Liv Ullmann
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Liv Johanne Ullmann is a Norwegian
actress and film director, as well as one of the "muses" of the Swedish
director Ingmar Bergman
. A winner of the Golden Globe, Ullmann has also been nominated for the Palme d'Or
, two times for the Academy Award, and a BAFTA Award.
, Norway. She lived in Canada as a child during World War II. She resides in Miami
, Florida.
's A Doll's House
, but became wider known once she started to work with the great Swedish film director, Ingmar Bergman
. She went on to act to significant acclaim in ten of his most admired films, including Persona
in 1966, The Passion of Anna
in 1969, Cries and Whispers
in 1972, and Autumn Sonata
, in which her co-star, Ingrid Bergman
, made her return to Swedish cinema. She co-starred often with Swedish actor and other frequent Bergman collaborator, Erland Josephson
, with whom she made the 1973 Swedish television drama, Scenes from a Marriage
, which was also edited to feature-film length and distributed theatrically. Ullmann appeared with Laurence Olivier
in Richard Attenborough
's A Bridge Too Far in 1977.
Nominated more than 40 times for awards, including various Lifetime Achievement Awards, she won the Best Actress prize three times from the National Society of Film Critics
, and twice from the National Board of Review, received three awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, and a Golden Globe. In 1971, Ullmann was nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for The Emigrants, and again in 1976 and for Face to Face
.
In 1973 Ullmann made her New York stage debut in the unsuccessful Broadway revival of I Remember Mama
. The show underwent numerous revisions during a long preview period, then closed after 108 performances. She also starred in the nearly universally panned film version of Lost Horizon
in 1973.
Ullmann's first film as a director was 1992's Sofie, in which she directed her friend and former co-star, Erland Josephson. She went on to direct the Bergman-penned Faithless
and in 2003 reprised her role from Scenes from a Marriage
in Saraband
, Bergman's final telemovie. Faithless garnered nominations for both the Palme d'Or
and Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival
.
In 1984, she was headed the jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
., and in 2002 chaired the jury of Cannes Film Festival. She introduced her daughter, Linn Ullmann
, to the audience with the words: "Here comes the woman whom Ingmar Bergmann loves the most". Her daughter was there to receive the Prize of Honour on behalf of her father; she would return to take a place on the jury herself in 2011. In 2006 Ullmann announced that she'd been forced to give up on her dream of making a film based on A Doll's House. According to her statement, the Norwegian Film Fund was blocking her and writer Kjetil Bjørnstad from pursuing the project. Australian actress Cate Blanchett
and British actress Kate Winslet
had been cast intended in the lead roles in the movie. She later directed Blanchett in A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
at the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia, which ran September through October 2009, and then continued from 29 October to 21 November 2009 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, where it won Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-resident Production as well as actress and supporting performer for 2009. The play was also mounted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
Ullmann narrated the Canada/Norway co-produced animated short film The Danish Poet
, which won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film
at the 79th Academy Awards
in 2007.
On 10 December 2010, Ullmann participated in the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. She read "I have no Enemies," the words of 2010 Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo
, a human rights advocate imprisoned in China. In Mr. Liu's absence, the medal and diploma were placed on an empty chair on the stage.
She published two autobiographies, Changing and Choices in the late 1970s, during which time she became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
.
Ullmann has been married and divorced twice. Her first marriage was to Hans Jacob Stang, a Norwegian psychiatrist, whom she divorced in 1965. According to her biographer, Ketil Bjørnstad
, the marriage was marred by infidelities on both sides. In the 1980s, she married Boston
real estate developer Donald Saunders, whom she divorced in 1995. The couple continued to live together until 2007.
She has one child, Linn Ullmann
, fathered by Ingmar Bergman
in 1966; the two lived together for five years. Ullmann has two grandchildren, a boy and a girl, of her daughter's two marriages.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
actress and film director, as well as one of the "muses" of the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
director Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
. A winner of the Golden Globe, Ullmann has also been nominated for the Palme d'Or
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
, two times for the Academy Award, and a BAFTA Award.
Life
Ullmann was born in Tokyo, Japan, the daughter of Janna (née Lund) and Viggo Ullmann, an aircraft engineer who was working in Tokyo at the time. Ullmann grew up in TrondheimTrondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Norway. She lived in Canada as a child during World War II. She resides in Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, Florida.
