Cast & creator
Gunn Wållgren
Best known for The Guldbagge Awards, Fanny and Alexander, Fanny and Alexander
Gunn Wållgren (16 November 1913 – 4 June 1983) was a Swedish actress. Considered one of Sweden's finest and also to date most appreciated actresses, Wållgren was famous for her fragile and sensual way of acting, her warm and rich inner soulfulness, and her never failing ability of presenting an absolute presence and naturalness on stage. Her Chekhov and Ibsen character interpretations, in particular, are considered to be unsurpassed.
29
film credits
6
television credits
35
1943–1993 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (35)
Showing 35 of 35 credits
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Actress winner
1981
Fanny and Alexander
Helena Ekdahl
1984
Fanny and Alexander
Helena Ekdahl
1982
Strandvaskeren
Mormor
1978
The Brothers Lionheart
Sofia
1977
Frida och hennes vän
Frida's Mother
1970
Söderkåkar
Hanna Johnsson
1970
The Man Who Quit Smoking
Aunt Gunhild
1972
Ordet
Kristina
1943
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Self
1984
Sonja
Sonja's Room-mate
1943
Miss and Mrs Sweden
Rose Persson-Silvergrå
1969
Rulle på Rullseröd
Farmor
1974
Sally and Freedom
Sally's Mother
1981
While the Door Was Locked
Marianne Sahlén
1946
The Nuthouse
Maggan Håkansson
1951
Imprisoned Women
Viola
1943
Woman Without a Face
Rut Köhler
1947The Glass Mountain
Otti Moreus
1953
Minns ni?
(archive footage)
1993
The Emperor of Portugallia
Klara Fina Gulleborg
1944
The Dress
Helen Fürst
1964
Söderkåkar
1970
Each to His Own Way
Birgit Sundell
1948Begär
1946
The Sixth Shot
Lulu
1943
Harald Handfaste
Peasant woman (uncredited)
1946
Crime and Punishment
Sonja Semjonovna Marmeladova
1945The Metamorphosis
Gregor's Mother
1976Tartuffe
1966
The Girl and the Devil
Karin
1944Fadren
1967
Svartskallen
Inez Bergman
1981
The Journey Away
1945
Skådetennis
Herself
1945