Gunn Wållgren

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1913-11-16 (70 years old)

Deathday

1983-06-04

Place of Birth

Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, Sweden

Gunn Wållgren

Biography

Gunn Wållgren (16 November 1913 – 4 June 1983) was a Swedish actress. Considered one of Sweden's finest and also to date most appreciated actresses, Wållgren was famous for her fragile and sensual way of acting, her warm and rich inner soulfulness, and her never failing ability of presenting an absolute presence and naturalness on stage. Her Chekhov and Ibsen character interpretations, in particular, are considered to be unsurpassed.

Acting

1982

Fanny and Alexander

as Helena Ekdahl

1993

Minns ni?

as (archive footage)

1972

1943

1945

Crime and Punishment

as Sonja Semjonovna Marmeladova

1981

Sally and Freedom

as Sally's Mother

1946

While the Door Was Locked

as Marianne Sahlén

1947

Woman Without a Face

as Rut Köhler

1964

The Dress

as Helen Fürst

1943

1976

The Metamorphosis

as Gregor's Mother

1946

1967

1953

The Glass Mountain

as Otti Moreus

1948

Each to His Own Way

as Birgit Sundell

1944

The Emperor of Portugallia

as Klara Fina Gulleborg

1943

Ordet

as Kristina

1969

Miss and Mrs Sweden

as Rose Persson-Silvergrå

1981

Svartskallen

as Inez Bergman

1951

The Nuthouse

as Maggan Håkansson

1945

Skådetennis

as Herself

1946

Harald Handfaste

as Peasant woman (uncredited)

1943

Sonja

as Sonja's Room-mate

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