Viveca Lindfors

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| name = Viveca Lindfors

| birth_name = Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|12|29}}

| birth_place = Uppsala, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|10|25|1920|12|29}}

| death_place = Uppsala, Sweden

| alma_mater = Royal Dramatic Training Academy

| yearsactive = 1940–1995

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Harry Hasso
|1941|1943|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Folke Rogard
|1944|1948|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Don Siegel
|1948|1953|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|George Tabori
|1954|1972|end=divorced}}

}}

| children = 3, including Kristoffer Tabori

| occupation = Actress

| signature = Signature Viveca Lindfors.png

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Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995) was a Swedish-American stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress.{{cite web |url=https://www.skbl.se/en/article/VivecaLindfors |title=Viveca Lindfors |website= Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon |access-date=October 1, 2020}}

Biography

Lindfors was born in Uppsala, Sweden,{{cite news|last1=Lebherz|first1=Richard|title=A Snow Queen In Exile|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5689926/the_news|work=The News|date=December 21, 1970|location=Frederick, Maryland|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 25, 2016}} {{Open access}} the daughter of Karin Emilia Therese (née Dymling) and Axel Torsten Lindfors.[http://www.genealogi.se/lindfors.htm Nättidningen RÖTTER – för dig som släktforskar! Viveca Lindfors genealogy site], genealogi.se; accessed May 4, 2017 (in Swedish).[https://archive.today/20130125131432/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Viveca_Lindfors/193705 Viveca Lindfors profile], Hollywood.com; accessed May 4, 2017.

She trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy, Stockholm. Soon after, she became a theater and film star in Sweden. She moved to the United States in 1946 after being signed by Warner Bros., and began working in Hollywood.Connelly, Charlie (18 October 2023). [https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/viveca-lindfors-great-european-lives/ "Viveca Lindfors: The Hollywood outsider with a second act on stage"]. The New European. Retrieved 18 September 2024. She appeared in more than 100 films, including Night Unto Night, No Sad Songs for Me, Dark City, The Halliday Brand, King of Kings, An Affair of the Skin, Creepshow, The Sure Thing, and Stargate. She appeared with actors including Stewart Granger, Ronald Reagan, Jeffrey Hunter, Charlton Heston, Glenn Ford, Lizabeth Scott, and Errol Flynn.

In 1952, she appeared on Broadway alongside Edmond O'Brien in John Van Druten's I've Got Sixpence. Two years later, she made her West End debut in J. B. Priestley's poorly received play The White Countess.

Lindfors appeared frequently on television, usually as a guest star, though she played the title role in the miniseries Frankenstein's Aunt. Most of her TV appearances were in the 1950s and 1960s, with a resurgence in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1990, she won an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on the series Life Goes On.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-guest-actress-in-a-drama-series|title=42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series – 1990|publisher=Television Academy|access-date=April 8, 2017}} She was nominated for an Emmy in 1978 for her supporting role in the TV movie A Question of Guilt.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1978/outstanding-performance-by-a-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-or-drama-special|title=30th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners: Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special – 1978|publisher=Television Academy|access-date=April 8, 2017}}

In 1962, she shared the Silver Bear for Best Actress award with Rita Gam at the Berlin Film Festival, for their performances in Tad Danielewski's No Exit.{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1962/03_preistr_ger_1962/03_Preistraeger_1962.html|title=Berlinale 1962: Prize Winners|access-date=February 7, 2010|work=berlinale.de|archive-date=November 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124044912/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1962/03_preistr_ger_1962/03_Preistraeger_1962.html|url-status=dead}} Among her later film roles, she played the kindly and worldly wise Professor Taub in The Sure Thing (1985).{{Citation needed |date=October 2020}}

In the last years of her life, she taught acting at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and had a lead role (essentially playing herself) in Henry Jaglom's Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995). The same year, she returned to the Strindberg Festival in Stockholm to perform in the play In Search of Strindberg.{{Citation needed |date=October 2020}}

Personal life

Lindfors was married four times, to Swedish cinematographer Harry Hasso, Swedish attorney and World Chess Federation president Folke Rogard, director Don Siegel, and Hungarian writer, producer, and director George Tabori. She had three children – two sons (John Tabori with Hasso, and actor Kristoffer Tabori, with Siegel) and a daughter (Lena Tabori, with Rogard).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/26/nyregion/viveca-lindfors-stage-and-film-actress-74.html|title=Viveca Lindfors, Stage and Film Actress, 74|newspaper=The New York Times|first=David|last=Stout|date=October 26, 1995|access-date=April 26, 2015}}

{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/16/archives/folke-rogard-73-exchess-offical-swedish-lawyer-who-led-world.html|title= Fore Rogard, 73, Ex-Chess Official|website=The New York Times|date= June 16, 1973|access-date=October 1, 2020}}

Lindfors was a naturalized U.S. citizen and a liberal Democrat, who supported the presidency of Jimmy Carter.

