
as Maggan Håkansson
as Birgit Sundell
as Rut Köhler
as Marianne Sahlén
as Peasant woman (uncredited)
as Sonja Semjonovna Marmeladova
as Herself
as Klara Fina Gulleborg
as Karin
as Kristina
as Sonja's Room-mate
as Lulu
as Viola