Ingrid Thulin

Ingrid Thulin
Thulin in 1952
Born	Ingrid Lilian Thulin (1926-01-27)27 January 1926 Sollefteå, Sweden
Died	7 January 2004(2004-01-07) (aged 77) Stockholm, Sweden
Alma mater	Royal Dramatic Training Academy
Occupation(s)	Actress, film director
Years active	1948-1991
Spouses	Claes Sylwander ​ ​ (m. 1952; div. 1955)​ Harry Schein ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1989)​
Website	www.ingridthulin.se (archived)

Ingrid Lilian Thulin (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɪ̌ŋːrɪd tɵˈliːn]; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress and director who collaborated with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She was often cast as harrowing and desperate characters, and earned acclaim from both Swedish and international critics.^[1] She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in Brink of Life (1958) and the inaugural Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Silence (1963), and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress BAFTA for Cries and Whispers (1972).

Early life and education

Thulin was born in Sollefteå, Ångermanland, northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna (née Larsson) and Adam Thulin, a fisherman. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1948.^{[citation needed]}

Career

For many years she worked regularly with Ingmar Bergman. Thulin appeared in Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957), The Magician (1958, in which she spent much of the film dressed as a boy), Winter Light (1962), The Silence (1963), The Rite (1969) and Cries and Whispers (1972).

She shared the Best Actress award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival and received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1964,^[2] the first year the award was given out, for her performance in The Silence.

In 1968, she was cast by Luchino Visconti in his historical epic of Nazi Germany, The Damned. Thulin's performance earned a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. In 1976, Thulin was the protagonist of another film with a similar theme, Salon Kitty, directed by Tinto Brass.

Winner of the David di Donatello Awards 1974, Thulin was also nominated for the BAFTA Award the same year. In 1980, she was the head of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Personal life

She was married to Harry Schein, the founder of the Swedish Film Institute, for more than 30 years until 1989, although they lived separately for many years before divorcing. She bought an apartment in Paris, France, in the early 1960s, and some years later a beach house in San Felice Circeo. In 1970, she became a resident of Sacrofano, Italy, where she lived for 34 years. Her memoir was published in 1992 ("Någon jag kände" ("Somebody I knew"); Norstedts Förlag; ISBN 91-1-919472-2).^{[citation needed]}

Death

She returned to Sweden for medical treatment and later died from cancer in Stockholm, 20 days before her 78th birthday.^[4]

Legacy

The municipality of Sollefteå, where Thulin is buried, has given out an Ingrid Thulin Memorial Scholarship annually since 2008. The Scholarship (which is valued at SEK 20,000), is open to any applicants pursuing the arts. It is sponsored by actress Harriet Andersson, Thulin's longtime personal friend.

Selected filmography

References

Further reading

• Cowie, Peter (1970): Sweden 1. An Illustrated Guide ... to the Work of the Leading Directors, Players, Technicians, and other Key Figures in Swedish Cinema, with Credits and Plot outlines to more than seventy important Films, and Index to 1,000 Titles, A. Zwemmer Ltd., London
• Cowie (1970): Sweden 2. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Themes, Trends, and Directors in Swedish Cinema, A. Zwemmer Ltd., London
• Cowie (1977): Film in Sweden. Stars and Players, Tantivy Press, London (ISBN 0-498-02013-4)
• Loman, Rikard Ingrid Lilian Thulin at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ingrid Thulin.

• Ingrid Thulin at IMDb
• Ingrid Thulin at the Internet Broadway Database
• Ingrid Thulin Official Website (Swedish) (archived)
• Ingmar Bergman Face to Face on Ingrid Thulin
• Bergman's leading lady dies at 76
• Bergmanorama on Ingrid Thulin Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Ingrid Thulin: Northern Light Archived 10 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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