Bibi Andersson
Born November 11, 1935 (Age: 90)
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Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Biography
Berit Elisabet Andersson (November 11, 1935 – April 14, 2019) or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing against Nils Poppe. Eventually, she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. A brief relationship with Ingmar Bergman made her quit school and follow him to the Malmö city theatre, where he was a director, performing in plays by August Strindberg and Hjalmar Bergman. Bergman also gave her a small part in his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), and larger roles in his Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal (1957). From the the 1960s she got offers from abroad, with best result in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). During the civil war in Yugoslavia she has worked with several initiatives to give the people of Sarajevo theatre and other forms of culture.
Berit Elisabet Andersson (November 11, 1935 – April 14, 2019) or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman
Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing against Nils Poppe. Eventually, she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. A brief relationship with Ingmar Bergman made her quit school and follow him to the Malmö city theatre, where he was a director, performing in plays by August Strindberg and Hjalmar Bergman. Bergman also gave her a small part in his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), and larger roles in his Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal (1957). From the the 1960s she got offers from abroad, with best result in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). During the civil war in Yugoslavia she has worked with several initiatives to give the people of Sarajevo theatre and other forms of culture.
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Filmography
Women and Bergman
2007
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as Self
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Age: 72
No Image
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
2006
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as
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Age: 70
A Poem in Images
2004
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as Self
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Age: 68
The Return of the Dancing Master
2004
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as Elsa Berggren
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Age: 68
Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion
2004
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as Self
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Age: 68
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
2001
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as Self
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Age: 65
Anna
2000
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as Annas mor
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Age: 64
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
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as Self
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Age: 64
Shit Happens
2000
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as Solveig Olsson
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Age: 64
Little Big Sister
1998
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as Narrator
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Age: 62
Lines from the Heart
1996
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as Self
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Age: 60
Die Frauen in Ingmar Bergmans Filmen
1993
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as Self
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Age: 57
A Passing Season
1992
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as Lise
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Age: 56
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
1989
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as Self
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Age: 54
No Image
Creditors
1988
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as Tekla
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Age: 53
Babette's Feast
1987
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as Svensk hofdame
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Age: 51
Los dueños del silencio
1987
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as Marie-Louise Wallén
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Age: 51
Huomenna
1986
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as Laulajatar
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Age: 50
Exposed
1983
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as Margaret
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Age: 47
I am Blushing
1981
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as Siv Andersson
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Age: 45
Marmalade Revolution
1980
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as Anna-Berit
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Age: 44
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
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as Francine
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Age: 43
Question of Love
1978
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as Catherine Dumais
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Age: 42
An Enemy of the People
1978
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as Catherine Stockmann
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Age: 42
No Image
Confessions of a Fool
1976
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as Maria/Siri von Essen
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Age: 40
After the Fall
1974
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as Holga
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Age: 39
My Husband, His Mistress and I
1974
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as Blanche Huysman
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Age: 38
Scenes from a Marriage
1974
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as Katarina
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Age: 38
The Hour of Parting
1973
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as Elsa Jacobsen
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Age: 37
The Man from the Other Side
1972
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as Britt Stagnelius
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Age: 36
Ingmar Bergman
1972
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as Self
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Age: 36
The Touch
1971
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as Karin Vergerus
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Age: 35
Story of a Woman
1970
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as Karin Ullman
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Age: 34
Miss Julie
1969
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as Fröken Julie
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Age: 34
The Passion of Anna
1969
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as Eva Vergerus
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Age: 33
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
1969
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as Margit Lindmark
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Age: 33
Think of a Number
1969
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as Jane Merrild
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Age: 33
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968
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as Self
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Age: 32
Juninatt
1965
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as Britt
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Age: 29
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
1964
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as Self
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Age: 28
All These Women
1964
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as Humlan
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Age: 28
Kort är sommaren
1962
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as Edvarda
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Age: 27
The Mistress
1962
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as The Girl
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Age: 26
The Pleasure Garden
1961
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as Anna
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Age: 26
Karneval
1961
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as
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Age: 25
Square of Violence
1961
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as Maria
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Age: 25
The Devil's Eye
1960
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as Britt-Marie
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Age: 24
The Wedding Day
1960
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as Sylvia Blom
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Age: 24
No Image
Den kära leken
1959
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as Lena/fröken Blå, fröken Grön, fröken Vit, fröken Röd
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Age: 23
The Magician
1958
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as Sara Lindqvist
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Age: 23
Rabies
1958
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as Eivor
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Age: 22
Brink of Life
1958
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as Hjördis Pettersson
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Age: 22
You Are My Adventure
1958
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as Christina Blom
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Age: 22
Last Pair Out
1956
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as Kerstin
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Age: 21
Private Entrance
1956
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as Karin Johansson
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Age: 20
Smiles of a Summer Night
1955
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as Actress
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Age: 20
Flickan i regnet
1955
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as Lily
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Age: 19
The City By the Waters
1955
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as
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Age: 19
En natt på Glimmingehus
1954
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as Maj Månsson
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Age: 19
Sir Arne's Treasure
1954
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as Berghild
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Age: 19
Dumbom
1953
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as Elvira
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Age: 18
No Image
Vingslag i natten
1953
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as Girl at the graduation dinner
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Age: 17