Liv Ullmann

Actress
Director
Writer

Liv Ullman, portrait for "The Abdication," 1974. Modern silver gelatin, 14x11, matted on 20x16 board. $600 © 1978 Skrebneski MPTV

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Liv Ullmann's father was a Norwegian engineer who used to work abroad, so as a child she lived in Tokyo, Canada, New York and Oslo. In the mid-1950s she made her stage debut and in 1957 made her film debut. She really became successful, however, when she began to work for Swedish director Ingmar Bergman in such films as Persona (1966), The Passion of Anna (1969) and Face to Face (1976). She also had a successful film career away from Bergman (The Abdication (1974), Dangerous Moves (1984).

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 52 wins & 26 nominations total

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Trevor Howard, Jim Kennedy, and Liv Ullmann in The Night Visitor (1971)

Trevor Howard, Jim Kennedy, Per Oscarsson, and Liv Ullmann in The Night Visitor (1971)

Hanne Borchsenius and Liv Ullmann in The Night Visitor (1971)

Hanne Borchsenius, Per Oscarsson, and Liv Ullmann in The Night Visitor (1971)

Known for:

Cries & Whispers

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Maria
Agnes' sister

1972

The Emigrants

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Kristina

1971

Persona

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Elisabet Vogler

1966

Autumn Sonata

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1978

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Actress

Nine Perfect Strangers
- TV Series
- 2021
Zwei Leben
- Ase Evensen
- 2012
Sinna mann
- Mother (English version, voice)
- Short
- 2009
I et speil i en gåte
- Mormor
- 2008
The Danish Poet
- Narrator (voice)
- Short
- 2006
Saraband
- Marianne
- 2003
Zorn
- Emma Zorn
- 1994
Drømspel
- Ticket Seller
- 1994
The Long Shadow
- Katherine
- 1992
Oxen
- Maria Gustavsson
- 1991
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
- Narrator (voice)
- Short
- 1991
Mindwalk
- Sonia Hoffman
- 1990
The Rose Garden
- Gabriele Schlüter-Freund
- 1989
Gli indifferenti
- Maria Grazia
- TV Movie
- 1988
La amiga
- María
- 1988

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Alternative name
- Liv Ullman
Height
- 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Born
- December 16, 1938
- Tokyo, Japan
Spouses
Children
- Linn Ullmann
Parents
Other works
"Flyktningen," with Liv Ullmann in the cast.
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Trivia
Outside Scandinavia she has constantly been mistaken for a Swede despite being 100% Norwegian. The reason for this is probably because non-Scandinavians don't realize how ordinary it is for Swedes and Norwegians to work across the borders in the film industry, and mainly because of her frequent collaboration with Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. One example of this mistake is even evident here on the Internet Movie Database, where her nationality on the award page for the 2001 Cannes Film Festival (jury president) is listed as "Sweden.".

Quotes
[on working as a director] I've worked with more bad directors than good directors, and you learn by the bad ones because you find out how they destroy other peoples' fantasy life.