Aino Bergö Explained

Aino Lillalida Bergö (commonly spelled Aino Bergo in English-language publications) (1915 – July 1944) was a Swedish ballerina, opera singer and film actress.

Life

Bergö studied ballet in Stockholm. She performed ballet in Berlin and Munich and starred in operettas in Vienna.^[1] Bergö starred in the 1936 German film Das Frauenparadies and later relocated to England, where producer Irving Asher helped her land a starring role in Thistledown. In 1938 in Chelsea, London Bergö married Richard Fairey, the eldest son of Sir Charles Richard Fairey, an aircraft manufacturer.^{[2] [3]} They were divorced in 1943.^[2]

Bergö was killed in July 1944 in a German flying bomb attack in southern England.^[4] Her death was registered in Kensington, London.^[5] Her services were held at the Swedish Church on Harcourt Street in London.

Filmography

• 1938, Thistledown^[6] (Note: the British Film Institute has listed this film as lost)^[7]
• 1936, Das Frauenparadies^[6]

External links

• Aino Bergo Movie Cards

Notes and References

1. Book: 1938-1939 International motion picture almanac . 1938. . New York . 84 .
2. News: Obituaries . Issue 49905; col E . 6 . . July 11, 1944 .
3. Aino L A Bergo. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
4. "Aïno Fairey." Ancestry.com. England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
5. "Aino L B Fairey". General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
6. Web site: . Aino Bergo . 2009-05-30.
7. http://www.britishpictures.com/articles/missing.htm Missing Believed Lost