Career
Liv Ullmann began her acting career on the Norwegian stage in the mid 1950s. She continued to act in the theatre for most of her career, and became noted for her portrayal of Nora in Henrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
's A Doll's House
A Doll's House
A Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premièred at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month....
, but became wider known once she started to work with the great Swedish film director, Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
. She went on to act to significant acclaim in ten of his most admired films, including Persona
Persona
A persona, in the word's everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an actor. The word is derived from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatrical mask. The Latin word probably derived from the Etruscan word "phersu", with the same meaning, and that from the Greek πρόσωπον...
in 1966, The Passion of Anna
The Passion of Anna
The Passion of Anna is a 1969 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman was awarded Best Director at the 1971 National Society of Film Critics Awards for the film.-Plot:...
in 1969, Cries and Whispers
Cries and Whispers
Cries and Whispers is a 1972 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann. The film is set on a mansion at the end of the 19th century and is about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed, torn...
in 1972, and Autumn Sonata
Autumn Sonata
Autumn Sonata is a 1978 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. It tells the story of a celebrated classical pianist who is confronted by her neglected daughter...
, in which her co-star, Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is ranked as the fourth greatest female star of American cinema of all time by the American Film Institute...
, made her return to Swedish cinema. She co-starred often with Swedish actor and other frequent Bergman collaborator, Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson is a Swedish actor and author. He is best known to international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Theodoros Angelopoulos.-Biography:...
, with whom she made the 1973 Swedish television drama, Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage is a 1973 Swedish TV series written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The story explores the disintegration of a marriage between Marianne, a lawyer, and Johan, a professor over a long period, using a restricted cast, a naturalist, hyper-realistic cinematic...
, which was also edited to feature-film length and distributed theatrically. Ullmann appeared with Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
in Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough , CBE is a British actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. As director and producer he won two Academy Awards for the 1982 film Gandhi...
's A Bridge Too Far in 1977.
Nominated more than 40 times for awards, including various Lifetime Achievement Awards, she won the Best Actress prize three times from the National Society of Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics
The National Society of Film Critics is an American film critic organization. As of December 2007 the NSFC had approximately 60 members who wrote for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers.-History:...
, and twice from the National Board of Review, received three awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, and a Golden Globe. In 1971, Ullmann was nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for The Emigrants, and again in 1976 and for Face to Face
Face to Face (1976 film)
Face to Face is a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It tells the story of a psychiatrist who is suffering from a mental illness. It stars Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition...
.
In 1973 Ullmann made her New York stage debut in the unsuccessful Broadway revival of I Remember Mama
I Remember Mama (musical)
I Remember Mama is a musical with a book by Thomas Meehan, lyrics by Martin Charnin and Raymond Jessel, and music by Richard Rodgers.-Origins:...
. The show underwent numerous revisions during a long preview period, then closed after 108 performances. She also starred in the nearly universally panned film version of Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (1973 film)
Lost Horizon is a 1973 musical film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta and Charles Boyer....
in 1973.
Ullmann's first film as a director was 1992's Sofie, in which she directed her friend and former co-star, Erland Josephson. She went on to direct the Bergman-penned Faithless
Faithless (2000 film)
Faithless is a Swedish film directed by Liv Ullman from a script by Ingmar Bergman. The story is loosely based on experiences of adultery from Bergman's own life. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
and in 2003 reprised her role from Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage is a 1973 Swedish TV series written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The story explores the disintegration of a marriage between Marianne, a lawyer, and Johan, a professor over a long period, using a restricted cast, a naturalist, hyper-realistic cinematic...
in Saraband
Saraband
Saraband is a 2003 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, and his last theatrically released work. The film is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage , bringing back to the screen the characters of Johan and Marianne...
, Bergman's final telemovie. Faithless garnered nominations for both the Palme d'Or
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
and Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
.
In 1984, she was headed the jury at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
34th Berlin International Film Festival
The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 17 to February 28, 1984.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann * Jules Dassin* Edward Bennett* Manuela Cernat-Gheorghiu* Lana Gogoberidze* Tullio Kezich* Steffen Kuchenreuther...
., and in 2002 chaired the jury of Cannes Film Festival. She introduced her daughter, Linn Ullmann
Linn Ullmann
Linn Ullmann, originally Karin Beate Ullmann, is a Norwegian author and journalist. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper and has published four novels....
