Inga Linnéa Landgré (née Lundgren; 6 August 1927 – 31 July 2023) was a Swedish actress who worked in theatre, television, and films from the 1940s on.
Early life and career Inga Landgré was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1927. Her father was a struggling musician whose alcoholism strained her parents' marriage. Her mother was a waitress. They divorced in the early 1930s, when Landgré was only five years old. She was an only child. She received her theatrical education at Calle Flygare Teaterskola and made her acting debut in 1944 at the Blanche Theatre as Anya in the Anton Chekhov play The Cherry Orchard.
Landgré started appearing in motion pictures around this time as well, starting with the 1943 film Ordet. In 1946, she starred in Crisis, Ingmar Bergman's directorial debut.
Personal life and death Landgré was married to the Swedish actor Nils Poppe between 1949 and 1959. The couple had two children together, of whom one also became an actress. In the 1960s, she acted as a courier for her friend Andreas Papandreou, who later became the prime minister of Greece, by delivering microfilm to Greece.
Inga Landgré died on 31 July 2023, at the age of 95.Skådespelaren Inga Landgré har dött – blev 95 år gammal
Awards and honours Landgré won the Guldbagge Honorary Award in 2011, but received it in January 2012.
Selected filmography YearTitleRole 1945 The Rose of Tistelön Josefine1946CrisisNellyPengar – en tragikomisk sagaMaria Bergdahl Sunshine Follows Rain Barbro The Balloon RositaWhile the Door Was LockedBirgit Ström1947 Rail Workers Hildur Wedding Night Mary1948EvaFrida Private Bom Agnes 1949 Dangerous Spring Ulla1950While the City SleepsIris Lindström The Quartet That Split Up Märta Åvik1951Customs Officer BomFrida 1952Bom the Flyer Matilda1953 Stupid Bom Camilla Dance, My Doll Elise1955DreamsMrs. Lobelius1956Det är aldrig för sent1957The Seventh SealKarin Encounters in the Twilight Alice WiegelA Dreamer's Journey Ziri Stuart1958Brink of LifeGreta Ellius We at Väddö Berit Sundberg1967Hugo and JosephineJosephine's mother1968The CorridorThe mother1977Summer ParadiseSaga1997In the Presence of a Clown (TV film)Alma Berglund2003Tur & returGreta2011The Girl With the Dragon TattooIsabella2015Holy MessGun-Britt
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