Inga Landgré Explained

Inga Landgré
Birth Name:Inga Linnéa Lundgren
Birth Date:6 August 1927
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:Norberg, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1943 - 2023
Partner:Roger Björnstjerna (1982–2006)

Inga Linnéa Landgré (née Lundgren; 6 August 1927 – 31 July 2023) was a Swedish actress who worked in theatre, television, and films from the 1940s on.

Early life and career

Inga Landgré was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1927. Her father was a struggling musician whose alcoholism strained her parents' marriage. Her mother was a waitress.[1] They divorced in the early 1930s, when Landgré was only five years old. She was an only child.[2] She received her theatrical education at Calle Flygare Teaterskola and made her acting debut in 1944 at the Blanche Theatre as Anya in the Anton Chekhov play The Cherry Orchard.[3]

Landgré started appearing in motion pictures around this time as well, starting with the 1943 film Ordet. In 1946, she starred in Crisis, Ingmar Bergman's directorial debut.[4]

Personal life and death

Landgré was married to the Swedish actor Nils Poppe between 1949 and 1959. The couple had two children together, of whom one also became an actress.[5] In the 1960s, she acted as a courier for her friend Andreas Papandreou, who later became the prime minister of Greece, by delivering microfilm to Greece.[3]

Inga Landgré died on 31 July 2023, at the age of 95.[6]

Awards and honours

Landgré won the Guldbagge Honorary Award in 2011, but received it in January 2012.[7]

Selected filmography

YearTitleRole
1945The Rose of Tistelön Josefine
1946CrisisNelly
Pengar – en tragikomisk sagaMaria Bergdahl
Sunshine Follows Rain Barbro
The Balloon Rosita
While the Door Was LockedBirgit Ström
1947 Rail Workers Hildur
Wedding Night Mary
1948EvaFrida
Private Bom Agnes
1949Dangerous Spring Ulla
1950While the City SleepsIris Lindström
The Quartet That Split Up Märta Åvik
1951Customs Officer BomFrida
1952Bom the Flyer Matilda
1953Stupid Bom Camilla
Dance, My Doll Elise
1955DreamsMrs. Lobelius
1956Det är aldrig för sent
1957The Seventh SealKarin
Encounters in the Twilight Alice Wiegel
A Dreamer's Journey Ziri Stuart
1958Brink of LifeGreta Ellius
We at Väddö Berit Sundberg
1967Hugo and JosephineJosephine's mother
1968The CorridorThe mother
1977Paradise PlaceSaga
1997In the Presence of a Clown (TV film)Alma Berglund
2003Tur & returGreta
2011The Girl With the Dragon TattooIsabella
2015Holy MessGun-Britt

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inga Landgré. Sveriges Radio. 3 August 2013. 4 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Inga Landgré - skådespelare och spion. Sveriges Radio. 9 April 2009. 4 March 2017.
  3. News: Generationer av erfarenhet har format henne. Svenska Dagbladet. 3 August 2004. 3 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Inga Landgré . 6 February 2013. Swedish Film Database.
  5. News: Poppe ändrade sitt testamente på sin dödsdag. Aftonbladet. 21 December 2000. 3 March 2017.
  6. https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/dwBmdO/inga-landgre-har-avlidit Skådespelaren Inga Landgré har dött – blev 95 år gammal
  7. Web site: Gyllene regn på Guldbaggegalan. Dagens Nyheter. 23 January 2012. 4 March 2017. Swedish Film Database.