About Birgitta Ulfsson
Lived 1928 – 2017 (aged 89). Birgitta Ulfsson was a Finnish actor and film director.
Birgitta Margaretha Ulfsson (1 July 1928, Helsinki – 8 October 2017, Helsinki) was a Finland-Swedish actress and theater director. She was a versatile actor and a recognized pioneer of avant-garde theater in Finland. Throughout her career, she performed in Finland and Sweden in two languages. In Sweden, she was best known as "Muminmamma" in the TV series about Mumintrollet and for her role in Rederiet. From 2007 until her death in 2017, she was married to Iwar Wiklander. The couple resided in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her son Erik Pöysti and granddaughter Alma Pöysti are both actors in Helsinki.
Awards
1973 – Pro Finlandia-medal 1979 – Karl Gerhards honor prize (together with Lasse Pöysti) 2010 – Society of Swedish Literature in Finland's anniversary award 2015 – Gösta Ekman-scholarship
Selected filmography 1953 — Shamrock 1983 – A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon 1986 – The Serpent's Way 1992 – Sunday's Children
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Finnish actor and theater director
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Birgitta Ulfsson was born on 1 July 1928 in Helsinki.
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Birgitta Ulfsson died on 8 October 2017 in Helsinki.
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Birgitta Ulfsson was an actor and film director.
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Birgitta Ulfsson was Finnish.
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