Birgitta Valberg
{{short description|Swedish actress (1916–2014)}}
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| name = Birgitta Valberg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|3|29|1916|12|16|df=y}}
| death_place = Lidingö, Sweden
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1934–1996
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| spouse = Hans Hansson {{marriage||1939|1976|end=died}}
| children = 3
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Birgitta Valberg (16 December 1916 – 29 March 2014) was a Swedish actress. She was best known for her work in several Ingmar Bergman films made over 30 years, including the Bergman-produced Paradise Place (1977). For her role in this film, which was directed by Gunnel Lindblom, another member of Bergman's repertory company, she won the award for Best Actress at the 13th Guldbagge Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=4992&iv=Awards|title=Paradistorg (1977)|accessdate=7 March 2014|work=The Swedish Film Database}}{{cite web|url=http://news.cision.com/se/dramaten/r/skadespelaren-birgitta-valberg-dod,c9560969|title=Skådespelaren Birgitta Valberg död - Dramaten|date=31 March 2014 |publisher=News.cision.com|accessdate=31 March 2014}}
She trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy.
Filmography
=Film=
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- 1934: Unga hjärtan - Ingrid
- 1939: The People of Högbogården - Young Woman
- 1939: Melodin från Gamla Stan - Woman at the restaurant (uncredited)
- 1941: In Paradise - Marianne
- 1941: The Fight Continues - Nurse
- 1942: Bambi - Bambi's Mother (Swedish dub)
- 1943: Life in the Country - Frida von Rambow
- 1948: Port of Call - Mrs. Vilander
- 1949: Love Wins Out - Schwester Erika
- 1951: Divorced - Eva Möller
- 1953: Barabbas - Veronica from Cyrene (uncredited)
- 1953: House of Women - Vera
- 1954: Flottans glada gossar - Olga Ekman
- 1954:Taxi 13 - Britt-Marie
- 1954: Karin Månsdotter - Queen Dowager
- 1955: Farligt löfte - Irma Strand
- 1955: Smiles of a Summer Night - Actress
- 1956: The Staffan Stolle Story - Fru Lefverhielm
- 1956: Sista natten - The Man's Wife
- 1957: Synnöve Solbakken - Karen Solbakken
- 1958: Miss April - Ms. Holm, secretary
- 1959: Sleeping Beauty - Maleficent (Swedish dub)
- 1960: The Virgin Spring - Märeta
- 1960: Heart's Desire - Henriette Löwenflycht
- 1962: The Mistress - The Motherly (uncredited)
- 1964: Svenska bilder - Mrs. Lundberg
- 1965: För vänskaps skull - Nun
- 1966: The Princess - Doctor
- 1968: Shame - fru Jacobi
- 1969: Som natt och dag - Cecilia
- 1970: Storia di una donna - Mrs. Ullman
- 1976: The Man on the Roof - Mrs. Nyman
- 1977: Paradise Place - Katha
- 1980: Flygnivå 450 - Hedvall
- 1988: Ingen rövare finns i skogen (Short) - Mormor
- 1989: Peter och Petra - Grandmother
- 1992: Sunday's Children - Grandmother
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=Television=
- 1955: Hamlet (TV Movie) - Drottning Gertrud
- 1961: Han som fick leva om sitt liv (TV Movie) - Anna
- 1961: Mr Ernest (TV Movie) - Lady Bracknall
- 1961: En handelsresandes död (TV Movie) - Linda Loman
- 1961: Ljuva ungdomstid (TV Movie) - Essie, Nat's wife
- 1962: Sex roller söka en författare (TV Movie) - Madame Paix
- 1968: Rötter (TV Movie) - Mrs. Bryant
- 1973: Näsan (TV Movie) - Sven's wife
- 1973: Pelikanen (TV Movie) - The mother
- 1973: En skugga (TV Movie) - Vera's mother
- 1979: En handelsresandes död (TV Movie) - Linda Loman
- 1980: Räkan från Maxim (TV Movie) - Hertiginnan de Valmonté
- 1986: Studierektorns sista strid - Agnes
- 1990: S*M*A*S*H - Tant Sporrhane
- 1990-1991: Storstad - Maria Zimmermann
- 1993: Polisen och domarmordet - Frideborg Glans
- 1995: Snoken - Margit Edström
- 1996: Idlaflickorna (TV Movie) - Galen Fru (final film role)
References
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Further reading
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0883517|name=Birgitta Valberg}}
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Category:Swedish film actresses
Category:Swedish stage actresses
Category:Actresses from Stockholm
Category:Eugene O'Neill Award winners
Category:Litteris et Artibus recipients
Category:Best Actress Guldbagge Award winners
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