Barbro Hiort af Ornäs explained

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Birth Name:	Barbro Margareta Eriksdotter Hiort af Ornäs
Birth Date:	28 August 1921
Birth Place:	Gothenburg, Sweden
Death Place:	Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse:	Ernst Nathorst-Böös (divorced)
Children:	3
Yearsactive:	1943–2001
Occupation:	Actress

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921  - 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress.^[1]

Biography

She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma (née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn.

Along with Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, and Ingrid Thulin, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival for Brink of Life.^{[2] [3]} In 1989, she was given the Litteris et Artibus for her services to the arts in Sweden. Hiort af Ornäs died in Bromma on 28 November 2015, aged 94.

Partial filmography

• Imprisoned Women (1943) - Kaj
• Youth in Danger (1946) - Bibbi Nicklasson
• Flickan från tredje raden (1949) - Dagmar Antonsson
• Fiancée for Hire (1950)- Gertrud Stenström
• While the City Sleeps (1950) - Rutan
• Count Svensson (1951) - Greta Svensson
• Barabbas (1953) - Maria of Magdala (uncredited)
• Darling of Mine (1955) - Linda Loy
• Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955) - La Martiniere
• Sju vackra flickor (1956) - Adele Hellgren
• Vägen genom Skå (1957) - Emma
• Som man bäddar... (1957) - Secretary
• Spielbank-Affäre (1957) - Schulleiterin
• A Guest in His Own House (1957) - Lisen
• Brink of Life (1958) - Nurse Brita
• Pojken i trädet (1961) - Mother
• Lita på mej älskling (1961) - Juror (uncredited)
• All These Women (1964) - Beatrica
• Loving Couples (1964) - Lilian von Pahlen - née Vind-Frijs
• Shame (1968) - Kvinna i flyktingbåten
• ...som havets nakna vind (1968) - Aida
• Som natt och dag (1969) - Madeleine
• Eva - den utstötta (1969) - Jenny Berggren
• The Passion of Anna (1969) - Woman in Dream (uncredited)
• Skräcken har 1000 ögon (1970) - Barbro, Sven's Aunt
• The Touch (1971) - Karin's Mother (uncredited)
• Scenes from a Marriage (1973) - Stefan's mother
• Bröllopet (1973) - Karin Löfgren
• What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975) - Jack's Mother
• Mackan (1977) - Skolkökslärarinna
• Den nya människan (1979) - Lärere
• Father to Be (1979) - Greta, sjuksyster
• Sällskapsresan 2 – Snowroller (1985) - Stig Helmers mamma
• S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa (1988) - Stig Helmers mamma
• Amelia (1991) - Yvonne, Gösta's mother
• Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991) - Mamma
• Selma & Johanna - En roadmovie (1997) - Grandma
• Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt (1999) - Mamma
• Den utvalde (2005) - Mormor

Notes and References

1. Web site: Barbro Hiort af Ornäs profile . 28 November 2015 . Swedish Film Database . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208082347/http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=61442 . 8 December 2015 .
2. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Brink of Life. 13 February 2009. festival-cannes.com.
3. Web site: Barbro Hiort- of death Ornäs The actor Barbro Hiort af Ornäs has died at age 94. She held the Poetry Corner at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and played among other Stig-Helmer's mother in the film.. Svd.se. 29 November 2015.