Birgitta Valberg

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 Summer Paradise. 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.

She trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy.

Filmography Film

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: Summer Paradise - Katha 1980: Flygnivå 450 - Hedvall 1988: Ingen rövare finns i skogen (Short) - Mormor 1989: Peter och Petra - Grandmother 1992: Sunday's Children - Grandmother

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)