Swedish actress (1926–2004)
Ingrid Thulin
Thulin in 1952
Born Ingrid Lilian Thulin
(1926-01-27 ) 27 January 1926Died 7 January 2004(2004-01-07) (aged 77) Alma mater
Royal Dramatic Training Academy Occupation(s) Actress, film director Years active 1948-1991 Spouses
Claes Sylwander
(
m. 1952;
div. 1955)
(
m. 1956;
div. 1989)
Website
www.ingridthulin.se (archived)
Ingrid Lilian Thulin (Swedish pronunciation:
[ˈɪ̌ŋːrɪd tɵˈliːn] ; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish
actress and
director who collaborated with filmmaker
Ingmar Bergman . She was often cast as harrowing and desperate characters, and earned acclaim from both Swedish and international critics.
[1] She won the
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in
Brink of Life (1958) and the inaugural
Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for
The Silence (1963), and was nominated for a
Best Supporting Actress BAFTA for
Cries and Whispers (1972).
Early life and education
Thulin was born in
Sollefteå ,
Ångermanland , northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna (
née Larsson) and Adam Thulin, a fisherman. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by the
Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1948.[
citation needed ]
Career
For many years she worked regularly with
Ingmar Bergman . Thulin appeared in Bergman's
Wild Strawberries (1957),
The Magician (1958, in which she spent much of the film dressed as a boy),
Winter Light (1962),
The Silence (1963),
The Rite (1969) and
Cries and Whispers (1972).
She shared the
Best Actress award at the
1958 Cannes Film Festival and received a
Guldbagge Award for
Best Actress in
1964 ,
[2] the first year the award was given out, for her performance in The Silence .
In 1968, she was cast by
Luchino Visconti in his historical epic of
Nazi Germany ,
The Damned . Thulin's performance earned a
National Society of Film Critics Award for
Best Actress . In 1976, Thulin was the protagonist of another film with a similar theme,
Salon Kitty , directed by
Tinto Brass .
Winner of the David di Donatello Awards 1974, Thulin was also nominated for the BAFTA Award the same year. In 1980, she was the head of the jury at the
30th Berlin International Film Festival .
[3]
Personal life
She was married to
Harry Schein , the founder of the
Swedish Film Institute , for more than 30 years until 1989, although they lived separately for many years before divorcing. She bought an apartment in Paris, France, in the early 1960s, and some years later a beach house in
San Felice Circeo . In 1970, she became a resident of
Sacrofano , Italy, where she lived for 34 years. Her memoir was published in 1992 ("Någon jag kände " ("Somebody I knew"); Norstedts Förlag;
ISBN
91-1-919472-2 ).[
citation needed ]
Death
She returned to Sweden for medical treatment and later died from cancer in
Stockholm , 20 days before her 78th birthday.
[4]
Legacy
The municipality of
Sollefteå , where Thulin is buried, has given out an Ingrid Thulin Memorial Scholarship annually since 2008. The Scholarship (which is valued at SEK 20,000), is open to any applicants pursuing the arts. It is sponsored by actress
Harriet Andersson , Thulin's longtime personal friend.
