Margaretha Krook

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Statue of Margaretha Krook in front of the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm

Margaretha Knutsdotter Krook (born October 15, 1925 in Stockholm ; † May 7, 2001 there ) was a Swedish stage and film actress .

Life

She grew up as the daughter of Major Knut Krook (1872–1947) and Margareta Svensson (1900–1989) with her younger sister Gunilla in Norrtälje and attended the primary school Nya Elementar in Stockholm's Åkeshov district. Already in school she was in the theater club and appeared in school performances. After training as a flight attendant after the end of the Second World War and an artistic training at Beckmans Skola för Reklam Illustration Mode , she received her training from 1948 to 1951 at the renowned Stockholm drama school Dramatens elevskola of the Royal Dramatic Theater (Dramaten). Among her classmates were Allan Edwall , Jan Malmsjö and Max von Sydow . From 1956 to 1981 she was married to the flight navigator Stig Hammar. Daughter Lotta comes from the marriage.

From 1949 until her death in 2001 she worked as an actress and worked with Lars Norén , Gösta Ekman , Tage Danielsson and Hans Alfredson , among others . From 1952 to 1954 she had engagements at the Östgötateatern city ​​theaters in Norrköping , 1955 to 1957 at Helsingborgs stadsteater and 1958 to 1959 at Göteborgs stadsteater . From 1962 to 1999 she was part of the ensemble of the Royal Dramatic Theater. In addition, she made numerous films and appeared as a radio and TV entertainer for many years on Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio .

She was considered one of Sweden's leading female actresses and a multi-faceted Mimin who, in addition to serious character roles, also had a talent for comic roles. She has received several awards for her work. Margaretha Krook died of cancer in Ersta sjukhus hospital in Stockholm . Their ashes are in the memorial grove of Galärvarvskyrkogården on Djurgården .

Awards

  • In 1966 she won the Gösta Ekman scholarship from Teaterförbundet för scen och film (Swedish Association for Performing Arts and Film).
  • In 1974 she received the O'Neill Scholarship from the Royal Dramatic Theater.
  • In 1975 she was awarded the Litteris et Artibus Medal, the highest Swedish award in the field of art and literature.
  • In 1976 she won the 12th Guldbagge as best leading actress for the film Släpp fångarne loss, det är vår! excellent.
  • In 1978 she won the Svenska Dagbladet -Thalia Prize for her performance of Alexandra Michailowna Kollontai in Kollontaj at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, directed by Alf Sjöberg . The prize, endowed with 25,000 crowns , has been awarded annually since 1951 to a person who has distinguished himself in the theater world.
  • In 1993 she received the Swedish Academy Theater Prize, endowed with 75,000 crowns , which is awarded to stage performers, directors and dramatists.
  • In 1995 she was honored with the royal medal Illis Quorum .
  • In 1998 she was awarded the gold medal of the Teaterförbundet för scen och film .
  • In 2002 a life-size heated bronze statue was erected in front of the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm to commemorate Margaretha Krook.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1949: Rya-Rya - Just a Mother (Bara en mor)
  • 1951: Miss Julie (Miss Julie)
  • 1954: Karin Mansdotter (Karin Månsdotter)
  • 1954: The Lord of Tjurö (Storm över Tjurö)
  • 1958: Near Life (Nära livet)
  • 1961: Swedenhielms (TV series)
  • 1963: Adam and Eve
  • 1964: The Swedish Wedding Night (Bröllopsbesvär)
  • 1964: Svenska pictures
  • 1966: The Journey (Det går an)
  • 1966: Persona
  • 1966: Dr. Wester's last patient (Träfracken)
  • 1966: Adam in Sweden (Adamsson i Sverige)
  • 1968: Bombi Bitt och hag
  • 1969: Bokhandlaren som slutade bada
  • 1970: ministers
  • 1972: Mannen som slutade röka
  • 1973: The Wedding (Bröllopet)
  • 1974: Vita nejlikan eller Den bar-hardened sybarites
  • 1975: Släpp fångarne loss, det är vår!
  • 1978: The Adventures of Mr. Picasso (Picasso's aventyr)
  • 1980: Sverige åt svenskarna
  • 1981: Snacka går ju ...
  • 1981: Sopor
  • 1982: Reigen (Ringlek)
  • 1986: Morrhår och ärtor
  • 1989: Jönssonligan på Mallorca
  • 1990: Den hemliga vännen
  • 1992: The best of intentions (Den goda viljan)
  • 1997: Rika barn leka bäst
  • 2000: Gossip
  • 2000: Dinosaurier (Dinosaur) (Swedish dubbing voice by Eema)
  • 2002: Karlsson vom Dach (Karlsson på taket) (Swedish dubbing voice by Fräulein Bock)

Theater roles (selection)

year Roll / piece Director theatre
1948 Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield
Charles Dickens 		Olle Hilding Dramas
1949 Glückspeters Reise ( Lycko-Pers resa )
August Strindberg 		Göran Gentele Dramas
Letta in Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
The pearl of truth (Sanningens pärla)
Zacharias Topelius 		Keve Hjelm Dramas
En dag av tusen

