Bibi Andersson

Berit Elisabet Andersson 11 November 1935 14 April 2019 or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson Swedish ˈbɪbːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951 Bibi on the other side had to make do with bit parts and commercials She debuted in DumBom 1953 playing against Nils Poppe Eventually she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatres acting school in 1954 A brief relationship with Ingmar Bergman made her quit school and follow him to the Malmö city theatre where he was a director performing in plays by August Strindberg and Hjalmar Bergman Bergman also gave her a small part in his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night 1955 and larger roles in his Wild Strawberries 1957 and The Seventh Seal 1957 From the the 1960s she got offers from abroad with best result in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977 During the civil war in Yugoslavia she has worked with several initiatives to give the people of Sarajevo theatre and other forms of culture IMDb Mini Biography By Mattias Thuresson