Bibi Andersson
Acting • Born 1935-11-11 – Died 2019-04-14
Biography
Berit Elisabet Andersson (November 11, 1935 – April 14, 2019) or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing against Nils Poppe. Eventually, she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. A brief relationship with Ingmar Bergman made her quit school and follow him to the Malmö city theatre, where he was a director, performing in plays by August Strindberg and Hjalmar Bergman. Bergman also gave her a small part in his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), and larger roles in his Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal (1957). From the the 1960s she got offers from abroad, with best result in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). During the civil war in Yugoslavia she has worked with several initiatives to give the people of Sarajevo theatre and other forms of culture.
Filmography
119 credits
The Seventh Seal
Movie • 1957
Mia
Duel at Diablo
Movie • 1966
Ellen Grange
Wild Strawberries
Movie • 1957
Sara
Twelfth Night
Movie • 1967
Viola
Persona
Movie • 1966
Alma
Smiles of a Summer Night
Movie • 1955
Actress
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
Movie • 1964
Self
A Look at Liv
Movie • 1979
Self
Babette's Feast
Movie • 1987
Svensk hofdame
Arn: The Knight Templar
Movie • 2007
Mother Rikissa
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
Movie • 2008
Mother Rikissa
When Darkness Falls
Movie • 2006
The Mother-in-law
The Concorde... Airport '79
Movie • 1979
Francine
The Magician
Movie • 1958
Sara Lindqvist
The Passion of Anna
Movie • 1969
Eva Vergerus
After the Fall
Movie • 1974
Holga
Brink of Life
Movie • 1958
Hjördis Pettersson
Miss Julie
Movie • 1969
Fröken Julie
Quintet
Movie • 1979
Ambrosia
The Kremlin Letter
Movie • 1970
Erika Kosnov
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Movie • 1977
Dr. Fried
The Frost
Movie • 2009
The Widow Rat
Elina: As If I Wasn't There
Movie • 2003
Tora Holm
The Devil's Eye
Movie • 1960
Britt-Marie
The Pleasure Garden
Movie • 1961
Anna
Rain over Santiago
Movie • 1975
Monique Calvé
Shit Happens
Movie • 2000
Solveig Olsson
Light Keeps Me Company
Movie • 2000
Self
Juninatt
Movie • 1965
Britt
Savannen
Movie • 1983
Lydia
All These Women
Movie • 1964
Humlan
Sista leken
Movie • 1984
Viktors hustru
A Ballad of Love
Movie • 1970
Woman at the aerodrome
My Sister My Love
Movie • 1966
Charlotte
Twice a Woman
Movie • 1979
Laura
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
An Enemy of the People
Movie • 1978
Catherine Stockmann
Dumbom
Movie • 1953
Elvira
The Touch
Movie • 1971
Karin Vergerus
The Elephant Walk
Movie • 1979
The Mother
Sir Arne's Treasure
Movie • 1954
Berghild
Scenes from a Marriage
Movie • 1974
Katarina
The Girls
Movie • 1968
Liz / Lysistrata
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
Movie • 1983
Ann-Charlotte Lefler
The Return of the Dancing Master
Movie • 2004
Elsa Berggren
Flickan i regnet
Movie • 1955
Lily
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Images from the Playground
Movie • 2009
Self
The Mistress
Movie • 1962
The Girl
En natt på Glimmingehus
Movie • 1954
Maj Månsson
Summer Place Wanted
Movie • 1957
Mona Dahlström
Square of Violence
Movie • 1961
Maria
The Man from the Other Side
Movie • 1972
Britt Stagnelius
Dreamplay
Movie • 1994
Victoria
You Are My Adventure
Movie • 1958
Christina Blom
Vortex
Movie • 1976
Patricia Tauling
Stjärnbilder
Movie • 1995
(archive footage)
The Hour of Parting
Movie • 1973
Elsa Jacobsen
Think of a Number
Movie • 1969
Jane Merrild
Musikbussen
Movie • 1994
Berättare
Last Pair Out
Movie • 1956
Kerstin
I am Blushing
Movie • 1981
Siv Andersson
Exposed
Movie • 1983
Margaret
Black Palm Trees
Movie • 1968
Elin Pappila
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
Movie • 2001
Self
The Island
Movie • 1966
Marianne
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
Movie • 1989
Self
Huomenna
Movie • 1986
Laulajatar
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
Movie • 1957
Anne-Marie
Karneval
Movie • 1961
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
Movie • 1969
Margit Lindmark
The City By the Waters
Movie • 1955
Private Entrance
Movie • 1956
Karin Johansson
Confessions of a Fool
Movie • 1976
Maria/Siri von Essen
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Movie • 1986
Narrator (voice)
Poor Butterfly
Movie • 1986
Gertrud
A Poem in Images
Movie • 2004
Self
Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
Movie • 2006
Vingslag i natten
Movie • 1953
Girl at the graduation dinner
Creditors
Movie • 1988
Tekla
Question of Love
Movie • 1978
Catherine Dumais
Gråtvalsen
Movie • 1983
Berit
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Movie • 1966
Ingrid
Lines from the Heart
Movie • 1996
Self
Los dueños del silencio
Movie • 1987
Marie-Louise Wallén
Kort är sommaren
Movie • 1962
Edvarda
Rabies
Movie • 1958
Eivor
Ubåt 39
Movie • 1952
Girl on a train
Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion
Movie • 2004
Self
Anna
Movie • 2000
Annas mor
Ingmar Bergman
Movie • 1972
Self
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
Movie • 1968
Self
Women and Bergman
Movie • 2007
Self
A Question of Rape
Movie • 1967
Marianne Séverin
Story of a Woman
Movie • 1970
Karin Ullman
Die Frauen in Ingmar Bergmans Filmen
Movie • 1993
Self
The Wedding Day
Movie • 1960
Sylvia Blom
Little Big Sister
Movie • 1998
Narrator
Svarta fåglar
Movie • 1983
Simone Cambral
Marmalade Revolution
Movie • 1980
Anna-Berit
The Butterfly's Dream
Movie • 1994
La madre
A Passing Season
Movie • 1992
Lise
Bilder av Bibi
Movie • 2014
Self
Den kära leken
Movie • 1959
Lena/fröken Blå, fröken Grön, fröken Vit, fröken Röd
Miss Julie
Movie • 1951
Dancing girl (uncredited)
My Husband, His Mistress and I
Movie • 1974
Blanche Huysman
Året var 1976
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
Movie • 1957
Self
Längtans blåa blomma
TV • 1998
Mrs. Tidrén
The Lost Prince
TV • 2003
Queen Alexandra
Confessions of a Fool
TV • 1976
Maria
Bror & syster
TV • 2007
moster Majken
Scenes from a Marriage
TV • 1973
Katarina
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Arn: The Knight Templar
TV • 2010
Moder Rikissa
The Guldbagge Awards
TV • 1981
Self - Host
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
TV • 1985
Maria 'Maj' Wallenberg