Liv Ullmann
Liv Johanne Ullmann ( born December 16, 1938 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Norwegian actress and film director. Her most famous performances she attended in the films of Ingmar Bergman as Scenes from a Marriage and face to face and in January Troell Emigrants and The New Land.
Life
Ullmann was born in Tokyo, where her father Viggo Ullmann, a Norwegian engineer who worked at that time. During the Second World War, the family lived in Canada. 1945 his father died from the consequences of an accident. After the war, the family returned to Norway and settled in Trondheim. Liv Ullmann went through a drama training, including in London, and competed several times in vain at the Drama School of the National Theatre in Oslo. In 1960, she was finally accepted as a member of the ensemble of the National Theatre.
Ullmann was already a well-known theater actress in her home when she the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman met the mid-1960s. Under his direction and on the side of Bibi Andersson played in Persona (1966 ) a silent stage actress. The following films of Bergman, some on the side of Max von Sydow, they made known internationally. Privately, Ullmann and Bergman were a couple and got a daughter in 1966, the later writer Linn Ullmann. After five years, they separated, but continued to work together. With Cold sweat (1970 ) she made her first appearance in a non- Scandinavian film. She gained world celebrity status with the emigrants epics emigrants ( for which she was nominated for an Oscar ) and The New Land ( 1971-72 ).
In addition to other roles in films Bergmans, including the successful TV series Scenes from a Marriage (1973 ), she appeared in numerous international film and theater productions. In 1975, she played with her portrayal of Nora in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House for the first time in the U.S. at the theater. For her performance in Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie, she received the 1979 Outer Critics Circle Award. She also became involved with UNICEF and other charitable organizations, for which she won awards including 1984 with the Four Freedoms Award.
In 1992, Ullmann her feature film debut as a director in the film drama Sofie, who received several awards. With the treacherous they could build on this success in 2000. The film from a screenplay by Ingmar Bergman was in competition at the International Film Festival of Cannes. Your directorial work they united again with the Bergman - starring von Sydow and Erland Josephson and Sven Bergman's cinematographer Nykvist. After 25 - year break, she performed with Sarabande (2003) again in a movie Bergmans on who should be the last of the director. In December 2004 she was awarded the European Film Award for her " outstanding contribution to world cinema ."
Was married to Liv Ullmann with the psychiatrist Dr. Hans Jacob Stang (1960-1965), later with the broker Donald Saunders ( 1985-1995 ). In 2002, doctors diagnosed her a stroke and a life-threatening hole in a heart chamber. After surgery she is fully recovered.
Your memoirs published in 1976 under the title changes. Another autobiography appeared in 1985 under the title tides. The pianist Ketil Bjørnstad and author summed up 2005 conversations with her, under the title Livslinjer (German ways of life ) published.
In 1974, she said about her personality and her impact as an actress: "I think people can identify with me. In a way, I am usually. Do not confuse me with a Hollywood star. This may be my strength. "
Filmography (selection)
Awards (selection)
Oscar
British Academy Film Awards
Golden Globe Award
National Society of Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle Award
World Film Festival
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