Margaretha Krook

Margaretha Knutsdotter Krook (15 October 1925 – 7 May 2001) was a Swedish stage and film actress. She won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1974. In 1976, she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress for the film Release the Prisoners to Spring. She was awarded the Illis quorum in 1995 for her performance of Gertrude Stein at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

Selected filmography

1949: Only a Mother – Berta 1951: Miss Julie – Governess 1953: Barabbas – Woman in Robbers' Cave (uncredited) 1954: Storm Over Tjurö – Augusta 1954: Karin Månsdotter – Karin's Sister (uncredited) 1954: Salka Valka – Sigurlina Jonsdottir 1958: Brink of Life – Dr. Larsson (uncredited) 1961: Swedenhielms (TV Movie) – Marta Boman 1961: Lita på mej älskling – Mrs. Nilsson 1963: Adam och Eva – Ms. Nyfröjd 1964: Swedish Wedding Night – Mary 1964: Svenska bilder – Mrs. Kronback 1966: JAG – Bus Driver 1966: Träfracken – Nurse Ann Wahlman 1966: Persona – The Doctor 1966: Adamsson i Sverige – Astrid Samuelsson 1968: Bombi Bitt och jag (TV Series) – Franskan 1969: Bokhandlaren som slutade bada – Amelie Arbel 1970: Ministern – The Mother 1970: Den magiska cirkeln – Ingvar's Mother 1972: The Man Who Quit Smoking – Prostitute 1973: Bröllopet – Sofia Långsjö 1974: Vita nejlikan eller Den barmhärtige sybariten – Margit 1975: Monismanien 1995 – Prosecutor 1975: Release the Prisoners to Spring – Rådmans dotter 1976: Drömmen om Amerika – Mrs. Alm 1978: The Adventures of Picasso – Doña Maria 1978: A Walk in the Sun – Ellen 1980: Sverige åt svenskarna – Canteen Svea 1981: Sopor – Gösta Bohman 1981: Snacka går ju... – Gun 1982: Brusten himmel – Grandma 1984: Sköna juveler – Old Woman 1985: De flyvende djævle – Hildegarde Altenburg 1986: Morrhår och ärtor – Konsulinnan Ahlhagen 1989: Jönssonligan på Mallorca – Germann 1990: Den hemliga vännen – The wife 1992: The Best Intentions – Blenda Bergman 1997: Rika barn leka bäst – Bordellkonsulten 2000: Gossip – Ingrid Seth 2000: Dinosaur – Eema (voice) 2002: Karlsson på taket – Miss Hildur Bock (voice)