Bibi Andersson
Biography
Berit Elisabet Andersson (November 11, 1935 – April 14, 2019) or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman
Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing against Nils Poppe. Eventually, she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. A brief relationship with Ingmar Bergman made her quit school and follow him to the Malmö city theatre, where he was a director, performing in plays by August Strindberg and Hjalmar Bergman. Bergman also gave her a small part in his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), and larger roles in his Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal (1957). From the the 1960s she got offers from abroad, with best result in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). During the civil war in Yugoslavia she has worked with several initiatives to give the people of Sarajevo theatre and other forms of culture.
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Full filmography
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- Midi Première (1975) as Self
- The Seventh Seal (1957) as Mia
- Arn: The Knight Templar (2010) as Moder Rikissa
- The Guldbagge Awards (1981) as Self - Host
- Persona (1966) as Alma
- Wild Strawberries (1957) as Sara
- The Lost Prince (2003) as Queen Alexandra
- Scenes from a Marriage (1973) as Katarina
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
- Babette's Feast (1987) as Svensk hofdame
- The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) as Francine
- Duel at Diablo (1966) as Ellen Grange
- Arn: The Knight Templar (2007) as Mother Rikissa
- Scenes from a Marriage (1974) as Katarina
- Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End (2008) as Mother Rikissa
- An Enemy of the People (1978) as Catherine Stockmann
- The Passion of Anna (1969) as Eva Vergerus
- Bror & syster (2007) as moster Majken
- Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) as Actress
- Confessions of a Fool (1976) as Maria
- The Girls (1968) as Liz / Lysistrata
- The Devil's Eye (1960) as Britt-Marie