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Anita Björk
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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 (1…
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anita Björk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Anita Björk's Filmography
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Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
Stig Dagerman
An Image Maker
The Image Makers
as Selma Lagerlöf
In the Presence of a Clown
as Anna Åkerblom
True Moments
as Karin
Private Confessions
as Karin Åkerblom
Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
The Best Intentions
as Victoria av Baden
Madame de Sade
as Madame de Montreuil
I lodjurets timma
as Prästen
No Poster
Dagerman
Amorosa
as Arvida
No Poster
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
The Witch Hunt
as Ingeborg Eriksdotter Jaatun
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
as Ellen
Next of Kin
as Märta Skaug
Tribadernas natt
as Siri von Essen-Strindberg
No Poster
Sing Beautifully About Love
as Cecilia Fröding
Karl XII
as Ulrika Eleonora
Kommer hem och är snäll
as Tyra Hellgren
Adalen 31
as Hedvig Björklund
Komedi i Hägerskog
as Narcissa
Henpecked
Utro
Waiting Waters
Loving Couples
as Petra von Pahlen
Misantropen
as Célimène
No Poster
Handen på hjärtat
Lady in White
as Helen G:son Lundberg
Square of Violence
as Sophia
Good Friends and Faithful Neighbors
as Yvonne, Hugo Frejers fru
The Die Is Cast
as Rebecka Striid
Mannequin in Red
as Birgitta Lindell
The Phantom Carriage
as Mrs. Holm
The Lady in Black
as Inger von Schilden
Guest at One's Own Home
as Eva Dahl
Song of the Scarlet Flower
as Kyllikki Malm
Moon Over Hellesta
as Margareta Snellman
Der Cornet
as Gräfin von Zathmar
No Poster
Hamlet
Giftas
as Helene Sund
The Witch
Night People
as "Hoffy" Hoffmeir
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Med Ingrid Bergman på Berns
as Self
Waiting Women
as Rakel
Han glömde henne aldrig
as Karin Engström
Miss Julie
as Miss Julie
The Quartet That Split Up
as Maj Andersson
Realm of Man
as Birgit Maria Larsson
On These Shoulders
A Guest Is Coming
as Siv
Woman Without a Face
as Frida Grande
No Poster
Ingen väg tillbaka
100 dragspel och en flicka
as Elsa Borell
Count Only the Happy Moments
as Lilian Lind
The Heavenly Play
as Anna Jesper