Maxwell Anderson

Olof Molander Dramas
1950 Brand
Henrik Ibsen 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
Joséphine in La Folle de Chaillot
Jean Giraudoux 		Olof Molander Dramas
Erik XIV.
August Strindberg 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
Miss Fetterling in Radio Rescue
Charlotte Chorpenning 		Arne Ragneborn Dramas
1951 Mrs. Shelby at Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe 		Know Fant Dramas
Amorina
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
Barbara in The Diamond
Friedrich Hebbel 		Carlsten rune Dramas
Simon trollkarlen
Tore Zetterholm 		Arne Ragneborn Dramas
1952 De vises sten Par
Lagerkvist 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
The sister in Furierna
Enrique Suáres de Deza 		Arne Ragneborn Dramas
Harlekino och Harlekina
Else Marie Fisher-Bergman 		Kurt-Olof Sundström Dramas
1953 Sheila Wendice in When I Call Murder (Slå nollan till polisen)
Frederick Knott 		Keve Hjelm Östgötateatern,
Stadsteatern
Norrköping-Linköping
1961 Varya in The Cherry Orchard
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 		Bengt Ekerot Stockholm's stadsteater
1963 Ida Mortemart ( Ida Totemar) in Victor or The Children in Power
Roger Vitrac 		Mimi Pollak Dramas
Anna Kopecka in Schweyk during World War II
Bertolt Brecht 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
Mrs. Peachum in The Beggar's Opera
John Gay 		Per-Axel Branner Dramas
1964 Lai in Tre knivar från Wei
Harry Martinson 		Ingmar Bergman Dramas
Widow Quin in The Hero of the Western World
John Millington Synge 		Lars-Erik Liedholm Dramas
Å vilket härligt krig
Charles Chilton 		Jackie Söderman Dramas
1965 Mother Courage in Mother Courage and her children
Bertolt Brecht 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
Queen Margarethe in Yvonne, the Burgundy Princess ( Yvonne, prinsessa av Bourgogne)
Witold Gombrowicz 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
1966 Questa sera si recita a soggetto ( I afton improviserar vi )
Luigi Pirandello 		Mimi Pollak Dramas
1967 Barbara in Flickan i Montreal
Lars Forssell 		Jackie Söderman Dramas
Claire in Delicate Balance
Edward Albee 		Bo Widerberg Dramas
Alice in The Dance of Death ( Dödsdansen )
August Strindberg 		Ulf Palme Dramas
As soon as five years go by ( Om fem år )
Federico Garcia Lorca 		Donya fire Dramas
1970 Mrs. Vesterlund in Die Brandstätte ( Brända tomten )
August Strindberg 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
1971 Sol, vad vill du mig?
Birger Norman 		Ingvar Kjellson Dramas
Dorine in Tartuffe
Molière 		Mimi Pollak Dramas
Modern
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
1972 Gina in The Wild Duck ( Vildanden )
Henrik Ibsen 		Ingmar Bergman Dramas
1974 Agrippina in Britannicus
Jean Racine 		Ernst Günther Dramas
Magdelone in The Masquerade ( Den jäktade )
Ludvig Holberg 		Henning Moritzen Dramas
1975 Staden spelar upp!
Carl Zetterström 		Lars Amble Dramas
1977 Ranstadvalsen
Jan Guillou and Gunnar Ohrlander 		Margaretha Byström Dramas
The demons ( Onda andar )
Fyodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski 		Ernst Günther Dramas
1978 Alexandra Michailowna Kollontai in Kollontaj
Agneta Pleijel 		Alf Sjöberg Dramas
1983 Alice in The Dance of Death (Dödsdansen)
August Strindberg 		Goran Graffman Dramas
1985 Gertrude Stein in Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein
Marty Martin 		Brigitte Ornstein Dramas
1987 Barbro in Titta det stupid
Kristina Lugn 		Staffan Roos Dramas
1988 Mrs. Kristina, Olof's mother in Meister Olof ( Mäster Olof )
August Strindberg 		Lennart Hjulström Dramas
1991 Carlotta in And give us the shadows ( Och ge oss skuggorna )
Lars Norén 		Bjorn Melander Dramas
1994 The mummy, the Colonel's wife in The Ghost Sonata ( Spöksonaten )
August Strindberg 		Andrzej Wajda Dramas
1995 A in Three Tall Women (Tre långa kvinnor )
Edward Albee 		Bjorn Melander Dramas
1996 Adele von Ripa in Fint folk
Kent Andersson 		Thommy Berggren Dramas
Servant quirk in The Ridiculous Precious (De löjliga preciöserna )
Molière 		Thommy Berggren Dramas
1997 Maria Callas in Masterclass
Terrence McNally 		Bjorn Melander Dramas
1998 Winnie in Happy Days ( Lyckliga dagar )
Samuel Beckett 		Karl Dunér Dramas

Web links

Commons : Margaretha Krook  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Astrid Hasselrot: Margaretha Krook: Drottningen av skrattoch gråten. Atlantis Verlag, Stockholm 2014, ISBN 978-91-7353-703-2 , p. 16 (Swedish, atlantisbok.se ).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Jennifer Vintkvist: Margaretha Krook . In: Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c d Per Olov Qvist: Biography . In: Swedish Film Database of the Swedish Film Institute , 2004. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  4. ^ Store norske leksikon : Margaretha Krook . Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ Awesome next to it - the quiz July 5th, 2019 https://biancaisverige.wordpress.com/2015/10/14/verliebt-in-stockholm-foeraelskad-i-stockholm-teil-1/
  6. ^ Swedish Film Database of the Swedish Film Institute: Films . Retrieved May 22, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Krook, Margaretha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krook, Margaretha Knutsdotter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish stage and film actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 2001
Place of death Stockholm