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Bibi Andersson
Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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…
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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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2026
Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
Året var 1976
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie (archive footage)
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2010
Arn: The Knight Templar
TV show Moder Rikissa
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2009
Images from the Playground
Movie Self
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2009
The Frost
Movie The Widow Rat
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2008
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
Movie Mother Rikissa
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2007
Women and Bergman
Movie Self
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2007
Arn: The Knight Templar
Movie Mother Rikissa
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2007
Bror & syster
TV show moster Majken
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2006
When Darkness Falls
Movie The Mother-in-law
- 2006
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2004
Bilder av Bibi
Movie Self
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2004
A Poem in Images
Movie Self
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2004
The Return of the Dancing Master
Movie Elsa Berggren
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2004
Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion
Movie Self
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2003
Elina: As If I Wasn't There
Movie Tora Holm
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2003
The Lost Prince
TV show Queen Alexandra
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2001
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
Movie Self
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2000
Anna
Movie Annas mor
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2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Movie Self
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2000
Shit Happens
Movie Solveig Olsson
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1998
Längtans blåa blomma
TV show Mrs. Tidrén
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1998
Little Big Sister
Movie Narrator
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1996
Lines from the Heart
Movie Self
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1995
Stjärnbilder
Movie (archive footage)
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1994
Dreamplay
Movie Victoria
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1994
Musikbussen
Movie Berättare
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1994
The Butterfly's Dream
Movie La madre
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1993
Die Frauen in Ingmar Bergmans Filmen
Movie Self
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1992
A Passing Season
Movie Lise
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1989
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
Movie Self
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1988
Creditors
Movie Tekla
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1987
Babette's Feast
Movie Svensk hofdame
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1987
Los dueños del silencio
Movie Marie-Louise Wallén
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1986
Poor Butterfly
Movie Gertrud
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1986
Huomenna
Movie Laulajatar
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1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1985
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
TV show Maria 'Maj' Wallenberg
