Actor

Gunnel Lindblom

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

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Movies: 52Series: 6Crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 6662

IMDb ID: nm0511458

Known for: Acting

Born: December 18, 1931

Died: January 24, 2021

Age: 89

Place of birth: Gothenburg, Sweden

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1952 - 2018

Years active: 67

Average TMDB rating: 7.44

Wikidata: Q259911

Also known as

Gunnel Märtha Ingegerd Lindblom • Гуннель Линдблум

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Director (4)

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Biography

Gunnel Lindblom (born Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom, 18 December 1931 – 24 January 2021 Gothenburg, Sweden), was a Swedish film actress and director. As an actor she 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. Married to senior lecturer Sture Helander (who was Ingmar Bergman's personal physician), she was sometimes credited as Gunnel Lindblom Helander, or Gunnel Helander. She appeared on stage as Tintomara's mother in Carl Jonas Love Almqvist's play Drottningens juvelsmycke (English: The Queen's Tiara), staged at Dramaten for the theatre's 100 years Jubilee in 2008. Currently (2009) directing the Jon Fosse play Flicka i gul regnjacka (Girl in Yellow Raincoat) at Dramaten, starring Stina Ekblad and Irene Lindh, which premiered on October 9.