Barbro Hiort af Ornäs

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Born	28 August 1921 Gothenburg, Sweden
Died	27 November 2015 (aged 94) Bromma, Stockholm
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1943–2001

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish actress.^[1] She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. Along with Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, and Ingrid Thulin, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival for Brink of Life.^[2] Hiort af Ornäs died in Bromma, Stockholm, on 28 November 2015, aged 94.^[3]

Selected filmography

• While the City Sleeps (1950)
• Count Svensson (1951)
• Barabbas (1953)
• Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955)
• Brink of Life (1958)
• All These Women (1964)
• Shame (1968)
• The Passion of Anna (1969)
• The Touch (1971)
• Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
• What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975)
• Sällskapsresan 2 – Snowroller (1985)
• S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa (1988)
• Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991)
• Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt (1999)

References

1. "Barbro Hiort af Ornäs profile". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
2. "Festival de Cannes: Brink of Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
3. "Barbro Hiort- of death Ornäs The actor Barbro Hiort af Ornäs has died at age 94. She held the Poetry Corner at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and played among other Stig-Helmer's mother in the film.". Svd.se. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

External links

• Barbro Hiort af Ornäs at the Internet Movie Database
• Barbro Hiort af Ornäs at the Swedish Film Database