Gunnel Lindblom

Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom (18 December 1931 – 24 January 2021) was a Swedish film actress and director.

Career As an actress, Lindblom was particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the lead role in Miss Julie for BBC Television. She also played the key role of The Mummy in Bergman's staging of Strindberg's The Ghost Sonata in 1998–2000, a performance that earned her much critical acclaim.

She appeared on stage as Tintomara's mother in Carl Almqvist's play Drottningens juvelsmycke (English: The Queen's Tiara), staged at the Royal Dramatic Theatre for the theatre's 100-year jubilee in 2008. In 2009, she directed the Jon Fosse play Flicka i gul regnjacka (Girl in Yellow Raincoat) at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, starring Stina Ekblad and Irene Lindh, which premiered on 9 October.

Lindblom married physician Sture Helander, whom she first met following her admission to hospital suffering from appendicitis during the shooting of The Virgin Spring. The couple had three children together, but divorced in 1970. Lindblom then married Frederik Dessau, a Danish director. Her second marriage was dissolved five years later. Lindblom died on 24 January 2021 after a bout of illness.

Selected filmography

Year Title Role DirectorNotes 1952 Love Rebecka Andersson Gustaf Molander 1955 The Girl in the Rain Ingrid Alf Kjellin 1956 The Song of the Scarlet Flower Kerstin Gustaf Molander 1957 The Seventh Seal Mute girl Ingmar Bergman Wild Strawberries Charlotta Borg Ingmar Bergman 1958 The Venetian Valeria Ingmar Bergman Television film Rabies Jenny Ingmar Bergman Television film 1960 The Virgin Spring Ingeri Ingmar Bergman Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours Margit Torgny Anderberg 1962 Winter Light Karin Persson Ingmar Bergman 1963 The Silence Anna Ingmar Bergman 1964 Loving Couples Adèle Holmström Mai Zetterling 1966 Hunger Ylajali Henning Carlsen Woman of Darkness Anna / Mother Arne Mattsson 1967 The Vicious Circle Maria Arne Mattsson 1968 The Girls Gunilla Mai Zetterling 1973 Scenes from a Marriage Eva Ingmar Bergman Television miniseries 1977 Summer Paradise – Herself Also writer and director 1981 Sally and Freedom Nora Herself Also director, produced by Bergman 2009 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Isabella Vanger Niels Arden Oplev 2011 Der Kommissar und das Meer Gunnila Winarve Anno Saul Television series; 1 Episode