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LIV ULLMANN
A luminously beautiful, consummately talented performer, Ullmann is chiefly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, by whom she has a daughter, Linn. She was an established Norwegian stage talent before being chosen by Bergman—partly due to her resemblance to
Bibi Andersson—to co-star in
Persona (1966). For the next decade and a half, though frequently in international productions, Ullmann's best work was in Swedish films, where her gift for interpreting emotionally wrought characters was displayed in Bergman films such as
Shame (1968),
Scenes from a Marriage (1973),
Face to Face (1976) and
Autumn Sonata (1978), as well as Jan Troell's
The Emigrants (1971) and its sequel The New Land (1972). Ullmann reached the peak of her worldwide popularity in the late 1970s, making her Broadway debut in
A Doll's House (1975) and publishing her autobiography, Changing, in 1977; she was also the subject of a feature-length documentary,
A Look at Liv (1977). Ullmann has since made a successful transition to middle-aged roles and also began directing films in the 1990s.
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Liv Johanne Ullmann, 16 December 1939, in Tokyo, Japan. |
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| Education: |
attended schools in Trondheim, Norway; studied acting in London for eight months. |
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| Family: |
 Married Gappe Stang, 1960 (divorced 1965).
Daughter, Linn, by Ingmar Bergman, 1966.
Married Donald Saunders, 1985.
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| Career: |
Late 1950s: acted with a repertory company in Stavanger for three years.
1957: film debut in Fjols til Fjells.
1960: acted with the National Theatre and the Norwegian Theatre, both in Oslo.
1966: appeared in Persona, the first of several films with Bergman.
1982: co-directed first film Love.
1992: directed and wrote the film Sofie.
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| Awards: |
Swedish Guldbagge, Best Actress, for Shame, 1969.
New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress, for Cries and Whispers and The Emigrants, 1972.
New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress, for Scenes from a Marriage, 1974.
New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress, for Face to Face, 1976.
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| BERGMAN FILMS |
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| Liv Ullmann has appeared in the following Bergman-related films: |
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| For a filmography of Liv Ullmann's career, check the Internet Movie Database. |
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"I'm enormously fascinated by her. I find her an immensely suggestive actress. She has a long stage career behind her. I've worked with her in the theatre. I see various roles mirrored in her face. It's a face which can lend itself to an immense number of different roles."
— Ingmar Bergman, Bergman on Bergman (1968)
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