Isa Quensel
Acting
Biography
Isa Quensel (21 September 1905 – 3 November 1981) was a Swedish actress and operatic soprano who appeared in over 50 films, plays, operas, TV and radio shows.
Born: September 21, 1905
Place of Birth: Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, Sweden
Known For
Woman of Darkness
Sweden 1889. The young Per Nilsson has a very dominant mother, Anna Månsdotter. His father died many years ago and he and his mother have for a long time been in a incestuous relationship. But Per marries Hanna for the sake of her money and Anna is mean and evil towards her, and Per refuses to have sex with her. She starts to suspect that something is going on between her husband and stepmother.
Emil and the Piglet
Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.
Emil i Lönneberga
Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid Lina on a picturesque farm in Småland. He is an unusually lively little boy, who just can't resist trying out every whim that enters into his white-haired head. Always with the best intentions in mind, because he is a good-hearted child, but often with catastrophic results, especially for his short-tempered father. As a result, Emil spends a lot of quality time in the wood shed carving wood figurines and waiting for Anton's temper to cool down. And the father's patience is certainly tried, as Emil gets his head stuck in the family's only soup bowl, hoists little Ida up the flag pole, and arranges a lavish Christmas party for the poor.
Do You Believe in Angels?
Jan Froman is a young man with great plans for the future. He gets a job as an assistant janitor at a bank, but with inherited money he starts to buy and sell real estate which eventually increases in value. He falls in love with Margareta, whose father is a naval officer. Margareta is slighted by her fiance and follows Froman on a sailing trip in the archipelago. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Guest at One's Own Home
Eva Dahl, a doctor's wife, starts an affair with a younger man.
Swedish Wedding Night
A wealthy butcher, fond of liquor and women is about to marry a much younger woman. The woman's father has locked himself in the attic and refuses to come to the wedding.
Loving Couples
As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbreak of the Great War, they relive their childhood and youthful experiences.
The Phantom Carriage
The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel of the same name. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve will face the death coachman, which happens to be his old friend Georges. Together, reliving the events of the past, and David becomes aware that he ruined the lives of two women who both loved him.
The Lady in Black
The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a young woman is found murdered it is clear that this is another case for the Hillmans.
Ärliga blå ögon
A young female scammer relying on her innocent blue eyes and ability to disguise herself tries to avoid the police that are getting ever closer.
Filmography
as Nina
as Britta
as Fru Nardin
as Aunt Tilda (voice)
as Krösa-Maja (voice)
as Krösa-Maja (voice)
as Märta
as Hilda Krikonblad
as Grave-Karna
as Mrs. Parpalaid
as Tora
as Fredrika von Strussenhjelm
as Hilma Palm
as Agda Stjernesten
as Gertrud Odenstam
as Louise Günther
as Aunt Göta
as Elli Logje
as Maria
as Doris Fågelström
as Cecilia von Schilden
as Agnes Bentick
as Mrs. Lannert
as Mathilde
as Emmy Anckarberg
as Harriet's mother
as Marianne's mother
as Anne-Marie Brandt
as Elsa Brummel
as Raggen
as Lisa
as Elsa Wallin