Svea Holst
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 20, 1901
Place of Birth: Björskog, Västmanlands 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.
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.
The Passion of Anna
A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair.
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.
Girl with Hyacinths
A young woman dies by suicide and leaves all her belongings to her next-door neighbour, who becomes determined to investigate her reasons for taking her life.
Just a Waiter
Fabian Bom is a waiter at a hotel in a small town. But he dreams of doing something else - to dance and sing on a stage. He is madly in love with Matilda Roos, singer and diva. Fabian is too insensitive to notice that Annie, who works in the kitchen, is in love with him. Encouraged by Matilda, Fabian leaves the hotel and goes to Stockholm to become famous. But, as he soon learns, it is more difficult than he first thought.
Only a Mother
A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.
To Joy
Two violinists in the same orchestra fall in love and get married, but they can't get along.
Miss Julie
Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.
A Ship to India
Seven years after leaving home, a sailor returns and remembers both the dark and the light moments of his past.
Filmography
as Dam med taxar
as Fru Ester
as Grandma
as Old patient
as Miss Ester
as Maternal grandmother
as Lille-Sara
as Sally's Grandma
as Anna-Rosa's Great Grandmother
as Kärringen
as Verner's Wife (uncredited)
as vittnet
as The Lady in the Subway
as Sales woman
as Miss Svensson
as wedding guest (uncredited)
as Mother
as Dresser (uncredited)
as Mrs Wallin
as Kristin, servant at the Allards
as turist på resebyrån i Paris
as Midwife
as Woman knitting
as Jean's mother (uncredited)
as Eksell's maid
as Dagmar's Maid
as Nurse at the Maternity Ward (uncredited)
as Malin, Jannes hustru
as Anna Andreasson
as Maid (uncredited)
as The Postmistress (uncredited)
as Stina
as A Woman at the Arrest of Alexander (uncredited)
as Woman outside Gaffelgränd 4
as Malin
as Edit, mrs Jenner's maid
as Maj-Lis mamma
as Jenny (uncredited)
as Shop assistant