Bibi Andersson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1935-11-11
Day of Death
2019-04-14 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Bibi Andersson
Biography
Berit Elisabet Andersson (November 11, 1935 – April 14, 2019) or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman
Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing against Nils Poppe. Eventually, she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. A brief relationship with Ingmar Bergman made her quit school and follow him to the Malmö city theatre, where he was a director, performing in plays by August Strindberg and Hjalmar Bergman. Bergman also gave her a small part in his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), and larger roles in his Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal (1957). From the the 1960s she got offers from abroad, with best result in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). During the civil war in Yugoslavia she has worked with several initiatives to give the people of Sarajevo theatre and other forms of culture.
Known For
Acting
(2022)
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Bilder av Bibi
as Self
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2009)
The Frost
as The Widow Rat
(2009)
Images from the Playground
as Self
(2008)
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
as Mother Rikissa
(2007)
Arn: The Knight Templar
as Mother Rikissa
(2007)
Women and Bergman
as Self
(2006)
When Darkness Falls
as The Mother-in-law
(2006)
(2004)
(2004)
A Poem in Images
as Self
(2004)
The Return of the Dancing Master
as Elsa Berggren
(2003)
Elina: As If I Wasn't There
as Tora Holm
(2001)
(2000)
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
(2000)
Anna
as Annas mor
(2000)
Shit Happens
as Solveig Olsson
(1998)
Little Big Sister
as Narrator
(1996)
Lines from the Heart
as Self
(1995)
Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
(1994)
Musikbussen
as Berättare
(1994)
The Butterfly's Dream
as La madre
(1994)
Dreamplay
as Victoria
(1993)
(1992)
A Passing Season
as Lise
(1989)
(1988)
Creditors
as Tekla
(1987)
Babette's Feast
as Swedish Lady-in-Waiting
(1987)
Los dueños del silencio
as Marie-Louise Wallén
(1986)
Poor Butterfly
as Gertrud
(1986)
Huomenna
as Laulajatar
(1986)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Narrator (voice)
(1984)
Sista leken
as Viktors hustru
(1983)
Exposed
as Margaret
(1983)
Gråtvalsen
as Berit
(1983)
Svarta fåglar
as Simone Cambral
(1983)
Savannen
as Lydia
(1983)
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
as Ann-Charlotte Lefler
(1981)
I am Blushing
as Siv Andersson
(1980)
Marmalade Revolution
as Anna-Berit
(1979)
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Francine
(1979)
Quintet
as Ambrosia
(1979)
Twice a Woman
as Laura
(1979)
The Elephant Walk
as The Mother
(1979)
A Look at Liv
as Self
(1978)
An Enemy of the People
as Catherine Stockmann
(1978)
Question of Love
as Catherine Dumais
(1977)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Dr. Fried
(1976)
Confessions of a Fool
as Maria/Siri von Essen
(1976)
Vortex
as Patricia Tauling
(1975)
Rain over Santiago
as Monique Calvé
(1974)
Scenes from a Marriage
as Katarina
(1974)
After the Fall
as Holga
(1974)
My Husband, His Mistress and I
as Blanche Huysman
(1973)
The Hour of Parting
as Elsa Jacobsen
(1972)
The Man from the Other Side
as Britt Stagnelius
(1972)
Ingmar Bergman
as Self
(1971)
The Touch
as Karin Vergerus
(1970)
The Kremlin Letter
as Erika Kosnov
(1970)
A Ballad of Love
as Woman at the aerodrome
(1970)
Story of a Woman
as Karin Ullman
(1969)
The Passion of Anna
as Eva Vergerus
(1969)
Think of a Number
as Jane Merrild
(1969)
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
as Margit Lindmark
(1969)
Miss Julie
as Fröken Julie
(1968)
The Girls
as Liz / Lysistrata
(1968)
(1968)
Black Palm Trees
as Elin Pappila
(1967)
Twelfth Night
as Viola
(1967)
A Question of Rape
as Marianne Séverin
(1966)
Persona
as Alma
(1966)
Duel at Diablo
as Ellen Grange
(1966)
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Ingrid
(1966)
My Sister My Love
as Charlotte
(1966)
The Island
as Marianne
(1965)
Juninatt
as Britt
(1964)
All These Women
as Humlan
(1964)
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
as Self
(1962)
Kort är sommaren
as Edvarda
(1962)
The Mistress
as The Girl
(1961)
The Pleasure Garden
as Anna
(1961)
Square of Violence
as Maria
(1961)
(1960)
The Devil's Eye
as Britt-Marie
(1960)
The Wedding Day
as Sylvia Blom
(1959)
Den kära leken
as Lena/fröken Blå, fröken Grön, fröken Vit, fröken Röd
(1958)
The Magician
as Sara Lindqvist
(1958)
Brink of Life
as Hjördis Pettersson
(1958)
Rabies
as Eivor
(1958)
You Are My Adventure
as Christina Blom
(1957)
The Seventh Seal
as Mia
(1957)
Wild Strawberries
as Sara
(1957)
Summer Place Wanted
as Mona Dahlström
(1957)
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
as Anne-Marie
(1956)
Private Entrance
as Karin Johansson
(1956)
Last Pair Out
as Kerstin
(1955)
Smiles of a Summer Night
as Actress
(1955)
Flickan i regnet
as Lily
(1955)
(1954)
Sir Arne's Treasure
as Berghild
(1954)
En natt på Glimmingehus
as Maj Månsson
(1953)
Vingslag i natten
as Girl at the graduation dinner
(1953)
Dumbom
as Elvira
(1952)
Ubåt 39
as Girl on a train
(1951)
Miss Julie
as Dancing girl (uncredited)