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)
A Poem in Images
as Self
(2004)
(2004)
The Return of the Dancing Master
as Elsa Berggren
(2003)
Elina: As If I Wasn't There
as Tora Holm
(2001)
(2000)
Shit Happens
as Solveig Olsson
(2000)
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
(2000)
Anna
as Annas mor
(1998)
Little Big Sister
as Narrator
(1996)
Lines from the Heart
as Self
(1995)
Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
(1994)
The Butterfly's Dream
as La madre
(1994)
Dreamplay
as Victoria
(1994)
Musikbussen
as Berättare
(1993)
(1992)
A Passing Season
as Lise
(1989)
(1988)
Creditors
as Tekla
(1987)
Babette's Feast
as Svensk hofdame
(1987)
Los dueños del silencio
as Marie-Louise Wallén
(1986)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Narrator (voice)
(1986)
Poor Butterfly
as Gertrud
(1986)
Huomenna
as Laulajatar
(1984)
Sista leken
as Viktors hustru
(1983)
Svarta fåglar
as Simone Cambral
(1983)
Exposed
as Margaret
(1983)
Gråtvalsen
as Berit
(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)
Twice a Woman
as Laura
(1979)
The Elephant Walk
as The Mother
(1979)
A Look at Liv
as Self
(1979)
Quintet
as Ambrosia
(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)
Vortex
as Patricia Tauling
(1976)
Confessions of a Fool
as Maria/Siri von Essen
(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)
A Ballad of Love
as Woman at the aerodrome
(1970)
The Kremlin Letter
as Erika Kosnov
(1970)
Story of a Woman
as Karin Ullman
(1969)
Miss Julie
as Fröken Julie
(1969)
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
as Margit Lindmark
(1969)
The Passion of Anna
as Eva Vergerus
(1969)
Think of a Number
as Jane Merrild
(1968)
(1968)
The Girls
as Liz / Lysistrata
(1968)
Black Palm Trees
as Elin Pappila
(1967)
A Question of Rape
as Marianne Séverin
(1967)
Twelfth Night
as Viola
(1966)
Duel at Diablo
as Ellen Grange
(1966)
My Sister My Love
as Charlotte
(1966)
Persona
as Alma
(1966)
The Island
as Marianne
(1966)
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Ingrid
(1965)
Juninatt
as Britt
(1964)
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
as Self
(1964)
All These Women
as Humlan
(1962)
Kort är sommaren
as Edvarda
(1962)
The Mistress
as The Girl
(1961)
(1961)
The Pleasure Garden
as Anna
(1961)
Square of Violence
as Maria
(1960)
The Wedding Day
as Sylvia Blom
(1960)
The Devil's Eye
as Britt-Marie
(1959)
Den kära leken
as Lena/fröken Blå, fröken Grön, fröken Vit, fröken Röd
(1958)
Rabies
as Eivor
(1958)
The Magician
as Sara Lindqvist
(1958)
You Are My Adventure
as Christina Blom
(1958)
Brink of Life
as Hjördis Pettersson
(1957)
Wild Strawberries
as Sara
(1957)
The Seventh Seal
as Mia
(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)
Dumbom
as Elvira
(1953)
Vingslag i natten
as Girl at the graduation dinner
(1952)
Ubåt 39
as Girl on a train
(1951)
Miss Julie
as Dancing girl (uncredited)