Name
Anita Björk
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-04-25
Deathday
2012-10-24 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Tällberg, Dalarna, Sweden
Biography
Anita Björk (born 25 April 1923) is a Swedish actress. Born in Tällberg, Dalarna, Anita Björk attended Dramatens elevskola (The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school) in 1942-45. Anita Björk has been a leading lady of Swedish theatre for many years and has worked at the national stage; Dramaten, since 1945, where she has performed in more than 100 parts over the years (which makes her one of the greatest actors of Dramaten). On film, Anita Björk has played leading roles - in particular - in a number of style forming Swedish thrillers and crime mystery dramas, including Det kom en gäst (1947), Moln över Hellesta (1956), Damen i svart (1958), Mannekäng i rött (1958) and Tärningen är kastad (1960).
Still, her most famous part is probably her title role in Alf Sjöberg's celebrated film adaption of Strindberg's Miss Julie (1951) that was awarded with the grand prize at Cannes Film Festival. Married to Olof Bergström (1945–1951) and from 1953 with Stig Dagerman. After his death she had a relationship with Graham Greene. Currently performing in A.R. Gurney's play Kärleksbrev (Love Letters) at Dramaten, opposite Jan-Olof Strandberg (Lilla scenen; March-April, 2009).
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Known For
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A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the...
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The four wives of four brothers share stories of their marriages as they wait for their hu...
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The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill wh...
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This television production captures Ingmar Bergman’s stage adaptation of Yukio Mishimaâ€...
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The year is 1630. A young woman in Laupstad comes to a small mountain village. She witness...
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In 1925, eccentric inventor and Franz Schubert devotee Carl Ã…kerblom is confined to a psy...
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Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes...
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As three pregnant women wait to have their babies in a hospital in Stockholm at the outbre...
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In this film about Ingmar Bergman's parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood...
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A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa...
- 1980 Midsommardröm i fattighuset as Ellen
- 1944 Count Only the Happy Moments as Lilian Lind
- 2004 Stig Dagerman
- 1992 The Best Intentions as Victoria av Baden
- 1993 Minns ni? as (archive footage)
- 1996 Private Confessions as Karin Ã…kerblom
- 1998 In the Presence of a Clown as Anna Ã…kerblom
- 1951 Miss Julie as Miss Julie
- 1952 Waiting Women as Rakel
- 1979 Next of Kin as Märta Skaug
- 1946 100 dragspel och en flicka as Elsa Borell
- 1958 The Lady in Black as Inger von Schilden
- 1956 Moon Over Hellesta as Margareta Snellman
- 1958 Mannequin in Red as Birgitta Lindell
- 1960 The Die Is Cast as Rebecka Striid
- 1954 Night People as "Hoffy" Hoffmeir
- 2001 An Image Maker
- 1978 Tribadernas natt as Siri von Essen-Strindberg
- 1956 Song of the Scarlet Flower as Kyllikki Malm
- 1957 Guest at One's Own Home as Eva Dahl
- 1964 Loving Couples as Petra von Pahlen
- 1968 Komedi i Hägerskog as Narcissa
- 1947 A Guest Is Coming as Siv
- 2000 The Image Makers as Selma Lagerlöf
- 1947 Woman Without a Face as Frida Grande
- 1948 On These Shoulders
- 1986 Amorosa as Arvida
- 1969 Adalen 31 as Hedvig Björklund
- 1995 Stjärnbilder as (archive footage)
- 1954 The Witch
- 1967 Henpecked
- 1953 Med Ingrid Bergman på Berns
- 1947 Ingen väg tillbaka
- 1955 Hamlet
- 1983 Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
- 1981 The Witch Hunt as Ingeborg Eriksdotter Jaatun
- 2006 Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
- 1962 Lady in White as Helen G:son Lundberg
- 1966 Utro
- 1961 Square of Violence as Sophia
- 1952 Han glömde henne aldrig as Karin Engström
- 1976 Sing Beautifully About Love as Cecilia Fröding
- 1942 The Heavenly Play as Anna Jesper
- 1992 Madame de Sade as Madame de Montreuil
- 1989 Dagerman
- 1955 Der Cornet as Gräfin von Zathmar
- 1998 True Moments as Karin
- 1950 The Quartet That Split Up as Maj Andersson
- 1958 The Phantom Carriage as Mrs. Holm
- 1973 Kommer hem och är snäll as Tyra Hellgren
- 1965 Waiting Waters
- 1974 Karl XII as Ulrika Eleonora
- 1960 Good Friends and Faithful Neighbors as Yvonne, Hugo Frejers fru
- 1955 Giftas as Helene Sund
- 1949 Realm of Man as Birgit Maria Larsson
- 1989 I lodjurets timma as Prästen
- 1963 Misantropen as Célimène
- 1962 Handen på hjärtat
