Isa Quensel Explained

Isa Quensel (21 September 1905 - 3 November 1981) was a Swedish actress and operatic soprano who appeared in over 50 films, plays, operas, TV and radio shows. In 1939 she created the title role in the world premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Die Kathrin at the Royal Swedish Opera.

Partial filmography

The Million Dollars (1926) - Journalist
Kärlek måste vi ha (1931) - Cora
The Love Express (1932) - Detective's Niece
Jolly Musicians (1932) - Margit, his daughter
House Slaves (1933) - Greta
Pettersson & Bendel (1933) - Elsa Wallin
Love and Dynamite (1933) - Rosa
False Greta (1934) - Lisa
Äventyr på hotell (1934) - Elly
Raggen (1936) - Maria alias Raggen
Min svärmor - dansösen (1936) - Sylvia
The Girls of Uppakra (1936) - Elsa Brummell
En flicka kommer till sta'n (1937) - Ulla Frank
Happy Vestköping (1937) - Ann-Marie Brandt
Wanted (1939) - Ulla Ståhle
Marianne (1953) - Marianne's Mother
The Chieftain of Göinge (1953) - Black-Elsa
The Glass Mountain (1953) - Luiza Cabral
The Unicorn (1955) - Harriet's Mother
Moon Over Hellesta (1956) - Emmy Anckarberg
Gårdarna runt sjön (1957) - Mathilde
A Guest in His Own House (1957) - Stepmother
Seventeen Years Old (1957) - Agnes Bentick
The Lady in Black (1958) - Cecilia von Schilden
The Koster Waltz (1958) - Doris Fågelström
Playing on the Rainbow (1958) - Björn's Mother
The Phantom Carriage (1958) - Maria
Laila (1958) - Elli Logje
Do You Believe in Angels? (1961) - Louise Günther
Two Living, One Dead (1961) - Miss Larousse
Pärlemor (1961) - Gertrude Odenstam
Sällskapslek (1963) - Agda Stjernesten
To Love (1964) - Märta
Swedish Wedding Night (1964) - Hilma Palm
Loving Couples (1964) - Fredrika von Strussenhjelm
The Cats (1965) - Tora
Woman of Darkness (1966)- Grave-Karna
Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist på nya äventyr (1966, TV Movie) - Hilda Krikonblad
Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga (1972) - Krösa-Maja (voice, uncredited)
Emil and the Piglet (1973) - Krösa-Maja (voice)
Agaton Sax och Byköpings gästabud (1976) - Aunt Tilda (voice)