Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11 Nov, 1935 (89 years old)

Bibi Andersson

Biography

Berit Elisabet Andersson (11 November 1935 – 14 April 2019) or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing against Nils Poppe. Eventually, she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. A brief relationship with Ingmar Bergman made her quit school and follow him to the Malmö city theatre, where he was a director, performing in plays by August Strindberg and Hjalmar Bergman. Bergman also gave her a small part in his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), and larger roles in his Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal (1957). From the the 1960s she got offers from abroad, with best result in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). During the civil war in Yugoslavia she has worked with several initiatives to give the people of Sarajevo theatre and other forms of culture. IMDb Mini Biography By: Mattias Thuresson

Known For

Elina: As If I Wasn't There
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77 min 2003

Elina: As If I Wasn't There

Drama
Lines from the Heart
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75 min 1996

Lines from the Heart

Documentary
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
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46 min 1989

Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress

Documentary
Twice a Woman
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110 min 1979

Twice a Woman

Drama
An Enemy of the People
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107 min 1978

An Enemy of the People

Drama
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
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96 min 1977

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Drama

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