Else Marie Fisher-Bergman (1 March 1918 – 3 March 2006) was a Swedish
choreographer, dancer,
theatre director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
, and writer.
Career
Fisher wrote several children's books and theatre plays (including ''Beppo the Clown (Clownen Beppo)'', a dance
pantomime
Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser extent) in other English-speaking ...
directed by Ingmar Bergman, while working as a choreographer and director at various theaters in Sweden.
Personal life
Fisher was born 1 March 1918 in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
, Australia. From 1943 to 1945,
she was married to Swedish director
Ingmar Bergman, with whom she had a daughter,
Lena Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profound ...
, before their divorce.
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. 2010-05-03. She died 3 March 2006.
Filmography
Actor
*1948 – ''Stanna en stund!''
*1950 – ''Två trappor över gården''
*1952 – ''
Bom the Flyer
''Bom the Flyer'' (Swedish: ''Flyg-Bom'') is a 1952 Swedish comedy film directed by Lars-Eric Kjellgren and starring Nils Poppe, Elisaveta, Yvonne Lombard and Gerd Andersson.Qvist & Von Bagh p.56 It was shot at the Råsunda in Stockholm. The f ...
''
*1956 – ''Rasmus, Pontus och Toker''
Choreography
*1956 – ''Det renaste ni drömt om...''
*1957 – ''
The Seventh Seal
''The Seventh Seal'' ( sv, Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of ch ...
(Det sjunde inseglet)''
References
Svensk Filmdatabas – "Else Fisher" Swedish Film Institute (Svenska Filminstitutet)
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1918 births
2006 deaths
Choreographers from Melbourne
Swedish choreographers