Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
{{short description|Swedish actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Barbro Hiort af Ornäs.jpg
| caption = Hiort af Ornäs in 1964
| name = Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
| birth_name = Barbro Margareta Eriksdotter Hiort af Ornäs
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|08|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|11|27|1921|08|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| spouse = Ernst Nathorst-Böös (divorced)
| children = 3
| yearsactive = 1939–2006
| occupation = Actress
}}
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=61442 |title=Barbro Hiort af Ornäs profile |access-date=28 November 2015 |work=Swedish Film Database |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208082347/http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=61442 |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3504/year/1958.html|title=Festival de Cannes: Brink of Life|access-date=13 February 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.svd.se/barbro-hiort-af-ornas-avliden|title=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.|publisher=Svd.se|access-date=29 November 2015}} 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.
Partial filmography
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- Imprisoned Women (1943) - Kaj
- Youth in Danger (1946) - Bibbi Nicklasson
- Flickan från tredje raden (1949) - Dagmar Antonsson
- Fiancée for Hire (1950)- Gertrud Stenström
- While the City Sleeps (1950) - Rutan
- Count Svensson (1951) - Greta Svensson
- Barabbas (1953) - Maria of Magdala (uncredited)
- Darling of Mine (1955) - Linda Loy
- Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955) - La Martiniere
- Sju vackra flickor (1956) - Adele Hellgren
- Vägen genom Skå (1957) - Emma
- Som man bäddar... (1957) - Secretary
- Spielbank-Affäre (1957) - Schulleiterin
- A Guest in His Own House (1957) - Lisen
- Brink of Life (1958) - Nurse Brita
- Pojken i trädet (1961) - Mother
- Lita på mej älskling (1961) - Juror (uncredited)
- All These Women (1964) - Beatrica
- Loving Couples (1964) - Lilian von Pahlen - née Vind-Frijs
- Shame (1968) - Kvinna i flyktingbåten
- ...som havets nakna vind (1968) - Aida
- Som natt och dag (1969) - Madeleine
- Eva - den utstötta (1969) - Jenny Berggren
- The Passion of Anna (1969) - Woman in Dream (uncredited)
- Skräcken har 1000 ögon (1970) - Barbro, Sven's Aunt
- The Touch (1971) - Karin's Mother (uncredited)
- Scenes from a Marriage (1973) - Stefan's mother
- Bröllopet (1973) - Karin Löfgren
- What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975) - Jack's Mother
- Mackan (1977) - Skolkökslärarinna
- Den nya människan (1979) - Lärere
- Father to Be (1979) - Greta, sjuksyster
- Sällskapsresan 2 – Snowroller (1985) - Stig Helmers mamma
- S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa (1988) - Stig Helmers mamma
- Amelia (1991) - Yvonne, Gösta's mother
- Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991) - Mamma
- Selma & Johanna - En roadmovie (1997) - Grandma
- Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt (1999) - Mamma
- Den utvalde (2005) - Mormor
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References
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Category:20th-century Swedish actresses
Category:Swedish film actresses
Category:Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress winners