Gunn Wållgren Net Worth is
$2 Million

Mini Biography

Constantly regarded as one of the biggest actresses in modern Swedish theater history, Gunn Wållgren is mainly known on her behalf many roles in plays simply by Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov, and internationally; on her behalf wonderful component as the grandmother in movie director Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander (1982). In her indigenous Sweden she actually is also kept in mind, a part from an excellent stage career, for several great shows in traditional 1940s and 50s movies, as well as for a era of children; on her behalf beloved lady using the doves, Sofia, in the favorite film adaption of Astrid Lindgren’s story of “The Brothers Lionheart” (1977). The always extremely shy and withdrawn actress was 21 years of age when she requested the Royal Dramatic Theatre’s acting school in Stockholm (where she trained 1934-37) and among her teachers there is the “grand old lady of theater” in Sweden, miss Hilda Borgström. Pursuing her graduation in 1937 Wållgren was instantly contracted at nationwide stage where she found become among the theaters best stars and where she worked well, pretty much completely, until 1981. Often referred to as an unbeaten character actress with absolute naturalness; filled with wit, heat and playful sensuality – and a “severe beauty”, “poetic and delicate”, having a “uncommon and true internal power”. Between 1942-1954 Wållgren found co-operate with her spouse to be, movie director Per-Axel Branner, at several personal theaters in Stockholm (a.o. The Vasa Theatre, The Blanche Theatre, The New Theatre) and right here made a few of her very best shows of her lifestyle, specifically, her leading function of Masja in Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters”. This function set up Wållgren as the best respected female superstar of Swedish theater, by both critics and stage directors, aswell as fellow stars and market. Onwards her jobs on stage included functions by, not merely Strindberg and Tjechov, but also Steinbeck, Moliere, Dostojevsky, O’Neill, Goethe and Shakespeare. She performed classic drama aswell as farce and humor equally good. She made her debut in film as a teenage offender in Kvinnor i fångenskap (1943). From then on she appeared in a variety of parts in films through the entire years, being among Sweden’s most acclaimed and valued actresses in movies. Memorable are her leading parts in Kejsarn av Portugallien (1944) (The Emperor of Portugal), THE LADY as well as the Devil (1944) (THE LADY AS WELL AS THE Devil), Kvinna utan ansikte (1947) (aka Girl Without Encounter) – script by Ingmar Bergman – and Glasberget (1953) (The Hill of Cup). Great and strong helping shows she delivers in Miss and Mrs Sweden (1969), Mannen som slutade röka (1972) (THE PERSON Who QUIT Smoking cigarettes), The Brothers Lionheart (1977) (The Brothers Lionheart), Sally and Independence (1981) (Sally as well as the Independence) and, her extremely celebrated performance as the grandmother, in Fanny and Alexander (1982), which sadly became her last are an actress. Gunn Wållgren was later on in the entire year 1982 identified as having terminal cancers and past apart in her house at

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