Hjördis Petterson
Acting
Biography
Hjördis Olga Maria Petterson was a Swedish stage and screen actress, pedagogue and singer. She was educated at The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school, Stockholm, 1927-30, made her film debut in "Kanske en diktare/Maybe a Poet" (1933). She has appeared in more than 140 feature films.
Born: October 17, 1908
Place of Birth: Visby, Gotlands län, Sweden
Known For
The lift that went down into hell
A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter shows up, the woman feel she has seen him before. And suddenly she discovers who he is.
En karl i köket
Olle works as maître d' and hopes to buy a hotel with money he borrowed. When his creditor dies Olle gets tricked by his lawyer and has to pay back 50,000 crowns in eight days. In order to pay the money he answers the ads in the newspaper looking for a maid.
Three Wishes
Oskar and Mona meet when they come to the Academy of Music to see if they have been accepted, he as a piano student, she a singing student. They become a couple and married but soon there are the frictions. Mona gets hundred crowns from her father, because he thinks she has become so charmless. For it, she buys a perfume called Three Wishes.
Engeln
Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht is tired of working for his half-brother's detective agency. After being released from prison his girlfriend Maggie begs him to find another job. But leaving his prior work is harder than Bertil thought.
The Passion of Anna
A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair.
Miss April
The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play deeply in love with her. Plot summary by nL.
The Pleasure Garden
A small picturesque town at the turn of the century. The conservative views of the townspeople are shaken when they find out that the school teacher Franzén published his own poetry anonymously many years ago. At the same time he acknowledges his love affair with a waitress at the city hotel, Fanny. What is most upsetting is the fact that Fanny has a grownup daughter, Anna, with no known father. Could their poet teacher be the father although he and Fanny are not married?
We Three Debutantes
Three young poets are about to make their debuts.
The Adventures of Picasso
A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that.
It Rains on Our Love
A young couple, penniless, break into a summer cottage; the owner offers to rent to them but he has ulterior motives. By living together, the lovers must face their pasts and contend with the meddling neighbors and authorities.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Ida Swanson
as The Patient
as Eleonora Bruse, Châtelaine
as Olga
as Mushroom picker
as Grandmëre (uncredited)
as Mrs. Nilsson
as Johan's Sister (uncredited)
as The female devil
as Mrs. Svea Vikingson
as Siv's mother-in-law
as Mrs. Karlsson
as Lady in purple
as Anna
as Stina Grepe
as Julia Rask
as Ellen Franzén
as Mrs. Jansson
as Fanny Falkman
as Tekla Motander
as Guest at a party
as Mrs. Jägerström
as Selma Olsson
as Mrs. Kovac
as Madam Rochelle
as Rita Rang
as Selma Olsson
as Fru Berg
as Mrs. Karlsson
as Susanna, Tomas mor
as Selma Olsson
as Clara Grepeclou
as Mrs Ehrenfalk
as Berta
as Selma Olsson
as Alma Ståhlberg
as Mrs. Gabrielsson
as Gurlis mor
as Olga Seman
as Madame Flod
as Millan, Dana's wife
as Bertha Stenmark
as Olga Eckers
as Mia Lundgren
as Aurora Königsmarck
as Emilie Hassel, Porslins-Birgitta's mother
as Sofia Pang
as Svea Holmström
as Slottsfru
as Dagmar Vikström
as Annie Eriksson
as Mrs. Wikman
as Wilma Pettersson
as Märta
as Mrs. Lamberg
as Kerstin Nordelius, inackorderingstant, Bertils mor
as Teacher
as Elisabeth Canitz
as Elvira's mother
as Klara Bjurstedt
as Fräulein Schultze
as Sofi
as Hilda Linnér
as Frida Johansson
as Hilda Granström
as Mrs. Anderson
as "Skorpionen"
as Switchboard operator
as Karin
as Hans hustru
as Britta
as Linda Fristedt
as Miss Svensson
as Priorinnan
as Guest at the Restaurant
as Mrs. Herlen
as Prisoner
as Katrin Pålsson
as Selma Waldner
as Laura Larsson
as Henriette
as Hostess
as Madame Agathe
as Ogifta Augusta Sofia Svensson, alkoholist
as Miss Hedberg
as fru Pettersson, Stenwalls hushållerska
as Julia Hyltenius
as Fru Rosa Blom
as Fröken Björkman, direktör Björkmans syster
as Mrs Fredriksson
as Mrs. Mathiesen
as Hilda Malmquist
as Danserinne
as Telephone operator
as Karen Solbakken
as Mrs. Pilgren
as Cigar Lady