, to the audience with the words: "Here comes the woman whom Ingmar Bergmann loves the most". Her daughter was there to receive the Prize of Honour on behalf of her father; she would return to take a place on the jury herself in 2011. In 2006 Ullmann announced that she'd been forced to give up on her dream of making a film based on A Doll's House. According to her statement, the Norwegian Film Fund was blocking her and writer Kjetil Bjørnstad from pursuing the project. Australian actress Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett is an Australian actress. She came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in the 1998 biopic film Elizabeth, for which she won British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Golden Globe Awards, and earned her first Academy Award...
and British actress Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader...
had been cast intended in the lead roles in the movie. She later directed Blanchett in A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
A Streetcar Named Desire (play)
A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
at the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia, which ran September through October 2009, and then continued from 29 October to 21 November 2009 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, where it won Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Non-resident Production as well as actress and supporting performer for 2009. The play was also mounted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
Ullmann narrated the Canada/Norway co-produced animated short film The Danish Poet
The Danish Poet
The Danish Poet is a 2006 animated short film written, directed, and animated by Torill Kove and narrated by Liv Ullmann. A co-production of the National Film Board of Canada and Mikrofilm AS of Norway, it has won both the Academy Award and Genie Award for best animated short film.-Synopsis:The...
, which won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film
Academy Award for Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Animated Short Film is an award which has been given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy Awards every year since the 5th Academy Awards, covering the year 1931-32, to the present....
at the 79th Academy Awards
79th Academy Awards
The 79th Academy Awards ceremony , honored the best films of 2006 and took place on February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on ABC. Ellen DeGeneres hosted the ceremony for the first time. The producer was Laura Ziskin. The announcers were Don LaFontaine and Gina Tuttle.The nominees were...
in 2007.
On 10 December 2010, Ullmann participated in the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. She read "I have no Enemies," the words of 2010 Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo is a Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule in China...
, a human rights advocate imprisoned in China. In Mr. Liu's absence, the medal and diploma were placed on an empty chair on the stage.
She published two autobiographies, Changing and Choices in the late 1970s, during which time she became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Private life
In addition to Norwegian, Ullmann speaks Swedish, English and other European languages. She is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and has traveled widely for the organization. She is also co-founder and honorary chair of the Women's Refugee Commission. In 2005, King Harald V of Norway made Ullmann a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav. In 2006, she received a PhD honoris causa from the Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorwegian University of Science and Technology
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology , commonly known as NTNU, is located in Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology...
.
Ullmann has been married and divorced twice. Her first marriage was to Hans Jacob Stang, a Norwegian psychiatrist, whom she divorced in 1965. According to her biographer, Ketil Bjørnstad
Ketil Bjørnstad
Ketil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist and composer. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz"....
, the marriage was marred by infidelities on both sides. In the 1980s, she married Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
real estate developer Donald Saunders, whom she divorced in 1995. The couple continued to live together until 2007.
She has one child, Linn Ullmann
Linn Ullmann
Linn Ullmann, originally Karin Beate Ullmann, is a Norwegian author and journalist. A prominent literary critic, she also writes a column for Norway's leading morning newspaper and has published four novels....
, fathered by Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
in 1966; the two lived together for five years. Ullmann has two grandchildren, a boy and a girl, of her daughter's two marriages.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Tonny Tonny Tonny is a 1962 Norwegian drama film directed by Nils R. Müller and Per Gjersøe. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Per Christensen - Tonny* Wenche Foss - Tonnys mor* Liv Ullmann - Kari... |
Kari | Entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival 12th Berlin International Film Festival The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 22 to July 3, 1962.-Jury:* King Vidor * André Michel* Emeric Pressburger* Hideo Kikumori* Dolores del Río* Jurgen Schildt* Max Gammeter* Günther Stapenhorst* Bruno E... |
| 1966 | Persona Persona (film) Persona is a film by Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, released in 1966, and starring Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann. Bergman held this film to be one of his most important; in his book Images, he writes: "Today I feel that in Persona—and later in Cries and Whispers—I had gone as far as I could go... |
