Bergman, Ingmar b. July 14, 1918 d. July 30, 2007 Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter. Born Ernst Ingmar Bergman in Uppsala, Sweden. He was considered by many as being one of the most recognized and influential directors world-wide during the second half of the twentieth century. He received Academy Award-Nominations for such films as, "Wild Strawberries" (1957), "Through a Glass Darkly" (1961), "Cries and Whispers" (1972) and "Autumn Sonata" (1978). After beginning his career as a scriptwriter, Bergman made his debut as director with the...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.) Fårö kyrkogård (Fårö Churchyard), Faro, Gotlands Lan, Sweden
Jorn, Asger b. March 3, 1914 d. May 1, 1973 Painter. He is considered one of the most important Danish artists of the post-World War II period. From 1936 to 1937 he stayed in Paris as a pupil of Fernand Léger. In 1948 he founded the Cobra Group together with Belgian and Dutch artists, and from 1956 he lived abroad, mainly in Paris. His first naturalistic paintings from the early 1930s were followed by a cubist period and later by a surrealistic-abstract period until he found his own personal style in the 1940s. In 1953 he gave his...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte) Grötlingbo Churchyard, Gotlands Lan, Gotlands Lan, Sweden
Pettersson, Hjördis b. October 17, 1908 d. May 27, 1988 Swedish Actress. She had a long theatre career, and was employed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and the City Theatre of Gothenburg. She worked with directors as Ingmar Bergman and was noted for roles in plays by Strindberg and Lorca and revues by Karl Gerhard among others. She participated in more than 140 films (Swedish record), for instance "Styrman Karlssons Flammor" (1937) and Strindberg´s "Hemsöborna" (1955) as Madame Flod. She also was the voice of the Queen and Witch in...[Read More] (Bio by: Peter Robsahm) Tofta Kyrkogård, Tofta, Gotlands Lan, Sweden
b. July 14, 1918 d. July 30, 2007