Lindfors died from complications of rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 74 in Uppsala.

Selected filmography

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class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1940 \|The Crazy Family \| Lisa \|
1941 \| If I Could Marry the Minister \| Eva Örn \|
1941 \| In Paradise \|Angelica Jansson \|
1942 \| Tomorrow's Melody \|Maj-Lis Wassberg \|
1942 \| The Woman of Sin \| The Young Woman
1942 \| The Yellow Clinic \|Nurse Doris \|
1943 \| The Brothers' Woman \|Emma \|
1943 \| The Sin of Anna Lans \| Anna Lans \|
1944 \| Appassionata \| Maria \|
1944 \| Mist on the Sea \| Maria Rosati \|
1944 \| I Am Fire and Air \| Jenny Ahrman \|
1945 \|Black Roses \| Märta Lind \|
1945 \| The Serious Game \| Lydia Stille \|
1945 \| Maria of Kvarngarden \| Maria \|
1946 \| Interlude \| Vellamo Toivonen \|
1948 \|To the Victor \|Christine Lund Lestrac \|
1948 \|Adventures of Don Juan \|Queen Margaret \|
1949 \|Singoalla \|Singoalla \|
1949 \|Night Unto Night \|Ann Gracie \|
1950 \|Dark City \|Victoria Winant \|
1950 \|Backfire \|Lysa Radoff \|
1950 \|This Side of The Law \|Evelyn Taylor \|
1950 \|No Sad Songs for Me \|Chris Radna \|
1950 \|The Flying Missile \|Karin Hansen \|
1951 \|Four in a Jeep \|Franziska Idinger \|
1951 \|Journey Into Light \|Christine Thorssen \|
1952 \|Riders of Vengeance \|Elena de Ortega \|aka The Raiders
1955 \|Moonfleet \|Mrs. Minton \|
1955 \|Run for Cover \|Helga Swenson \|
1957 \|The Halliday Brand \|Aleta Burris \|
1958 \|I Accuse! \|Lucie Dreyfus \|
1958 \|Tempest \|Caterine II \|
1959 \|Rawhide \|Luisa Esquivel Y Hadley \|1 episode
1960 \|Johnny Midnight \|Simone in episode "X Equals Murder") \|
1960 \|The Story of Ruth \|Eleilat \|
1960 \|Weddings and Babies \|Bea \|
1961 \|King of Kings \|Claudia Procula Pontius Pilate's wife \|
1961 \|Tempest \|Catherine the Great \|
1961 \|The Untouchables \|Mrs. Jarreau \|
1961 \|Naked City \|Lulu Kronen \|1 episode
1962 \|No Exit \|Inez \|aka Sinners Go to Hell
1962–1964 \|The Defenders \|Mady Lorne / Madeline Flanders \|2 episodes
1963 \|The Damned \|Freya Neilson \|aka These Are the Damned
1964 \|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea \|Dr. Laura Rettig \|1 episode
1964 \|12 O'Clock High \|Nicole Trouchard \|1 episode
1965 \|Brainstorm \|Dr. Larstadt \|
1965 \|Bonanza \|Angela Bergstrom \|Episode: "The Spotlight"
1965–1966 \|Ben Casey \|Mrs. Boone / Vivian Bennett \|2 episodes
1967 \|The Diary of Anne Frank \|Petronella van Daan \|TV movie
1967–1969 \|The F.B.I. \|Ida Salzman / Eva Bolen \|2 episodes
1970 \|Cauldron of Blood \|Tania \|
1970 \|The Interns \|Jennie \|1 episode
1972 \|A House Without Boundaries \|Señorita Elvira \|
1973 \|The Bell from Hell \|Marta \|
1973 \|The Way We Were \|Paula Reisner \|
1976 \|Welcome to L.A. \|Susan Moore \|
1978 \|A Question of Guilt \|Dr. Rosen \|TV movie. Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special
1978 \|Girlfriends \|Beatrice \|
1978 \|A Wedding \|Ingrid Hellstrom \|
1979 \|Voices \|Mrs. Lemon \|
1981 \|The Hand \|Doctress \|
1982 \|Inside the Third Reich \|Gypsy woman \|TV movie
1982 \|Creepshow \|Aunt Bedelia \|Section: "Father's Day"
1982 \|Dynasty \|Adriana \|1 episode
1983 \|Dies rigorose Leben \|Ada \|
1984 \|Trapper John, M.D. \|Zella Korevechi \|1 episode
1984 \|Passions \|Lila \|TV movie
1984 \|Silent Madness \|Mrs. Collins \|
1985 \|The Sure Thing \|Professor Taub \|
1987 \|Frankenstein's Aunt \|Hannah von Frankenstein \|7 episodes
1987 \|Rachel River \|Harriet White \|
1989 \|Misplaced \|Zofia \|
1989 \|Flickan vid stenbänken \|Storråda \|TV series
1990 \|Life Goes On \|Mrs. Doubcha \|1 episode. Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
1990 \|The Exorcist III \|Nurse X \|
1990 \|China Beach \|Ilsa \|1 episode
1991 \|Zandalee \|Tatta \|
1991 \| Child of Darkness, Child of Light \|Ida Walsh \|
1991 \|The Linguini Incident \| Miracle \|
1992 \|North of Pittsburgh \|Rosa Andretti \|Genie Award nomination for Best Actress
1993 \|Law & Order \|Helga Holtz \|1 episode
1994 \|Stargate \|Catherine Langford \|
1995 \|Last Summer in the Hamptons \|Helena Mora \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1940

