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Erland Josephson

 
Actor: Erland Josephson
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  • Born: Jun 15, 1923 in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director
  • Active: '70s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama
  • Career Highlights: Autumn Sonata, Cries and Whispers, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
  • First Major Screen Credit: Nära Livet (1958)

Biography

A longtime friend of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, actor Erland Josephson starred in six of the director's best films, including The Passion of Anna (1970), Cries and Whispers (1972), Scenes From a Marriage (1973), and Fanny and Alexander (1982). In these films and others, the aristocratic Josephson came to embody one type of Bergman protagonist: the modern neurotic man, aloof, introspective, and thoroughly self-centered. Writing under the nom de plume of Buntel Erik, Josephson co-scripted The Pleasure Garden (1961) with Bergman and All These Women (1964), and under his own name has penned several novels, poems and plays. Active in films outside his native Sweden, Josephson's most famous non-Bergman film role was in the U.S. production The Unbearable Lightness of Being; he also played a prominent part in Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books (1991). From 1966 through 1975, Josephson was in charge of Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theater. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Erland Josephson

Josephson as new appointed director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1965
Born June 15, 1923 (1923-06-15) (age 86)
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Years active 1946 - 2006

Erland Josephson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈæːɭand ˈʝuːsɛfsɔn]; born June 15, 1923) is a Swedish actor and author. He is best known to international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Theodoros Angelopoulos.

Josephson was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was also leader of Dramaten in Stockholm 1966-1975 and has published several novels, short stories, poetry and drama, and was director of several films.

He is a grandson of famous Swedish painter Ernst Josephson. He is related to Magnus Uggla, who is his second cousin once removed.

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