Bibi Andersson
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.
Acting
Movie
The Seventh Seal
as Mia
1957
Movie
Persona
as Alma
1966
Movie
Wild Strawberries
as Sara
1957
Movie
Babette's Feast
as Svensk hofdame
1987
Movie
Scenes from a Marriage
as Katarina
1974
Movie
Arn: The Knight Templar
as Mother Rikissa
2007
Movie
Smiles of a Summer Night
as Actress
1955
Movie
The Magician
as Sara Lindqvist
1958
Movie
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Francine
1979
Movie
The Passion of Anna
as Eva Vergerus
1969
TV
Scenes from a Marriage
as Katarina
1973
Movie
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
as Mother Rikissa
2008
Movie
Duel at Diablo
as Ellen Grange
1966
Movie
The Devil's Eye
as Britt-Marie
1960
Movie
Brink of Life
as Hjördis Pettersson
1958
Movie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
Movie
Quintet
as Ambrosia
1979
Movie
All These Women
as Humlan
1964
Movie
The Touch
as Karin Vergerus
1971
Movie
Miss Julie
as Dancing girl (uncredited)
1951
Movie
The Kremlin Letter
as Erika Kosnov
1970
Movie
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Dr. Fried
1977
Movie
The Girls
as Liz / Lysistrata
1968
Movie
When Darkness Falls
as The Mother-in-law
2006