Biography
Eva Dahlbeck (8 March 1920 – 8 February 2008) was a Swedish actress and author. Eva Dahlbeck was born in Saltsjö-Duvnäs near Stockholm. She attended the prestigious acting school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre (in Swedish: Dramatens elevskola) from 1941 to 1944, and acted on the Theatre's stage from 1944 to 1964. She made her film debut in the role of Botilla in Rid i natt! in 1942. Among her most notable roles in Swedish films were the shrewd celebrity reporter Vivi in Kärlek och störtlopp (1946), the working-class mother Rya-Rya in the drama Bara en mor (1949); Mrs. Larsson, the warmhearted mother of seven in the popular children's film Kastrullresan (1950), and the young primary school teacher in Gustaf Molander's Trots (1952) (screenplay by Vilgot Sjöman). In the mid-1950s Dahlbeck was one of Sweden's most popular and successful actresses. She became internationally known for her strong female leads in a number of Ingmar Bergman's films, in particular his comedies Secrets of Women (1952), A Lesson in Love (1954) and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955). In the 1960s Dahlbeck moved away from acting as she started to write. She retired from the stage in 1964 and made her final appear…
Movies & TV Shows
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Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) — Desirée Armfeldt
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Brink of Life (1958) — Stina Andersson
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Dreams (1955) — Susanne
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A Lesson in Love (1954) — Marianne Erneman
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Waiting Women (1952) — Karin
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All These Women (1964) — Adelaide
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The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) — Ingrid Erickson
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The Creatures (1966) — Michele Quellec
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Loving Couples (1964) — Mrs. Landborg
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Eva (1948) — Susanne Bolin
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A Day at the Beach (1970) — Cafe Proprietress
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The Red Mantle (1967) — The Queen
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Only a Mother (1949) — Maria, aka Rya-Rya
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Last Pair Out (1956) — Susanna Dahlin
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People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967) — Devah Sørensen
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The Cats (1965) — Marta Alleus
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Ride Tonight! (1942) — Botilla
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Barabbas (1953) — The Mother
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Summer Place Wanted (1957) — Ingeborg Dahlström
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The Serious Game (1945) — Dagmar Randel
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Meeting in the Night (1946) — Marit
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Fianceé for Hire (1950) — Margit Berg
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Möten i skymningen (1957) — Irma Sköld
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Jack of Hearts (1950) — Gun Lovén
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Decimals of Love (1960) — Astrid
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Markurells i Wadköping (1968) — Fru Markurell
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Count Only the Happy Moments (1944) — Hedvig
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The Village (1953) — Wanda Piwanska
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Morianna (1965) — Anna Vade
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Helen of Troy (1951) — Helena
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Brita i grosshandlarhuset (1946) — Brita Månsson
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Kvinnohuset (1953) — Isa
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Caged Women (1947) — Sonja Bergman
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Lars Hård (1948) — Inga
- Paradiset (1955) — Ulla Karlsson
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Each to His Own Way (1948) — Karin Brofeldt
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Three Wishes (1960)
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Tintomara (1970) — Adolfine og Amandas mor
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Resa i natten (1955) — Birgitta Lundberg
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Göingehövdingen (1953) — fröken Kristina Ulfstrand