Mimi Pollak
Acting • Born 1903-04-09 – Died 1999-08-11
Biography
Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak was a Swedish stage and screen actress and director. She attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in Stockholm, Sweden, with fellow actress Greta Garbo from 1922 to 1924. It was Mimi that came up with the name Garbo. They became friends for life. Pollak became in 1948 the first contracted female director at the Dramaten with the production of Jean Genet's Jungfruleken (Les Bonnes/The Maids), with Anita Björk and Maj-Britt Nilsson. Mimi Pollak appeared since her 1922 debut in the film "Amatörfilmen" in about 30 feature films and TV productions. She directed and handfull during the 1950's.
Filmography
38 credits
Amatörfilmen
Movie • 1922
Eva, Garters dotter
Amorosa
Movie • 1986
Miss Rosenhjelm
Sömnen
Movie • 1984
The Grandma
With You in My Arms
Movie • 1940
Miss Carlander
Summer Interlude
Movie • 1951
Mrs Calwagen
The Flight of the Eagle
Movie • 1982
Mina Andrée
Kajan går till sjöss
Movie • 1943
Miss Lidegren
Flames in the Dark
Movie • 1942
Miss Danielsson
Supper for Two
Movie • 1947
Sophie
Mord, lilla vän
Movie • 1955
Olga Vaern
Playing Truant
Movie • 1949
Märta Hoffman
The Crown Witness
Movie • 1989
The old lady
The Secret
Movie • 1990
Ester
Gatan
Movie • 1949
Mrs Rodelius
Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
Movie • 1991
Hulda
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie • 1986
Rickos Mormorsmor
The Ghost Reporter
Movie • 1941
Nightmare
Movie • 1965
Anna Söderblom
Near and Far Away
Movie • 1976
Fortune teller
The Dress
Movie • 1964
Mrs. Rubin
Den stora kärleken
Movie • 1938
One, But a Lion!
Movie • 1940
Bröder emellan
Movie • 1946
Den långa vägen
Movie • 1947
Fredrika Bremer
The Sixth Commandment
Movie • 1947
I frid och värdighet
Movie • 1979
We Home Toilers
Movie • 1942
Rosa "Rose" Réenchrona
Gentleman att hyra
Movie • 1940
Secretary
The Man All Wanted to Kill
Movie • 1940
Erna Larsson
The Farewell
Movie • 1982
isoäiti
Kristoffers hus
Movie • 1979
Grandma
Brenda Brave
Movie • 1989
Market Woman
Emil i Lönneberga
Movie • 1971
Lillklossan
Stiller, Garbo & jag
Movie • 1988
Only a Mother
Movie • 1949
Erika Rost
Autumn Sonata
Movie • 1978
Piano Instructor
Emil of Lönneberga
TV • 1975
Lillklossan
August Strindberg: A Life
TV • 1985
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