Barbro Hiort af Ornäs

Swedish actress

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	1943–2001
Spouse	Ernst Nathorst-Böös (divorced)
Children	3

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

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

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.