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Gunn Wållgren

Acting Born Nov 16, 1913 Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, Sweden 24 credits

Biography

Gunn Wållgren (16 November 1913 – 4 June 1983) was a Swedish actress.

Considered one of Sweden's finest and also to date most appreciated actresses, Wållgren was famous for her fragile and sensual way of acting, her warm and rich inner soulfulness, and her never failing ability of presenting an absolute presence and naturalness on stage. Her Chekhov and Ibsen character interpretations, in particular, are considered to be unsurpassed.

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Full filmography

  • The Guldbagge Awards (1981) as Self - Best Actress winner
  • Fanny and Alexander (1984) as Helena Ekdahl
  • The Glass Mountain (1953) as Otti Moreus
  • Fanny and Alexander (1982) as Helena Ekdahl
  • Strandvaskeren (1978) as Mormor
  • The Brothers Lionheart (1977) as Sofia
  • Harald Handfaste (1946) as Peasant woman (uncredited)
  • Söderkåkar (1970) as Hanna Johnsson
  • Minns ni? (1993) as (archive footage)
  • Ordet (1943) as Kristina
  • Frida och hennes vän (1970) as Frida's Mother
  • The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1984) as Self
  • Sonja (1943) as Sonja's Room-mate
  • The Man Who Quit Smoking (1972) as Aunt Gunhild
  • While the Door Was Locked (1946) as Marianne Sahlén
  • The Nuthouse (1951) as Maggan Håkansson
  • Woman Without a Face (1947) as Rut Köhler
  • The Girl and the Devil (1944) as Karin
  • Imprisoned Women (1943) as Viola
  • Sally and Freedom (1981) as Sally's Mother
  • Miss and Mrs Sweden (1969) as Rose Persson-Silvergrå
  • Crime and Punishment (1945) as Sonja Semjonovna Marmeladova
  • Svartskallen (1981) as Inez Bergman
  • Söderkåkar (1970)