Naima Wifstrand
Acting
Biography
Naima Wifstrand (pronounced [ˈnâjma ˈvîːfstrand];[check tonemes] 4 September 1890 – 23 October 1968) was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer. In her later years, she was cast in several supporting roles in Ingmar Bergman films.
Born: September 4, 1890
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms 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.
Smiles of a Summer Night
Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.
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.
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.
Dreams
Two women—a fashion executive and her young model—experience parallel romantic disappointments during a trip to Gothenburg, exposing generational differences in desire, illusion, and emotional endurance. A transitional work in Ingmar Bergman’s mid-1950s cinema.
Waiting Women
The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their husbands in a small, secluded cottage.
Thirst
A fractured portrait of desire and isolation, following a failing marriage and parallel stories of emotional entrapment as memories surface during a train journey through postwar Europe. Told through flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, the film signals Ingmar Bergman’s emerging mature style.
The Blonde Witch
Brulard, a French civil engineer on assignment in a remote Swedish village, meets Ina, who has been raised in forested isolation by her haggish mother and believes herself to be a witch. He falls in love with her and tries to convert her to civilization; but in the meantime, his female boss, Kristina, has fallen in love with him, while the villagers turn against him for consorting with someone they believe is cursed by the Devil.
The Brig Three Lilies
On the coast of Sweden in 1888, a 12-year-old orphan finds adventure and new hope that his missing father survived a shipwreck years before.
Music in Darkness
A blind, upper-class pianist falls in love with a young servant.
Filmography
as The Old Lady
as Old Lady with Hat
as Astrid
as Mrs. von Grün
as Mor Akka (voice)
as Farmor Tuvesson
as Mrs. Wangendorff
as Granny Vogler
as Clara
as Isak's Mother
as Mrs. Gina
as Widow Hyltenius
as Maila
as Desirée's Mother
as Fru Arén
as 'Madame'
as Malin
as Waterhead's Mother
as Vendela Påhlman
as Mrs. Lobelius
as Narrator / Clothes Saleswoman
as Baroness Erland
as Agneta Lindman
as The primadonna
as En gammal dam
as Cioara
as Miss Henriksson
as Dehlin, principal
as Mamma Carotti
as Head Nurse
as Helena
as Mina
as Beatrice Schröder
as Skoga-Börta
as Mrs Jonsson
as Doris af Ernstam
as Sigrid Malm
as Vera Stätt
as Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht
as Mia Boman
as fru Lundahl
as Mrs. Holst
as Emma Bohrn
as Miss Edit
as Porter
as Madam Vera