Gunn Wållgren

Constantly considered to be one of the greatest actresses in modern Swedish theater history, Gunn Wållgren is mostly known for her many roles in plays by Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov, and internationally; for her wonderful part as the grandmother in director Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander (1982). In her native Sweden she is also remembered, a side from a brilliant stage career, for a number of great performances in classic 1940s and 50s films, and for a generation of children; for her beloved lady with the doves, Sofia, in the popular film adaption of Astrid Lindgren's tale of "The Brothers Lionheart" (1977).