Liv Ullmann

Liv Ullmann at the Toronto International Film Festival 2014

Liv Johanne Ullmann (born December 16, 1938 in Tokyo , Japan ) is a Norwegian actress and director . Her best-known film appearances were in Ingmar Bergman's film dramas such as Persona , Scenes from a Marriage , Screams and Whispers and Face to Face as well as in Jan Troell's Emigranten and Das neue Land .

Life

Liv Ullmann was born in Tokyo. Her father, Ernst Viggo Ullmann, worked as a Norwegian aeronautical engineer for an American company, her mother Janna Erbe Lund was a bookseller. In 1941 the family moved to Canada . Shortly before the end of the war (1945), the father died of an accident at work with an airplane propeller two years earlier. After the end of the war, Ullmann returned to Norway with her mother and sister, where they settled in Trondheim . Liv Ullmann completed an acting training , including in London , and applied several times to the drama school of the National Theater in Oslo to no avail . In 1960 she was finally accepted as a member of the National Theater ensemble.

Ullmann was already a well-known theater actress in her home country when she met the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman in the mid-1960s. Under his direction and alongside Bibi Andersson , she played a silent stage actress in Persona (1966). The following films, some of them alongside Max von Sydow , made her internationally known. Ullmann and Bergman also became a couple privately. In 1966 she gave birth to a daughter, who later became a writer, Linn Ullmann . They separated after five years but continued to work together. She appeared for the first time in a non- Scandinavian film with Cold Sweat (1970) . She achieved world star status with the emigrant epics Emigranten (for which she was nominated with an Oscar ) and Das neue Land (1971–1972). In 1974 she said about her personality and her impact as an actress: “I think people can identify with me. In a way, I'm ordinary. Don't mistake me for a Hollywood star . Maybe that's my strength. "

In addition to other roles in Bergman films, including the successful television series Scenes from a Marriage (1973), she has appeared in numerous international film and theater productions. In 1975 she played Nora or A Puppet's House for the first time at a theater in the USA with her portrayal of Nora from Henrik Ibsen . She received the 1979 Outer Critics Circle Award for her acting work in Eugene O'Neill's play Anna Christie . She also got involved with UNICEF and other charitable organizations, for which she was awarded the Four Freedoms Award in 1984.

In 1992 Ullmann made her feature film debut as a director in the film drama Sofie , which received several awards. She was able to build on this success with Die Faulosen in 2000. The film, based on a script by Bergman, was shown in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival . They reunited their directorial work with the Bergman actors von Sydow and Erland Josephson and Bergman's cameraman Sven Nykvist . After 25 years, she also appeared again in a Bergman film with Sarabande (2003), which was to be the director's last.

In 1998 she was awarded the honorary professorship of the state of Schleswig-Holstein “in recognition and in recognition of her outstanding services to the support of the Nordic Film Days Lübeck as a cultural bridge in the Baltic Sea region” . In December 2004 she received the European Film Prize for her “outstanding contribution to world cinema”.

Liv Ullmann was married twice, first to the psychiatrist Hans Jacob Stang (1960–1965) and later to the realtor Donald Saunders (1985–1995). In 2002, doctors diagnosed her with a stroke and a life-threatening ventricle opening. She recovered completely after an operation. Her memoirs appeared in 1976 under the title Changes . Another autobiography appeared in 1985 under the title Tides . The pianist and author Ketil Bjørnstad summarized conversations with her in 2005, which were published under the title Livslinjer ( Eng . Paths of Life ).

Filmography (selection)

