Ingrid Thulin - Definition and Overview

Ingrid Thulin (January 27, 1926 – January 7, 2004) was a Swedish actress. She was born as a fisherman's daughter in Sollefteå, Ångermanland in northern Sweden. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by the Stockholm Royal Dramatic Theatre's School in 1948. For years she worked with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, where she developed her personal style, acting with neurotic intensity like in The Silence (1963) or Cries and Whispers (1972), making her the third actress of world fame coming from Sweden (after Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman). In her later years she lived in Rome, Italy. She returned to Sweden for medical treatment and later died from cancer in Stockholm, Sweden, short of her 78th birthday.  
 
 

Ventura / Thulin (La Cage, 1975)

Filmography

• Foreign Intrigue (1956)
  with Robert Mitchum, Geneviève Page.
  Director: Sheldon Reynolds
• Smultronstället / Wild Strawberries (1957)
  with Viktor Sjostrom
  Director: Ingmar Bergman
• Tystnaden / The Silence (1963)
  with Gunnel Lindblom.
  Director: Bergman again
• Viskningar och Rop / Cries and Whispers (1972)
  with Liv Ullmann.
  Director: Bergman yet again
• La Cage (1975)
  with Lino Ventura.
  Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre
• Il Giorno Prima / Contrôle (1987)
  with Ben Gazzara, Mike Zella, Kate Nelligan, Sarah Howell, Kate Reid, Camille Dupont, Burt Lancaster.
  Director: Giuliano Montaldo

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.
  London: A. Zwemmer Ltd (Screen Series). SBN 302-02009-8
• Cowie, Peter (1970): Sweden 2. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Themes, Trends, and Directors in Swedish Cinema.
  London: A. Zwemmer Ltd (Screen Series). SBN 302-02010-1
• Cowie, Peter (1977): Film in Sweden. Stars and Players.
  London: The Tantivy Press. ISBN 0-498-02013-4

External links

• Ingrid Thulin on IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862026/)