Elisabet Vogler | |
| 1968 | Shame | Eva Rosenberg | Guldbagge Award for Best Actress Guldbagge Award The Guldbagge Award is an official Swedish film award awarded annually since 1964 by the Swedish Film Institute.-Etymology:Guldbagge is the Swedish name for Cetonia aurata, a beetle also known as rose chafer. The name of the award could also be interpreted as a play on the Swedish word skalbagge,... National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress TheNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the National Society of Film Critics to honour the best leading actress of the year.-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Best Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.-1940s:-1950s:- 1960s :- 1970s :- 1980s :- 1990s :- 2000s :-2010s:... |
| 1968 | Hour of the Wolf Hour of the Wolf Hour of the Wolf is a 1968 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann. It combines elements of the film drama, surrealist film and horror film.-Plot:... |
Alma Borg | National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Best Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.-1940s:-1950s:- 1960s :- 1970s :- 1980s :- 1990s :- 2000s :-2010s:... |
| 1969 | The Passion of Anna The Passion of Anna The Passion of Anna is a 1969 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman was awarded Best Director at the 1971 National Society of Film Critics Awards for the film.-Plot:... |
Anna Fromm | |
| 1971 | Kristina | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... |
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| 1971 | Ester Jenks | ||
| 1972 | [{sortname>The New Land | Kristina | |
| 1972 | Cries and Whispers Cries and Whispers Cries and Whispers is a 1972 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann. The film is set on a mansion at the end of the 19th century and is about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed, torn... |
Maria (and her mother) | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.-1930s:-1940s:-1950s:-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... |
| 1972 | Pope Joan Pope Joan (1972 film) Pope Joan is a 1972 British drama film based on the story of Pope Joan.. It was directed by Michael Anderson and has a cast which includes Liv Ullmann , Olivia de Havilland, Lesley-Anne Down, Franco Nero and Maximillian Schell.... |
Pope Joan Pope Joan Pope Joan is a legendary female Pope who, it is purported, reigned for a few years some time in the Middle Ages. The story first appeared in the writings of 13th-century chroniclers, and subsequently spread through Europe... |
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| 1973 | Scenes from a Marriage Scenes from a Marriage Scenes from a Marriage is a 1973 Swedish TV series written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The story explores the disintegration of a marriage between Marianne, a lawyer, and Johan, a professor over a long period, using a restricted cast, a naturalist, hyper-realistic cinematic... |
Marianne | David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress David di Donatello for Best Actress -Albo d'oro:1956Gina Lollobrigida - La donna più bella del mondo1958*Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind1959*Anna Magnani - Nella città l'inferno1961*Sophia Loren - La ciociara1963... National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress TheNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the National Society of Film Critics to honour the best leading actress of the year.-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.-1930s:-1940s:-1950s:-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :... Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1973 | 40 Carats 40 Carats (film) Forty Carats is a 1973 American film directed by Milton Katselas, based on the play by Jay Presson Allen. The screenplay was written by Leonard Gershe and directed by Milton Katselas. The cast include Liv Ullman, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Nancy Walker, and Natalie... |
Ann Stanley | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon Lost Horizon (1973 film) Lost Horizon is a 1973 musical film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Michael York, Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van, George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey, James Shigeta and Charles Boyer.... |
Katherine | |
| 1974 | Zandy's Bride | Hannah Lund | |
| 1974 | Queen Kristina | ||
| 1976 | Face to Face Face to Face (1976 film) Face to Face is a 1976 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. It tells the story of a psychiatrist who is suffering from a mental illness. It stars Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition... |
Dr. Jenny Isaksson | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:... National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Best Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.-1940s:-1950s:- 1960s :- 1970s :- 1980s :- 1990s :- 2000s :-2010s:... New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.-1930s:-1940s:-1950s:-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :... Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1977 | Manuela Rosenberg | ||
| 1977 | Kate Ter Horst | ||
| 1978 | Autumn Sonata Autumn Sonata Autumn Sonata is a 1978 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. It tells the story of a celebrated classical pianist who is confronted by her neglected daughter... |
Eva | David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress David di Donatello for Best Actress -Albo d'oro:1956Gina Lollobrigida - La donna più bella del mondo1958*Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind1959*Anna Magnani - Nella città l'inferno1961*Sophia Loren - La ciociara1963... |
