Ingrid Thulin (Swedish IPA: ['ɪŋ:rɪd tɵ'li:n]) (27 January, 1926 – 7 January, 2004) was a Swedish actress.

She was born as a fisherman's daughter in Sollefteå, Ångermanland in northern Sweden. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by the Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theatre's School in 1948. For years she worked with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, where she developed her personal style, acting with neurotic intensity in Winter Light (1962), The Silence (1963) and Cries and Whispers (1972), making her the third actress of world fame coming from Sweden (after Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman).

She shared the best actress award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival and received a Guldbagge Award as best actress in 1964, the first year the award was given out, for her performance in The Silence.

She was married to Harry Schein, the founder of the Swedish Film Institute, for more than 30 years until 1989, although they had lived separately for many years before the divorce.

In her later years she lived in Rome, Italy. She returned to Sweden for medical treatment and later died from cancer in Stockholm, Sweden, 20 days short of her 78th birthday.

Selected filmography

Ingrid Thulin and director Ingmar Bergman during the production of The Silence (1963)

• Smultronstället / Wild Strawberries (1957)
  with Victor Sjöström
  Director: Ingmar Bergman
• Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
  with Glenn Ford
  Director: Vincente Minnelli
• Nattvardsgästerna / Winter Light (1962)
  with Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow and Gunnel Lindblom
• Tystnaden / The Silence (1963)
  with Gunnel Lindblom
  Director: Ingmar Bergman
• La Guerre est finie / The War is Over (1966)
  with Yves Montand
  Director: Alain Resnais
• Vargtimmen / Hour of the Wolf (1968)
  with Max von Sydow
  Director: Ingmar Bergman
• The Damned (1969) with Helmut Berger
  Director: Luchino Visconti
• Viskningar och Rop / Cries and Whispers (1972)
  with Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson
  Director: Ingmar Bergman
• La Cage (1975)
  with Lino Ventura
  Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre
• Salon Kitty (1975)
  with Helmut Berger
  Director: Tinto Brass
• Efter repetitionen / After the Rehearsal (1984)
  with Erland Josephson
  Director: Ingmar Bergman
• Il Giorno Prima / Contrôle (1987)
  with Ben Gazzara, Mike Zella, Kate Nelligan, Sarah Howell, Kate Reid, Camille Dupont, Burt Lancaster
  Director: Giuliano Montaldo

Further reading

• Cowie, Peter (1970): Sweden 1. An Illustrated Guide ... to the Work of the Leading Directors, Players, Technicians, and other Key Figures in Swedish Cinema, with Credits and Plot outlines to more than seventy important Films, and Index to 1,000 Titles.
  London: A. Zwemmer Ltd (Screen Series). SBN 302-02009-8
• Cowie, Peter (1970): Sweden 2. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Themes, Trends, and Directors in Swedish Cinema.
  London: A. Zwemmer Ltd (Screen Series). SBN 302-02010-1
• Cowie, Peter (1977): Film in Sweden. Stars and Players.
  London: The Tantivy Press. ISBN 0-498-02013-4

External links

• Ingrid Thulin at the Internet Movie Database
• Bergman's leading lady dies at 76

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