|The Crazy Family

| Lisa

1941

| If I Could Marry the Minister

| Eva Örn

1941

| In Paradise

|Angelica Jansson

1942

| Tomorrow's Melody

|Maj-Lis Wassberg

1942

| The Woman of Sin

| The Young Woman

1942

| The Yellow Clinic

|Nurse Doris

1943

| The Brothers' Woman

|Emma

1943

| The Sin of Anna Lans

| Anna Lans

1944

| Appassionata

| Maria

1944

| Mist on the Sea

| Maria Rosati

1944

| I Am Fire and Air

| Jenny Ahrman

1945

|Black Roses

| Märta Lind

1945

| The Serious Game

| Lydia Stille

1945

| Maria of Kvarngarden

| Maria

1946

| Interlude

| Vellamo Toivonen

1948

|To the Victor

|Christine Lund Lestrac

1948

|Adventures of Don Juan

|Queen Margaret

1949

|Singoalla

|Singoalla

1949

|Night Unto Night

|Ann Gracie

1950

|Dark City

|Victoria Winant

1950

|Backfire

|Lysa Radoff

1950

|This Side of The Law

|Evelyn Taylor

1950

|No Sad Songs for Me

|Chris Radna

1950

|The Flying Missile

|Karin Hansen

1951

|Four in a Jeep

|Franziska Idinger

1951

|Journey Into Light

|Christine Thorssen

1952

|Riders of Vengeance

|Elena de Ortega

|aka The Raiders

1955

|Moonfleet

|Mrs. Minton

1955

|Run for Cover

|Helga Swenson

1957

|The Halliday Brand

|Aleta Burris

1958

|I Accuse!

|Lucie Dreyfus

1958

|Tempest

|Caterine II

1959

|Rawhide

|Luisa Esquivel Y Hadley

|1 episode

1960

|Johnny Midnight

|Simone in episode "X Equals Murder")

1960

|The Story of Ruth

|Eleilat

1960

|Weddings and Babies

|Bea

1961

|King of Kings

|Claudia Procula Pontius Pilate's wife

1961

|Tempest

|Catherine the Great

1961

|The Untouchables

|Mrs. Jarreau

1961

|Naked City

|Lulu Kronen

|1 episode

1962

|No Exit

|Inez

|aka Sinners Go to Hell

1962–1964

|The Defenders

|Mady Lorne / Madeline Flanders

|2 episodes

1963

|The Damned

|Freya Neilson

|aka These Are the Damned

1964

|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

|Dr. Laura Rettig

|1 episode

1964

|12 O'Clock High

|Nicole Trouchard

|1 episode

1965

|Brainstorm

|Dr. Larstadt

1965

|Bonanza

|Angela Bergstrom

|Episode: "The Spotlight"

1965–1966

|Ben Casey

|Mrs. Boone / Vivian Bennett

|2 episodes

1967

|The Diary of Anne Frank

|Petronella van Daan

|TV movie

1967–1969

|The F.B.I.

