Julie Bernby
Acting
Biography
Julie Bernby, born Ester Margit Juliana Westerberg, was a Swedish stage and screen actress, singer/songwriter and author. She used Irmelin Mårdh as her pen-name. She appeared in some 50 feature films and countless plays and revues.
Born: March 31, 1918
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Known For
Hanna in High Society
When the old colonel Hummerborg dies, he leaves his fortune and estate to his trusted housemaid Hanna. But the colonel's relatives try everything to have the last will canceled.
Swedish Portraits
The unemployed Timjan discover Mejram singing and instantly fall in love with her.
Iris and the Lieutenant
Robert, an upper-class officer, meets and falls in love with Iris, a house maid. His family will do anything to stop her from marrying him.
Sawdust and Tinsel
A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
A Dream Play
"A dream play" - This made-for-television film constituted Bergman’s first production of Strindberg’s A Dream Play – a play he would revisit three times more. Gunnar Ollén’s Malmö crew was behind this, for its time, prestigious and costly theatre production, involving more than 40 actors and no less than 75 extras.
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.
A Lesson in Love
After a 15-year marriage, a couple readies for divorce but suddenly realize that their feelings haven't vanished yet.
The First Squadron
The year is 1941 and Nazi Germany is at its peak. Hitler's army is storming into Russia. Sweden stands lonely and isolated while the air force is training intensely due to a coming attack. The squadron leader pushes his men at its hardest. It's a constant game with death where death unfortunately often wins.
Familjen Björck
The Björcks are an ordinary middle-class family in a large Stockholm apartment with with two children, Greta and Ville. But the family's happiness is threatened in two ways: Greta prefers Börje Schack instead of the well-behaving Bertil. And the flirtatious Mrs. Holten tries to snare Mr. Björck.
Raskenstam
The story of the charlatan Gustaf Raskenstam life and times during World War II, who for financial gain seduced a large number of women.
Filmography
as Waitress
as Dam med hund
as Singer
as Mrs. Brinkmar
as Mrs. Faversham
as Schnell
as Mrs. Jonsson
as Miss Pepping
as sekreterare hos domare Cunning
as Prostitute
as Tightrope-dancer
as Cashier
as maid at the Blue Gate inn throwing out the contents of a chamberpot (uncredited)
as Shop Assistant
as Stina Bluhme's Maid
as Woman at the beauty shop
as Miss Engström (uncredited)