Gunnel Lindblom

Gunnel Lindblom
File:Gunnel lindblom (cropped).jpg Lindblom playing television theatre in 1963
Born	Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom (1931-12-18)18 December 1931 Gothenburg, Sweden
Died	Brottby, Uppland, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Actress, film director
Years active	1952–2018
Spouse(s)	Sture Helander (m. 1960; div. 1970) Frederik Dessau (m. 1981; div. 1986)

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Gunnel Lindblom in 2013

Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom (18 December 1931 – 24 January 2021) was a Swedish film actress and director.

Career

As an actress, Lindblom was particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the lead role in Miss Julie for BBC Television. She also played the key role of The Mummy in Bergman's staging of Strindberg's The Ghost Sonata in 1998–2000, a performance that earned her much critical acclaim.

She appeared on stage as Tintomara's mother in Carl Almqvist's play Drottningens juvelsmycke (English: The Queen's Tiara), staged at Dramaten for the theatre's 100-year jubilee in 2008. In 2009, she directed the Jon Fosse play Flicka i gul regnjacka (Girl in Yellow Raincoat) at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, starring Stina Ekblad and Irene Lindh, which premiered on 9 October.

Lindblom married physician, Sture Helander, whom she first met following her admission to hospital suffering from appendicitis during the shooting of The Virgin Spring. The couple had three children together, but divorced in 1970. Lindblom then married Frederik Dessau, a Danish director. Her second marriage was dissolved five years later. Lindblom died on 24 January 2021 after a bout of illness.

Selected filmography

• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• Wild Strawberries (1957)
• The Venetian (1958)
• Rabies (1958)
• The Virgin Spring (1960)
• Winter Light (1962)
• The Silence (1963)
• Loving Couples (1964)
• Hunger (1966)
• The Girls (1968)
• Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
• Paradise Place (Paradistorg, also director, 1977)
• Sally and Freedom (1981)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

External links

• Gunnel Lindblom at the Internet Movie Database
• Gunnel Lindblom at the Swedish Film Database