Lars-Erik Liedholm (5 April 1928 – 19 December 1996) was a Swedish actor, director and screenwriter.

Biography

Liedholm was born in

Motala Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. M ...

, Sweden. He graduated from

Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Gothenburg Theatre Academy Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

. In 1954–1955, he was theatre director at Wasa Theatre in

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. He was theatre director at the

East Gothland Theatre The East Gothland Theatre (Swedish ''Östgötateatern'') is Sweden's largest regional theatre, with stages in Norrköping and Linköping, both dating from the early 20th century, as well as touring companies. The repertoire includes Swedish and ...

in 1956–1959, where he also was theatre director in 1982–1985,

Helsingborg City Theatre Helsingborg City Theatre ( sv, Helsingborgs stadsteater) is the city theatre of Helsingborg, Sweden. The present Helsingborg City Theatre was built in 1921, after the old Helsingborg Theatre (located at the same place, built in 1877) was demolish ...

in 1960–1964 and the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the ...

in 1964–1969. From 1977–1982, Liedholm was married to actress and singer Birgit Carlstén. He died during 1996 in

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Filmography

Actor

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All These Women ''All These Women'' ( sv, För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor), originally released as ''Now About These Women'' in the UK, is a 1964 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It is a parody of Federico Fellini's ''8½''. Along with ...

'' (1964) *''

Den vita stenen ''Den vita stenen'' ("The White Stone") is a 1964 Swedish children's book written by Gunnel Linde. In 1965, Linde received the Nils Holgersson Plaque for this book. In 1973, a TV version of the story was produced. Plot The book takes place in a ...

'' (TV series, 1973) *'' August Strindberg: Ett liv'' (TV series, 1985)

Director

*'' Juninatt'' (1965) *'' Familjen Ekbladh'' (TV series, 1971)

Screenwriter

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'' (1963) *''Familjen Ekbladh'' (TV series, 1971)

References

1928 births 1996 deaths People from Motala Municipality Swedish male actors Swedish film directors Swedish theatre directors Lund University alumni 20th-century Swedish screenwriters 20th-century Swedish male writers {{sweden-actor-stub