| Barbro Hiort af Ornäs | |
|---|---|
 Hiort af Ornäs in 1964 | |
| Born | Barbro Margareta Eriksdotter Hiort af Ornäs (1921-08-28)28 August 1921 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Died | 27 November 2015(2015-11-27) (aged 94) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1939–2006 |
| Spouse | Ernst Nathorst-Böös (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress.
Biography
She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma (née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn.
Along with Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, and Ingrid Thulin, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival for Brink of Life. In 1989, she was given the Litteris et Artibus for her services to the arts in Sweden. Hiort af Ornäs died in Bromma on 28 November 2015, aged 94.
Partial filmography
- Imprisoned Women (1943) - Kaj
- Youth in Danger (1946) - Bibbi Nicklasson
- Flickan från tredje raden (1949) - Dagmar Antonsson
- Fiancée for Hire (1950)- Gertrud Stenström
- While the City Sleeps (1950) - Rutan
- Count Svensson (1951) - Greta Svensson
- Barabbas (1953) - Maria of Magdala (uncredited)
- Darling of Mine (1955) - Linda Loy
- Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955) - La Martiniere
- Sju vackra flickor (1956) - Adele Hellgren
- Vägen genom Skå (1957) - Emma
- Som man bäddar... (1957) - Secretary
- Spielbank-Affäre (1957) - Schulleiterin
- A Guest in His Own House (1957) - Lisen
- Brink of Life (1958) - Nurse Brita
- Pojken i trädet (1961) - Mother
- Lita på mej älskling (1961) - Juror (uncredited)
- All These Women (1964) - Beatrica
- Loving Couples (1964) - Lilian von Pahlen - née Vind-Frijs
- Shame (1968) - Kvinna i flyktingbåten
- ...som havets nakna vind (1968) - Aida
- Som natt och dag (1969) - Madeleine
- Eva - den utstötta (1969) - Jenny Berggren
- The Passion of Anna (1969) - Woman in Dream (uncredited)
- Skräcken har 1000 ögon (1970) - Barbro, Sven's Aunt
- The Touch (1971) - Karin's Mother (uncredited)
- Scenes from a Marriage (1973) - Stefan's mother
- Bröllopet (1973) - Karin Löfgren
- What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975) - Jack's Mother
- Mackan (1977) - Skolkökslärarinna
- Den nya människan (1979) - Lärere
- Father to Be (1979) - Greta, sjuksyster
- Sällskapsresan 2 – Snowroller (1985) - Stig Helmers mamma
- S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa (1988) - Stig Helmers mamma
- Amelia (1991) - Yvonne, Gösta's mother
- Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991) - Mamma
- Selma & Johanna - En roadmovie (1997) - Grandma
- Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt (1999) - Mamma
- Den utvalde (2005) - Mormor
References
- "Barbro Hiort af Ornäs profile". Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- "Festival de Cannes: Brink of Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- "Barbro Hiort- of death Ornäs The actor Barbro Hiort af Ornäs has died at age 94. She held the Poetry Corner at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and played among other Stig-Helmer's mother in the film". Svd.se. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
External links
- Barbro Hiort af Ornäs at IMDb
- Barbro Hiort af Ornäs at the Swedish Film Database
- Barbro Hiort af Ornäs at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon