Mai Zetterling
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1925-05-24 (69 years old)
Deathday
1994-03-17
Place of Birth
Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
Also known As
Maj Zetterling
Mai Elizabeth Zetterling
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Mai Zetterling
Biography
Mai Elisabeth Zetterling ( May 24, 1925 – March 17, 1994) was a Swedish actress and film director. She began directing in the early 1960s, starting with political documentaries and a short film called The War Game (1962), which was nominated for a BAFTA award, and won a Silver Lion at Venice. Her first feature film Älskande par (1964, "Loving Couples"), based on the novels of Agnes von Krusenstjerna, was banned at the Cannes Film Festival for its sexual explicitness and nudity. Kenneth Tynan of The Observer later called it "one of the most ambitious debuts since Citizen Kane." It was not the only film she made that would stir up controversy ...
Acting
1948
as Vera Ullman
1990
as Helga Eveshim
1956
as Gurli Pall
1993
as (archive footage)
1990
as Moa
1946
as Marit Germundsdotter
1948
as Ingrid Olofsson
1944
as Bertha Olsson
1959
as Frau Caypor
1962
as Liz
1947
as Frieda
1954
as Ilse Nordstrom
1960
as Christiane Hammond
1948
as Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
1957
as Nurse Julie White
1958
as Hilda Wangel
1963
as Lisa von Deutsch
1961
as Ruth Lombard
1955
as Maria
1951
as Mrs. Carol Edwards
1953
as Anna DeBurg
1992
as Self
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1960
as Christine Preedy
1943
as Miss Peters
1949
as Arlette Tessereau
1973
as Narrator
1962
as Gina
1949
as Lily
1951
as Valerie Martin
1952
as Lisa
1948
as Lidia
1959
as Carol Tilley
1954
as Nina Gordon
1944
as Anna Maria Wastenius
1952
as Doris Rickardson
1946
as Iris Mattson
1990
1989
1965
1957
as Julie Eaton
1949
as Teresa Guiccioli
1976
as Lena
1993
as Elin Fromm
1941
as Fanny
1977
as Nietzsche
1978
as Gerda
2015
as Self (archival footage)
1996
1988
as Self
Production
1966
as Writer
1966
as Director
1982
as Writer
1982
as Director
1964
as Director
1968
as Director
1968
as Screenplay
1986
as Director
1986
as Writer
1963
as Screenplay
1963
as Producer
1963
as Director
1982
as Writer
1973
as Director
1964
as Writer
1986
as Editor
1976
as Director
1961
1968
as Director
1968
as Writer
1981
as Director
1981
as Writer
1972
as Director
1982
as Director
1990
as Director
1977
as Director
1977
as Writer
1986
as Director
1978
as Director
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