Lars Hanson
Lars Hanson ( born July 26, 1886 in Gothenburg, Sweden, † April 8, 1965 in Stockholm) was a Swedish theater artist and film actor.
Life
Hanson was born on 26 July 1886 as the son of a shipyard worker, and began to work first with a goldsmith. From 1906 he attended the acting school of the Swedish National Theatre Royal Dramatic Theater ( Dramatan ) in Stockholm. Upon completion of training, he was employed at the newly founded intimate theater, but returned in 1922 back to the National Stage Dramatan where he total of almost four decades as a star, especially in large Shakespeare and Strindbergrollen, should celebrate their successes. Critics praised Hanson's nuanced vocal treatment, his powerful temper, his analytical acumen and imaginative design of his games. Unanimously, he was praised as a leading Swedish theater actor.
He made his film debut in 1915 in Mauritz Stiller's Dolken ( The Dagger ). With him he also worked closely together later; he joined Stiller and Erotikon next Greta Garbo in Gösta Berling, a Selma Lagerlof adaptation on. This film won him international recognition. In 1926, he came at the request of Lillian Gish to Hollywood, where he signed a contract with MGM and with Gish turned the film version of The Scarlet Letter. With it, he also starred in The Wind by Victor Sjöström with.
Hanson played in the film prefers the role of the young lover. In Sjöström's The divine wife and Clarence Brown It was he was occupied next to Greta Garbo. With the beginning of the talkies ended his career in the U.S., and he went back to Sweden. There he was mainly active on Dramatan, but also appeared in movies further on, including twice alongside the young Ingrid Bergman ( Walpurgisnacht and Pa Solsidan ); his last film appearance was 1951. 1956 Hanson was awarded the Eugene O'Neill Award, a Swedish theater award, which is awarded annually to the most important actors.
1922 married Lars Hanson, the ex-wife of the Swedish director Gustaf Molander, Swedish actress Karin Molander. They remained together until his death on 8 April 1965.