Berta Hall (21 September 1909 – 6 June 1999) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in 18 films between 1942 and 1988.

Biography

Berta Hall was the daughter of Carl Hall (1862-1929), owner and editor of the newspaper Norra Bohuslän. He sent her to

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to attend

Palmgrenska samskolan ('Palmgren Coeducational School'), originally ('Practical Work School for Children and Youth'), in Stockholm, Sweden, was the first school in Scandinavia to offer coeducation up to the ''studentexamen''. It was also the first to offer sloyd, a ...

. After graduating in 1929, she began theater studies with

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Selected filmography

* '' Port of Call'' (1948) * ''

One Summer of Happiness ''One Summer of Happiness'' ( sv, Hon dansade en sommar - She danced for a summer) is a 1951 Swedish film by director Arne Mattsson, based on the 1949 novel ''Sommardansen'' (''The Summer Dance'') by Per Olof Ekström. It was the first Swedish ...

'' (1951) * ''

In the Arms of the Sea ''In the Arms of the Sea'' (Swedish: ''Bärande hav'') is a 1951 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson and starring Alf Kjellin, Ulf Palme, Edvin Adolphson and Eva Dahlbeck.Qvist & Von Bagh p.112 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studi ...

'' (1951)

References

External links

* 1909 births 1999 deaths Swedish film actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses {{Sweden-actor-stub