actress

1959: The young sinners (Ung Flukt) - Director: Edith Carlmar
1962: All Nights Longing (Kort är sommaren) - Director: Bjarne Henning-Jensen
1966: Persona - Directed by Ingmar Bergman
1968: The Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) - Director: Ingmar Bergman
1968: Shame - Director: Ingmar Bergman
1969: Passion (En passion) - Director: Ingmar Bergman
1970: Cold sweat (De la part des copains)
1971: Emigranten (Utvandrarna) - Director: Jan Troell
1971: The Night Visitor (The Night Visitor) - Director: László Benedek
1972: The New Land (Nybyggarna) - Director: Jan Troell
1972: Screams and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) - Director: Ingmar Bergman
1972: Pope Joan (Pope Joan)
1973: Scenes from a marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) - Director: Ingmar Bergman
1973: Lost Horizon (Lost Horizon)
1973: forty carats (40 carats)
1974: Zandys bride (Zandy's Bride) - Director: Jan Troell
1976: Face to face (Ansigte mot ansigte) - Director: Ingmar Bergman
1977: The Snake Egg - Director: Ingmar Bergman
1977: The Arnhem Bridge (A Bridge Too Far)
1978: Autumn Sonata - Director: Ingmar Bergman
1980: Richard's Legacy (Richard's Things)
1983: The Wild Duck (The Wild Duck)
1984: Dangerous Trains (La Diagonale du fou)
1985: Let's hope it's a girl (Speriamo che sia femmina)
1987: Farewell Moscow - Director: Mauro Bolognini
1987: Gaby : A True Story
1988: La Amiga - The Girlfriend (La amiga) - Director: Jeanine Meerapfel
1989: The Rose Garden (The Rose Garden)
1991: Der Ochse (Oxen) - Director: Sven Nykvist
1994: anger
2003: Sarabande (Saraband) - Director: Ingmar Bergman
2012: Two Lives - Director: Georg Maas

Narrator

1983: Children in the Holocaust.
2006: The Danish Poet - A Love Story (The Danish Poet)

Director

1982: Love (episode "Parting")
1992: Sofie
1995: Kristin Lavrans daughter (Kristin Lavransdatter)
1995: Lumière et Compagnie (episode "Liv Ullmann")
1996: Enskilda samtal (TV movie)
2000: The Faithless (Trolösa)
2014: Miss Julie (Miss Julie)

Awards (selection)

Oscar

1973: nominated as best leading actress for emigrants

1977: Nominated for Best Actress for Face to Face

2022: Honorary Oscar for her life's work as an actress

British Academy Film Awards

1976: Nominated for Best Actress for Scenes from a Marriage

1977: Nominated for Best Actress for Face to Face

David di Donatello

1974: Special prize for screams and whispers (together with Harriet Andersson , Kari Sylwan and Ingrid Thulin )

1975: Best Foreign Actress for Scenes from a Marriage

1979: Best Foreign Actress for Autumn Sonata (with Ingrid Bergman )

1986: Nominated for Best Actress for Let's Hope It's a Girl

1987: Best Actress for Farewell Moscow

Golden Globe Award

1973: Best Actress - Drama for Emigrants

1974: Nominated for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical for Forty Carats

1975: Nominated for Best Actress in a Marriage Drama

1977: Nominated for Best Actress - Drama for Face to Face

1990: nominated for best leading actress - drama for Der Rosengarten

National Board of Review

1969: Best Actress for The Hour of the Wolf; shame

1973: Best leading actress for Das neue Land

1976: Best Actress for Face to Face

National Society of Film Critics

1969: Best Actress for Shame

1974: Best leading actress for Das neue Land

1975: Best Actress for Scenes from a Marriage

1977: nominated as best leading actress for Face to Face - 3rd place

New York Film Critics Circle Award

1970: nominated as best leading actress for Passion - 3rd place

1973: Best Actress for Screams and Whispers; Emigrants

1974: Best Actress for Scenes from a Marriage

1977: Best Actress for Face to Face

World Film Festival

1992: Sofie's favorite film

1992: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for Sofie

1992: Grand Jury Prize for Sofie

1995: Grand Prix Special des Amériques "for their extraordinary contribution to the art of film"

Further awards

1969: Guldbagge for Best Actress : Shame

1976: Bambi in the category "Actress International"

1976: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress: Face to Face

1980: Pasinetti Prize for Best Actress at the Venice International Film Festival : Richard's Legacy

1988: Best Actress at the San Sebastián International Film Festival : La amiga

1992: Children's Film Prize of the Nordic Film Institute at the Nordic Film Days Lübeck : Sofie

1997: Norsk kulturråds ærespris

1997: Premi Flaiano de Cinematografia for her life's work

1997: FIPRESCI Prize of the Valladoid International Film Festival: Enskilda samtal

1998: Honorary Professor of the State of Schleswig-Holstein

2000: Baltic Film Award for a Nordic feature film at the Nordic Film Days Lübeck: The Faithless

2000: Ecumenical Film Award of the International Film Festival Norway : The Faithless

2000: Special Prize of the Vlaanderen-Ghent International Film Festival : The Faithless

2002: DIVA Award

2003: Honorary Award of the Copenhagen International Film Festival for Lifetime Achievement

2004: European film award "for your outstanding European performance in international cinema"

2005: Special award of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival "for your outstanding contribution to international cinema"

2007: Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Sebastián International Film Festival

