Ingrid Thulin
Biography
Ingrid Thulin was a Swedish performer and filmmaker whose long partnership with Ingmar Bergman shaped much of her screen work. She grew up in Sollefteå, in northern Sweden, took ballet as a girl, and entered the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1948. Bergman cast her in Wild Strawberries (1957), The Magician (1958), in which her character spends much of the movie disguised as a boy, Winter Light (1963) and Cries and Whispers (1972). Critics in Sweden and elsewhere admired her portrayals of anguished, desperate women. Brink of Life (1958) brought her a shared best actress prize at Cannes, and The Silence earned her a Guldbagge for best actress. Luchino Visconti gave her a role in The Damned, for which the National Society of Film Critics honored her, and she later appeared in Salon Kitty, directed by Tinto Brass. In 1980 she led the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival.
74years old at death
- Born Sollefteå
- Died Stockholm
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Ingrid Lilian Thulin (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 20 years1956 to 1976
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Behind the award
Thulin won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1964, the award's first year, for her performance in The Silence. She also shared the Best Actress award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
Big break
In 1968, Luchino Visconti cast Thulin in The Damned, his historical epic of Nazi Germany, and her performance earned a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress.
Getting ready for a role
Ingrid Thulin appeared in Bergman's The Magician in 1958, and she spent much of that film dressed as a boy. She also appeared in Wild Strawberries and Winter Light.
Ingrid Thulin movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Ingmar Bergman directed six of these films. Max von Sydow appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Max von Sydow's page
Erland Josephson's page
Bibi Andersson's page
Gunnar Björnstrand's page
Naima Wifstrand's page
Gertrud Fridh's page
All films by Ingmar Bergman
Awards
Three awards and honors from 1958 to 1964, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Film Festival | |||
| 1958 | Best Actress | Brink of Life | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 1964 | Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role | The Silence | Won |
| 1960 | Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actress | Brink of Life | Won |
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