|Ida Salzman / Eva Bolen

|2 episodes

1970

|Cauldron of Blood

|Tania

1970

|The Interns

|Jennie

|1 episode

1972

|A House Without Boundaries

|Señorita Elvira

1973

|The Bell from Hell

|Marta

1973

|The Way We Were

|Paula Reisner

1976

|Welcome to L.A.

|Susan Moore

1978

|A Question of Guilt

|Dr. Rosen

|TV movie.
Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding
Performance by a Supporting Actress
in a Drama or Comedy Special

1978

|Girlfriends

|Beatrice

1978

|A Wedding

|Ingrid Hellstrom

1979

|Voices

|Mrs. Lemon

1981

|The Hand

|Doctress

1982

|Inside the Third Reich

|Gypsy woman

|TV movie

1982

|Creepshow

|Aunt Bedelia

|Section: "Father's Day"

1982

|Dynasty

|Adriana

|1 episode

1983

|Dies rigorose Leben

|Ada

1984

|Trapper John, M.D.

|Zella Korevechi

|1 episode

1984

|Passions

|Lila

|TV movie

1984

|Silent Madness

|Mrs. Collins

1985

|The Sure Thing

|Professor Taub

1987

|Frankenstein's Aunt

|Hannah von Frankenstein

|7 episodes

1987

|Rachel River

|Harriet White

1989

|Misplaced

|Zofia

1989

|Flickan vid stenbänken

|Storråda

|TV series

1990

|Life Goes On

|Mrs. Doubcha

|1 episode.
Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest
Actress in a Drama Series

1990

|The Exorcist III

|Nurse X

1990

|China Beach

|Ilsa

|1 episode

1991

|Zandalee

|Tatta

1991

| Child of Darkness, Child of Light

|Ida Walsh

1991

|The Linguini Incident

| Miracle

1992

|North of Pittsburgh

|Rosa Andretti

|Genie Award nomination for Best Actress

1993

|Law & Order

|Helga Holtz

|1 episode

1994

|Stargate

|Catherine Langford

1995

|Last Summer in the Hamptons

|Helena Mora

Major stage appearances

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Year ! Title ! Role ! Theatre
1952 \| I've Got Sixpence \| Inez Cabral \| Ethel Barrymore Theatre
1954–55 \| Anastasia \| Anna \| Lyceum Theatre
1956 \| Miss Julie \| Miss Julie \| Phoenix Theatre
1956 \| The Stronger \| Miss Y \| Phoenix Theatre
1956 \| King Lear \| Cordelia \| New York City Center
1959 \| I Rise in Flames, Cried the Phoenix \| Frieda \| Lucille Lortel Theatre
1962 \| Brecht on Brecht \| n/a \| Lucille Lortel Theatre
1963 \| Pal Joey \| Vera Simpson \| New York City Center
1965 \| Postmark Zero \| n/a \| Brooks Atkinson Theatre
1967 \| The Niggerlovers \| The God, Angela \| Lucille Lortel Theatre
1971 \| Dance of Death \| Alice \| Ritz Theatre

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Theatre

1952

| I've Got Sixpence

| Inez Cabral

| Ethel Barrymore Theatre

1954–55

| Anastasia

| Anna

| Lyceum Theatre

1956

| Miss Julie

| Miss Julie

| Phoenix Theatre

1956

| The Stronger

| Miss Y

| Phoenix Theatre

1956

| King Lear

| Cordelia

| New York City Center

1959

| I Rise in Flames, Cried the Phoenix

| Frieda

| Lucille Lortel Theatre

1962

| Brecht on Brecht

| n/a

| Lucille Lortel Theatre

1963

| Pal Joey

| Vera Simpson

| New York City Center

1965

| Postmark Zero

| n/a

| Brooks Atkinson Theatre

1967

| The Niggerlovers

| The God, Angela

| Lucille Lortel Theatre

1971

| Dance of Death

| Alice

| Ritz Theatre

References

External links

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[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;type=simple;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;q1=Lindfors;view=reslist;subview=detail;sort=freq;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Viveca Lindfors] at the University of Wisconsin's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502211533/http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Actors Studio audio collection]
Edward Winter, [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5146 The FIDE President and the Actress], ChessBase.com; retrieved 2009-01-20.
[http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=5948 Photographs and literature]
[http://archives.nypl.org/the/18910 Viveca Lindfors papers, 1945–1990], held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

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