2014: Naming of an asteroid : (96327) Ullmann

literature

Liv Ullmann: Changes ( Forandringe , 1976). Knaur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-426-00568-9 (EA 1976).
Liv Ullmann: Gezeiten ( Choices , 1984). Knaur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-426-61618-1 (EA 1985).
Liv Ullmann: Letters to my Grandchild ( Letters to my Grandchild , 1997). 2nd edition, dtv, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-25150-6 .
Edvard Hambro: Liv Ullmann. Scenes of a life. Dtv, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-24268-X .
Liv Ullmann, Ketil Bjørnstad : Life Paths (OT: Livslinjer, 2005). Btb, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-442-75175-6 .
Robert Emmet Long (Ed.): Liv Ullmann: Interviews. University of Mississippi Press 2006, ISBN 978-1-57806-824-1 .
Linn Ullmann : The restless . Luchterhand, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-630-87421-0 .

Documentaries

Liv & Ingmar. Documentary, Norway, 2012, 119 min., Book: Dheeraj Akolkar and Ragnhild Lund, director: Dheeraj Akolkar, production: NordicStories, Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Sveriges Television (SVT), Liv & Ingmar in the Internet Movie Database (English) . Friends, colleagues and Liv Ullmann talk about the 42-year relationship between Bergman and Ullmann.
Liv Ullmann - A close-up. Documentary, Germany, 2013, 52:40 min., Script and director: Georg Maas , production: Interface, Zinnober Film, WDR , arte , first broadcast: December 3, 2013 on arte, summary by arte, ( memento from March 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Liv Ullmann - Collection of Images

Liv Ullmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Literature by and about Liv Ullmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Liv Ullmann in the German dubbing file

items

A dangerous muse. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 16, 2008
Screams and whispers. In: FAZ , December 16, 2008

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Svend Erik Løken Larsen: Liv Ullmann. Store norske leksikon, February 13, 2009, accessed December 6, 2020 .
↑ Ralph Geisenhanslüke: Liv Ullmann: “I have only one memory of my father”. In: Zeit-Magazin , series: I have a dream , February 28, 2015, p. 71.
^ ^A ^b Robert Emmet Long (Ed.): Liv Ullmann: Interviews. University of Mississippi Press, Jackson / MS 2006, ISBN 978-1-57806-824-1 , pp. Xv-xvii.
^ Robert Emmet Long (ed.): Liv Ullmann: Interviews. University of Mississippi Press, Jackson / MS 2006, ISBN 978-1-57806-824-1 , p. 79.
↑ Honorary title "Professor". In: schleswig-holstein.de. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015 ; accessed on October 16, 2014 .
↑ https://www.berlinale.de/de/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.html?film_id=201902217
↑ http://www.middlebury.edu/newsletters/hillelhayom/fall2018/kent
↑ THE ACADEMY TO HONOR DANNY GLOVER, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, ELAINE MAY AND LIV ULLMANN WITH OSCARS® AT 2022 GOVERNORS AWARDS. June 24, 2021, accessed June 25, 2021 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ullmann, Liv
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ullmann, Liv Johanne (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Norwegian actress and director
DATE OF BIRTH	December 16, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tokyo , Japan

[SNL-1] A ^b Svend Erik Løken Larsen: Liv Ullmann. Store norske leksikon, February 13, 2009, accessed December 6, 2020 .

[2] Ralph Geisenhanslüke: Liv Ullmann: “I have only one memory of my father”. In: Zeit-Magazin , series: I have a dream , February 28, 2015, p. 71.

[LongBio-3] A ^b Robert Emmet Long (Ed.): Liv Ullmann: Interviews. University of Mississippi Press, Jackson / MS 2006, ISBN 978-1-57806-824-1 , pp. Xv-xvii.

[4] Robert Emmet Long (ed.): Liv Ullmann: Interviews. University of Mississippi Press, Jackson / MS 2006, ISBN 978-1-57806-824-1 , p. 79.

[5] Honorary title "Professor". In: schleswig-holstein.de. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015 ; accessed on October 16, 2014 .

[6] ttps://www.berlinale.de/de/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.html?film_id=201902217

[7] ttp://www.middlebury.edu/newsletters/hillelhayom/fall2018/kent

[Oscars.org-8] THE ACADEMY TO HONOR DANNY GLOVER, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, ELAINE MAY AND LIV ULLMANN WITH OSCARS® AT 2022 GOVERNORS AWARDS. June 24, 2021, accessed June 25, 2021 .