| 1980 | Richard's Things Richard's Things Richard's Things is a 1980 British drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Liv Ullmann, Amanda Redman and Peter Burton. After her husband dies his wife discovers he has a secret long-term mistress... |
Kate Morris | |
| 1984 | Mrs. Campbell | ||
| 1986 | Let's Hope It's a Girl | Elena | |
| 1987 | Gaby: A True Story | Sari | |
| 1987 | Farewell Moscow Farewell Moscow Farewell Moscow is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini and starring Liv Ullmann. It is based on the life of Russian Jew Ida Nudel.-Cast:* Liv Ullmann - Ida Nudel* Daniel Olbrychski - Yuli* Aurore Clément - Elena* Saverio Vallone... |
Ida Nudel | David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress David di Donatello for Best Actress -Albo d'oro:1956Gina Lollobrigida - La donna più bella del mondo1958*Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind1959*Anna Magnani - Nella città l'inferno1961*Sophia Loren - La ciociara1963... |
| 1988 | La amiga | María | San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actress San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián .-History:The festival was founded in 1953... |
| 1988 | A Time of Indifference | Maria Grazia | (TV) |
| 1989 | Gabriele | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | |
| 1991 | Mindwalk Mindwalk Mindwalk is a 1990 feature film directed by Bernt Amadeus Capra, based on his own short story, based in turn on the book The Turning Point by his brother Fritjof Capra, the author of the book The Tao of Physics.... |
Sonia Hoffman | |
| 1991 | Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes | Narrator | (voice) |
| 1992 | Katherine | ||
| 1992 | The Ox The Ox The Ox is a 1991 Swedish film directed by Sven Nykvist. He wrote the script with Lasse Summanen.- Cast :* Stellan Skarsgård - Helge Roos* Ewa Fröling - Elfrida Roos* Lennart Hjulström - Svenning Gustavsson* Max von Sydow - Vicar* Liv Ullmann - Mrs... |
Mrs. Gustafsson | |
| 1994 | Drømspel Dreamplay Dreamplay is a 1994 Norwegian drama film directed by Unni Straume. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Ingvild Holm - Agnes* Bjørn Willberg Andersen - Lawyer* Bjørn Sundquist - Poet... |
Ticket Seller | |
| 1994 | Zorn | Emma Zorn | (TV) |
| 2003 | Saraband Saraband Saraband is a 2003 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, and his last theatrically released work. The film is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage , bringing back to the screen the characters of Johan and Marianne... |
Marianne | (TV) |
| 2006 | Narrator | (voice) | |
| 2008 | I et speil, i en gåte | Grandmother |
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Sofie | Montreal World Film Festival Special Grand Prize of the Jury Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF... Montreal World Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF... Montreal World Film Festival Most Popular Film Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF... |
| 1995 | Kristin Lavransdatter Kristin Lavransdatter (film) Kristin Lavransdatter is a 1995 Norwegian film directed by Liv Ullman, featuring Elisabeth Matheson, Bjørn Skagestad, Jørgen Langhelle, Lena Endre and Sverre Anker Ousdal, based on Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset. It was the Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film... |
(from the novel by Sigrid Undset Sigrid Undset Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican... ) |
| 1996 | Private Confessions Private Confessions Private Confessions is a 1996 Swedish drama film directed by Liv Ullmann and written by Ingmar Bergman. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Pernilla August – Anna* Max von Sydow – Jacob... |
Nominated—Chicago International Film Festival Gold Hugo Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival 1997 Cannes Film Festival -Jury:*Isabelle Adjani *Gong Li *Mira Sorvino *Paul Auster *Tim Burton *Luc Bondy *Patrick Dupond *Mike Leigh *Nanni Moretti *Michael Ondaatje -Feature film competition:... |
| 2000 | Faithless Faithless (2000 film) Faithless is a Swedish film directed by Liv Ullman from a script by Ingmar Bergman. The story is loosely based on experiences of adultery from Bergman's own life. It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Amanda Ecumenical Film Award Amanda (award) The Amanda Award is an award given annually at the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, to promote and improve Norwegian film. The award originated in 1985, and has since 2005 been exclusively a film award... Goya Award for Best European Film Goya Award for Best European Film The Goya Award for Best European Film is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.-1990s:-2000s:-Awards by nation:-External links:**... Nominated—Palme d'Or Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du... , 2000 Cannes Film Festival 2000 Cannes Film Festival The 2000 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Danish film Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier.-Jury:* Luc Besson, President * Jonathan Demme * Nicole Garcia... Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director is an annual award given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:... |
Further reading
- Robert Emmet Long, ed. (2006), Liv Ullmann: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-823-1, 1-57806-824-X (paper). Collected interviews with Ullmann
- Liv Ullmann (1984), Choices. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-53986-9. ISBN 978-0394539867. Autobiography
- David Outerbridge (1979), Without Makeup, Liv Ullmann: A Photo-Biography. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 0-68803441-1
- Liv Ullmann (1977), Changing. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-41148-X. Autobiography
External links
- The Guardian/NFT interview with Shane Danielson, 23 January 2001
- Peter Bradshaw review of Trolösa, The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, 9 February 2001