Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
| Barbro Hiort af Ornäs | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Barbro Margareta Eriksdotter Hiort af Ornäs 28 August 1921 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Died |
27 November 2015 (aged 94) Bromma, Sweden |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1943–2001 |
| Spouse(s) | Ernst Nathorst-Böös (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress.[1]
Biography
She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma (née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn.
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][3]In 1989, she was given the Litteris et Artibus for her services to the arts in Sweden. Hiort af Ornäs died in Bromma on 28 November 2015, aged 94.
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)
- Father to Be (1979)
- Sällskapsresan 2 – Snowroller (1985)
- S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa (1988)
- Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991)
- Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt (1999)
References
- ↑ "Barbro Hiort af Ornäs profile". Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Brink of Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ↑ "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.
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