Selected filmography
Thulin with
Ingmar Bergman during the production of
The Silence , 1963
Jørund Smed (1948) – Girl
Son of the Sea (1949) – Gudrun
Love Wins Out (1949) – Margit Dahlman
Jack of Hearts (1950) – Gunvor Ranterud
When Love Came to the Village (1950) – Agneta
Living on 'Hope' (1951)– Yvonne
Encounter with Life (1952) – Viola
Kalle Karlsson of Jularbo (1952) – Elsa
A Night in the Archipelago (1953) – Ingrid
The Chieftain of Göinge (1953) – Anna Ryding
Dance in the Smoke (1954) – Woman in haystack (uncredited)
Två sköna juveler (1954) – Lilly Fridh
The Dance Hall (1955) – Cecilia
Whoops! (1955) – Malou Hjorthage
Foreign Intrigue (1956, Director:
Sheldon Reynolds ) (with
Robert Mitchum ) – Brita
Never in Your Life (1957) – Lily
Smultronstället /
Wild Strawberries (1957, Director:
Ingmar Bergman ) (with
Victor Sjöström ) – Marianne Borg
Brink of Life (1958, Director:
Ingmar Bergman ) – Cecilia Ellius
Ansiktet / The Magician (1958, Director:
Ingmar Bergman ) – Manda Vogler
Domaren (1960, Director:
Alf Sjöberg ) – Brita Randel
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962, Director:
Vincente Minnelli ) (with
Glenn Ford ) – Marguerite Laurier
Agostino (1962, Director:
Mauro Bolognini ) – Agostino's Mother
Nattvardsgästerna / Winter Light (1963, Director:
Ingmar Bergman ) (with
Gunnar Björnstrand ,
Max von Sydow and
Gunnel Lindblom ) – Märta Lundberg
Tystnaden / The Silence (1963, Director:
Ingmar Bergman ) (with
Gunnel Lindblom ) – Ester
Sekstet (1963) – Elaine
Espionage (TV series) (1963) - 'The Incurable One' episode
Die Lady (1964) – Nadine
Return from the Ashes (1965, Director:
J. Lee Thompson ) (with
Maximilian Schell ,
Samantha Eggar ) – Dr. Michele 'Mischa' Wolf
La guerre est finie (1966, Director:
Alain Resnais ) (with
Yves Montand ) – Marianne
Night Games (1966) – Irene
Domani non siamo più qui (1967) – Gioia
Vargtimmen / Hour of the Wolf (1968, Director:
Ingmar Bergman ) (with
Max von Sydow ) – Veronica Vogler
Calda e... infedele (1968) – Camila
Badarna (1968) – Cook
Adélaïde (1968) – Elisabeth Hermann
O.K. Yevtushenko (1968) – Nando Girl
Riten / The Rite (1969, TV Movie, Director:
Ingmar Bergman ) (with Ingmar Bergman and
Gunnar Björnstrand ) – Thea Winkelmann
La caduta degli dei (1969, Director:
Luchino Visconti ) (with
Dirk Bogarde ,
Helmut Berger ) – Baroness Sophie Von Essenbeck
La corta notte delle bambole di vetro (1971, Director:
Aldo Lado ) (with
Jean Sorel ,
Mario Adorf ,
Barbara Bach – Jessica
N.P. il segreto (1971) – N.P.'s wife
Viskningar och rop / Cries and Whispers (1972, Director:
Ingmar Bergman ) (with
Liv Ullmann ,
Harriet Andersson ) – Karin
La sainte famille (1973) – Maria
En handfull kärlek (1974, Director:
Vilgot Sjöman ) – Inez Crona
Monismanien 1995 (1975) – Personundersökare
La Cage [
fr ] (1975, Director:
Pierre Granier-Deferre ) (with
Lino Ventura ) – Hélène
Salon Kitty (1976, Director:
Tinto Brass ) (with
Helmut Berger ) – Kitty Kellermann
L'Agnese va a morire (1976) – Agnese
The Cassandra Crossing (1976, Director:
George Pan Cosmatos ) (with
Sophia Loren ,
Richard Harris ,
Burt Lancaster ) – Dr. Elena Stradner
En och en (1978) – Ylva
It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980) – Minor Role
Efter repetitionen / After the Rehearsal (1984, TV Movie, Director:
Ingmar Bergman ) (with
Erland Josephson )
Il Giorno prima (1987, Director:
Giuliano Montaldo ) (with
Ben Gazzara ,
Burt Lancaster ,
Kate Nelligan ) – Mrs. Havemeyer
Orn (1987)
The House of Smiles (1991) – Adelina (final film role)
References
Further reading
Cowie, Peter (1970): Sweden 1. An Illustrated Guide ... to the Work of the Leading Directors, Players, Technicians, and other Key Figures in Swedish Cinema, with Credits and Plot outlines to more than seventy important Films, and Index to 1,000 Titles , A. Zwemmer Ltd., London
Cowie (1970): Sweden 2. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Themes, Trends, and Directors in Swedish Cinema , A. Zwemmer Ltd., London
Cowie (1977): Film in Sweden. Stars and Players , Tantivy Press, London (
ISBN
0-498-02013-4 )
Loman, Rikard
Ingrid Lilian Thulin at
Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
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