Actor
Ingrid Thulin
Born 27 January 1926 · Sollefteå, Västernorrlands län, Sweden — died 7 January 2004
Ingrid Thulin (1926–2004) was a Swedish actress trained at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. She became one of Ingmar Bergman's key performers, known for intense, restrained roles in his films of the 1950s–70s. She later worked widely in European cinema, including Italian and French productions.
Key films
Wild Strawberries (1957)On Cinespective
Early major Bergman role that brought her international attention.
Brink of Life (1958)
Ensemble maternity-ward drama that earned her a shared Cannes acting prize.
The Silence (1963)
Bergman drama in which she played a troubled sister; won her the first Guldbagge for Best Actress.
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Late Bergman masterpiece with Thulin as one of three sisters.
The Damned (1969)
Visconti's drama of a German industrial family under the Nazis, showing her European career.
Key awards
- 1958 Cannes Film Festival, Best Actress (shared, for Brink of Life)
- 1964 Guldbagge Award, Best Actress (for The Silence)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 73
- 1948Jørund Smed · as GirlActor
- 1948Känn dej som Hemma · as Elsa CarlssonActor
- 1949Love Wins Out · as Margit DahlmanActor
- 1949Son of the Sea · as GudrunActor
- 1950Jack of Hearts · as Gunvor RanterudActor
- 1950When Love Came to the Village · as AgnetaActor
- 1951Leva på 'Hoppet' · as YvonneActor
- 1952Kalle Karlsson från JularboActor
- 1953En skärgårdsnatt · as IngridActor
- 1953Göingehövdingen · as Anna RydingActor
- 1953Möte med livet · as ViolaActor
- 1954I rök och dansActor
- 1954Två sköna juveler · as Lilly FridhActor
- 1955Whoops! · as Malou HjorthagenActor
- 1955Danssalongen · as CeciliaActor
- 1956Foreign Intrigue · as Brita LindquistActor
- 1956Pettersson i Annorlunda · as Kajsa, girl on TV adActor
- 1957Wild Strawberries · as MarianneActor
- 1957Web of Desire · as LilyActor
- 1957Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries · as SelfActor
- 1958The Magician · as Manda VoglerActor
- 1958Brink of Life · as Cecilia ElliusActor
- 1959Vår ofödde sonActor
- 1960The Judge · as Brita RandelActor
- 1962The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse · as Marguerite LaurierActor
- 1962Agostino · as Agostino's MotherActor
- 1963Winter Light · as Märta LundbergActor
- 1963The Silence · as EsterActor
- 1963Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie · as SelfActor
- 1963A Dream Play · as AgnesActor
- 1963Sextet · as ElaineActor
- 1964Games of Desire · as Nadine AndersonActor
- 1964Dance Around the Guldbaggen · as SelfActor
- 1965Return from the Ashes · as Dr. Michele WolfActor
- 1965The DevotionDirector
- 1965The DevotionActor
- 1966The War Is Over · as MarianneActor
- 1966Night Games · as IreneActor
- 1967Domani non siamo piu' qui · as GioiaActor
- 1968Hour of the Wolf · as Veronica VoglerActor
- 1968Adélaïde · as Elisabeth HermannActor
- 1968A Devil Under the Pillow · as CamilaActor
- 1968Badarna · as CookActor
- 1968An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman · as SelfActor
- 1969The Damned · as Sophie Von EssenbeckActor
- 1969The Rite · as Thea WinkelmannActor
- 1971Short Night of Glass Dolls · as JessicaActor
- 1972Cries and Whispers · as KarinActor
- 1972N.P. - The Secret · as Moglie di N.P.Actor
- 1972Cries and Whispers: On-Set Footage · as SelfActor
- 1973The Holy Family · as MariaActor
- 1974A Handful of Love · as Inez CronaActor
- 1974The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun · as Tatiana Ivanovna ZilieninaActor
- 1975The Cage · as HélèneActor
- 1975Monismanien 1995 · as PagerActor
- 1976The Cassandra Crossing · as Dr. Elena StradnerActor
- 1976Salon Kitty · as Kitty KellermannActor
- 1976And Agnes Chose to Die · as AgneseActor
- 1976Moses the Lawgiver · as MiriamActor
- 1978One on One · as YlvaActor
- 1978One on OneDirector
- 1982Broken SkyDirector
- 1984After the Rehearsal · as Rakel EgermanActor
- 1987Control · as Mrs. HavemeyerActor
- 1987(H)Orn - La Nuit du RoiActor
- 1989Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress · as SelfActor
- 1991The House of Smiles · as AdelinaActor
- 1993Homo Promo · as (Archival)Actor
- 1993Die Frauen in Ingmar Bergmans Filmen · as SelfActor
- 2000Sleeping Car · as Woman reading a letter (voice) (archive footage)Actor
- 2012Palme · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Citizen Schein · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2019Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema · as (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.