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Ingvar Kjellson

{{short description|Swedish actor}}

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| caption = Kjellson in 2013

| birthname = Anders Ingvar Kjell Kjellson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|5|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Linköping, Sweden

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|12|18|1923|5|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Danderyd, Sweden

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| nationality = Swedish

| occupation = Actor, director, theater manager

| yearsactive = 1946–2012

| spouse = {{married|Meta Velander|22 June 1949}}

| children = 2

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Anders Ingvar Kjell Kjellson (20 May 1923 – 18 December 2014) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Ingvar Kjellson, biographic article in Nationalencyklopedin Kjellson was born in Kärna, Östergötland County. He was accepted at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1946.[http://www.svd.se/kultur/ingvar-kjellson-aktiv-som-skadespelare-in-i-det-sista_4205913.svd Ingvar Kjellson aktiv som skådespelare in i det sista] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223052048/http://www.svd.se/kultur/ingvar-kjellson-aktiv-som-skadespelare-in-i-det-sista_4205913.svd |date=2014-12-23 }}, obituary in Svenska Dagbladet 20 December 2014 {{in lang|sv}} He worked as an actor at various theatres, and was part of the permanent ensemble at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1964. He had notable roles in a number of plays including Hedda Gabler, The Wild Duck, The Beggars' Opera and Twelfth Night. In 2013, he played the old servant Firs in The Cherry Orchard at Stockholm City Theatre.

He also worked in films including Zorn, Raskenstam, and Jazzgossen.

Kjellson won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1978. He died at the age of 91 on 18 December 2014 of pneumonia.[http://www.svt.se/nyheter/skadespelaren-ingvar-kjellson-ar-dod Skådespelaren Ingvar Kjellson är död] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105958/http://www.svt.se/nyheter/skadespelaren-ingvar-kjellson-ar-dod |date=2016-03-04 }}, obituary in Dagens Nyheter 20 December 2014 {{in lang|sv}} He was married to actress Meta Velander until his death.

Selected filmography

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0458047}}
  • [http://www.dramaten.se/Dramaten/Medverkande/Rollboken/?qType=person&value=151 Ingvar Kjellson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305171056/http://www.dramaten.se/Dramaten/Medverkande/Rollboken/?qType=person&value=151 |date=2012-03-05 }}, at the Royal Dramatic Theatre

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Category:1923 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:People from Linköping Municipality

Category:Male actors from Östergötland County

Category:Swedish male stage actors

Category:Swedish male film actors

Category:Eugene O'Neill Award winners

Category:Litteris et Artibus recipients

Category:20th-century Swedish male actors

Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Sweden

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