Öllegård Wellton
Ingeborg Viola Öllegård Wellton (born April 28, 1932 in Stockholm , Stockholm County ; † June 26, 1991 there ) was a Swedish actress .
life and career
Öllegård Wellton was born into a Stockholm family of artists, her grandmother Anna Hofman-Uddgren was Sweden's first female film director. Her brothers were the sculptor Lars Wellton (1918–1992) and the actor Ernst Wellton (1921–2001). She studied acting with Gösta Terserus in the late 1940s and attended the Dramatens elevskola drama school from 1950 to 1953 . She then worked at several theaters in Sweden. She was also active as a film actress, so in 1949 she took on one of her first roles as a ballet dancer in Ingmar Bergman's early work Durst . She took on her best-known film role in the late 1960s in the successful Astrid Lingren film adaptation of Pippi Longstocking , in which she played the caring mother of Tommy ( Pär Sundberg ) and Annika ( Maria Persson ) as Mrs. Settergren .
After a first marriage to the pilot Ivan Roos from 1950 to 1953, Wellton married her fellow actor Erik Hell in 1960 , with whom she had two children. After Hell's death in March 1973, she increasingly withdrew from acting and devoted herself to raising her children. She last stood in front of the camera in 1985 for a television adaptation of August Strindberg's life. Wellborg died in June 1991 at the age of 59 and was buried in the cemetery of Solna Church.
Filmography (selection)
- 1949: Street of Sin (Gatan)
- 1949: Thirst (Törst)
- 1953: The fruits of love (Ogift fader sökes)
- 1956: girl without a room (Flamman)
- 1962: Sleeper compartment (Älskarinnan)
- 1967: I'm curious (yellow) (Jag är nyfiken - gul)
- 1968: Heaven turns a blind eye (Vindingevals)
- 1968: Carmilla - You Make Love (Carmilla)
- 1969: Miss and Mrs Sweden
- 1969: Pippi Longstocking ( Pippi Långstrump , TV series)
- 1969: Pippi disembarks ( Pippi Långstrump , compilation of the television series)
- 1969: Pippi Longstocking ( Pippi Långstrump , compilation of the television series)
- 1970: Pippi in Taka-Tuka-Land (Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven)
- 1970: Pippi out of control (På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump)
- 1976: Plea of a madman ( En dåres försvarstal ; TV miniseries, 1 episode)
- 1985: August Strindberg - A life between genius and madness ( August Strindberg: Ett liv ; TV miniseries, 1 episode)
Web links
- Öllegård Wellton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ FinnGraven.se. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wellton, Öllegård |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wellton, Ingeborg Viola Öllegård (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Stockholm County |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1991 |
| Place of death | Stockholm , Stockholm County |