Maj-Britt Nilsson

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Maj-Britt Nilsson in the film " And forever sing the forests ", illustration by Helmuth Ellgaard , 1959

Maj-Britt Nilsson (born December 11, 1924 in Stockholm , † December 19, 2006 in Cannes ) was a Swedish actress .

life and career

Maj-Britt Nilsson attended the drama school of the Royal Dramatic Theater ( Dramaten ) between 1944 and 1947 and was then engaged on this most important stage in Stockholm until 1951. From 1952 to 1986 she was part of the ensemble of the private Vasateatern in Stockholm.

Maj-Britt Nilsson made her film debut in 1941 in a small role as a school girl. At the end of the 1940s she was considered one of the most promising actresses in Sweden, with an acting spectrum that ranged from a light film comedy like Gustaf Molander's Det är min modell (1946) to her role as Solange at the side of Anita Björk in a production by Jean Genet's stage drama Die Zofen (1948) was enough. Maj-Britt Nilsson became internationally known for her leading roles in three early films by Ingmar Bergmans , who appreciated “her brilliant mix of playfulness and seriousness”. In the musician drama An die Freude (1950) she played the violinist Marta Olsson. In One Summer Long (1951) she played the ballerina Marie, and in Longing for Women (1952) she was one of four sisters-in-law who reflect on their lives.

In 1955 she shot the German-Swedish film Schwedenmädel alongside Karlheinz Böhm and Walter Giller . In 1959 and 1960 she was seen in two Austrian films based on motifs from the “Björndal Trilogy” by the Norwegian writer Trygve Gulbranssen : And the Forests and The Legacy of Björndal Sing Eternally . After that, she rarely appeared in front of the camera. In 1977 she made her last film, Bluff Stop .

In later years she played almost exclusively on stage and especially in comedies. In her opinion, Neil Simon was just as difficult to play as Henrik Ibsen .

Maj-Britt Nilsson was married to the actor Anders Börje (1920–1982) from 1945 to 1949 and to the director Per Gerhard (1924–2011) from 1951 until her death. She and Gerhard retired to southern France in the mid-1980s, where she died in a hospital in 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .
  2. ^ A b Adam Bernstein: Actress Maj-Britt Nilsson, 82; Played Ingenue , obituary in the Washington Post January 18, 2007, accessed August 1, 2012.

Web links

Commons : Maj-Britt Nilsson  - collection of images