Barbro Hiort af Ornäs

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress.[1]

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Hiort af Ornäs in 1964
Born
Barbro Margareta Eriksdotter Hiort af Ornäs

(1921-08-28)28 August 1921
Gothenburg, Sweden
Died27 November 2015(2015-11-27) (aged 94)
Bromma, Sweden
OccupationActress
Years active1943–2001
Spouse(s)Ernst Nathorst-Böös (divorced)
Children3

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.[2][3] 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
  • Kvinnor i fångenskap (1943) - Kaj
  • Ungdom i fara (1946) - Bibbi Nicklasson
  • Flickan från tredje raden (1949) - Dagmar Antonsson
  • Fästmö uthyres (1950) - Gertrud Stenström
  • While the City Sleeps (1950) - Rutan
  • Count Svensson (1951) - Greta Svensson
  • Barabbas (1953) - Maria of Magdala (uncredited)
  • Älskling på vågen (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
  • Gäst i eget hus (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
  1. "Barbro Hiort af Ornäs profile". Swedish Film Database. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Brink of Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  3. "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.


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