Ingrid Thulin
Ingrid Lilian Thulin 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. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in Brink of Life and the inaugural Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for [The Silence (1963 film)|The Silence], and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress BAFTA for Cries and Whispers.
Early life and education
Thulin was born in Sollefteå, Ångermanland, northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna and Adam Thulin, a fisherman. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1948.Career
For many years she worked regularly with Ingmar Bergman. Thulin appeared in Bergman's Wild Strawberries, The Magician, Winter Light, The Silence, The Rite and Cries and Whispers.She shared the Best Actress award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival and received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1964, 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.
Personal life
Her second marriage was with Harry Schein, the founder of the Swedish Film Institute, whom she was married to for more than 30 years until their divorce 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, Italy. In 1970, she became a resident of Sacrofano, Italy, where she lived for 34 years. Her memoir was published in 1992.Death
She returned to Sweden for medical treatment and later died from cancer in Stockholm on 7 January 2004.Legacy
The municipality of Sollefteå, where Thulin is buried, has given out an Ingrid Thulin Memorial Scholarship annually since 2008. The Scholarship, is open to any applicants pursuing the arts. It is sponsored by actress Harriet Andersson, Thulin's longtime personal friend.Selected filmography
Jørund Smed – GirlSon of the Sea – GudrunLove Wins Out – Margit DahlmanJack of Hearts – Gunvor RanterudWhen Love Came to the Village – Agneta- Living on 'Hope' – YvonneEncounter with Life – ViolaKalle Karlsson of Jularbo – ElsaA Night in the Archipelago – IngridThe Chieftain of Göinge – Anna RydingDance in the Smoke – Woman in haystack Två sköna juveler – Lilly FridhThe Dance Hall – CeciliaWhoops! – Malou HjorthageForeign Intrigue – BritaNever in Your Life – LilySmultronstället / Wild Strawberries – Marianne BorgBrink of Life – Cecilia ElliusAnsiktet / The Magician – Manda VoglerDomaren – Brita RandelFour Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Marguerite LaurierAgostino – Agostino's MotherNattvardsgästerna / Winter Light – Märta LundbergTystnaden / The Silence – EsterSekstet – ElaineEspionage (TV series) - 'The Incurable One' episodeDie Lady – NadineReturn from the Ashes – Dr. Michele 'Mischa' WolfLa guerre est finie – MarianneNight Games – IreneDomani non siamo più qui – GioiaVargtimmen / Hour of the Wolf – Veronica VoglerCalda e... infedele – CamilaBadarna – CookAdélaïde – Elisabeth HermannO.K. Yevtushenko – Nando GirlRiten / The Rite – Thea WinkelmannLa caduta degli dei – Baroness Sophie Von EssenbeckLa corta notte delle bambole di vetro – N.P.'s wifeViskningar och rop / Cries and Whispers – KarinLa sainte famille – MariaEn handfull kärlek – Inez CronaMonismanien 1995 – Personundersökare – HélèneSalon Kitty – Kitty KellermannL'Agnese va a morire – AgneseThe Cassandra Crossing – Dr. Elena StradnerEn och en – YlvaIt Rained All Night the Day I Left – Minor RoleEfter repetitionen / After the Rehearsal Il Giorno prima – Mrs. HavemeyerOrn The House of Smiles – Adelina