Gunnel Lindblom

Gunnel Lindblom
Gunnel Lindblom (2013)
Born	Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom 18 December 1931 Gothenburg, Sweden
Occupation	Actress, film director
Years active	1952-present
Spouse(s)	Sture Helander

Gunnel Lindblom (1963)

Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom (born 18 December 1931) is a Swedish film actress and director.^[1] As an actress she has been particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the lead role in Miss Julie for BBC Television. She also played the key-role of The Mummy in Bergman's staging of Strindberg's The Ghost Sonata in 1998-2000, a performance that earned her much critical acclaim.

She appeared on stage as Tintomara's mother in Carl Jonas Love Almqvist's play Drottningens juvelsmycke (English: The Queen's Tiara), staged at Dramaten for the theatre's 100 years Jubilee in 2008. In 2009, she directed the Jon Fosse play Flicka i gul regnjacka (Girl in Yellow Raincoat) at Dramaten, starring Stina Ekblad and Irene Lindh, which premiered on 9 October.

Lindblom is married to senior lecturer Sture Helander (who was Ingmar Bergman's personal physician), she was sometimes credited as Gunnel Lindblom Helander, or Gunnel Helander.

Selected filmography

• The Seventh Seal (1956)
• Wild Strawberries (1957)
• The Venetian (1958)
• Rabies (1958)
• The Virgin Spring (1960)
• Winter Light (1962)
• The Silence (1963)
• Loving Couples (1964)
• Hunger (1966)
• The Girls (1968)
• Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
• Paradise Place (Paradistorg, also director, 1977)
• Sally and Freedom (1981)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

References

1. "Gunnel Lindblom". Swedish Film Database. Retrieved 6 February 2013.

External links

• Gunnel Lindblom at the Internet Movie Database
• Gunnel Lindblom at the Swedish Film Database