Signe Lundberg-Settergren (15 February 1882 – 14 June 1967) was a Swedish

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and

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.Kwiatkowski p.77 She was born in the

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to Swedish parents, including her father the actor and theatre director

Alfred Lundberg Alfred Lundberg (5 April 1852 – 11 April 1935) was a Swedish stage and silent film actor. He appeared in 24 films between 1914 and 1930. He was the father of the actress Signe Lundberg-Settergren. Selected filmography * ''The Strike'' (19 ...

. She made her theatrical debut in 1900 and first appeared on screen in 1932, appearing as a

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over the following quarter of a century. Her sister Hedvig Lindby was also an actress.

Selected filmography

* ''

International Match ''International Match'' (Swedish: ''Landskamp'') is a 1932 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Skoglund and starring Georg Blomstedt, Fritiof Billquist and Olof Sandborg. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location in the ...

'' (1932) * ''

Love and Dynamite ''Love and Dynamite'' (Swedish: ''Kärlek och dynamit'') is a 1933 Swedish drama film directed by O.A.C. Lund and starring Valdemar Dalquist, Birgit Sergelius and Isa Quensel. It is now considered to be a lost film. Synopsis An engineer takes th ...

'' (1933) * ''

Boman's Boy ''Boman's Boy'' (Swedish: ''Bomans pojke'') is a 1933 Swedish comedy film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Bengt Djurberg, Birgit Tengroth and Sigurd Wallén.Qvist & Von Bagh p.92 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm. The fi ...

'' (1933) * '' Synnöve Solbakken'' (1934) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * ''

The Marriage Game ''The Marriage Game'' (Swedish: ''Äktenskapsleken'') is a 1935 Swedish comedy drama film directed by Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius and starring Zarah Leander, Gösta Cederlund and Harry Roeck-Hansen.Jacobi p.103 The film's art direction was by Arn ...

'' (1935) * ''

A Woman's Face ''A Woman's Face'' is a 1941 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas and Conrad Veidt. It tells the story of Anna Holm, a facially disfigured blackmailer, who because of ...

'' (1938) * ''

Career The career is an individual's metaphorical "journey" through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways. Definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defin ...

'' (1938) * '' The Three of Us'' (1940) * ''

The Train Leaves at Nine ''The Train Leaves at Nine'' (Swedish: ''Tåget går klockan 9'') is a 1941 Swedish comedy film directed by Ivar Johansson and starring Thor Modéen, Torsten Winge and Allan Bohlin.Qvist & Von Bagh p.93 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Sto ...

'' (1941) * ''

Ride Tonight! ''Ride Tonight!'' (Swedish: ''Rid i natt'') is a 1942 Swedish historical drama film directed by Gustaf Molander and starring Lars Hanson, Oscar Ljung, Gerd Hagman and Eva Dahlbeck. It is an adaptation of the 1941 novel ''Ride This Night'' by Vilhe ...

'' (1942) * ''

Motherhood ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of gestati ...

'' (1945) * '' Black Roses (1945 film), Black Roses'' (1945) * ''

Neglected by His Wife ''Neglected by His Wife'' (Swedish: ''Försummad av sin fru'' or ''Gift med Klara Klok'') is a 1947 Swedish comedy film directed by Gösta Folke and starring Irma Christenson, Karl-Arne Holmsten and Agneta Prytz.Krawc p.383 It was shot at the C ...

'' (1947) * '' I Am with You'' (1948) * ''

Playing Truant ''Playing Truant'' (Swedish: ''Skolka skolan'') is a 1949 Swedish comedy film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Sickan Carlsson, Gunnar Björnstrand and Olof Winnerstrand.Qvist & Von Bagh p.44 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios ...

'' (1949) * ''

Miss Julie ''Miss Julie'' ( sv, Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve and the following morning, which is Midsummer and the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The setting is an estate of ...

'' (1951) * ''

All the World's Delights ''All the World's Delights'' (Swedish: ''All jordens fröjd'') is a 1953 Swedish historical drama film directed by Rolf Husberg and starring Ulla Jacobsson, Birger Malmsten and Kenne Fant.Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland p.108 It is bas ...

'' (1953) * ''

Encounters in the Twilight ''Encounters in the Twilight'' (Swedish: ''Moten i skymningen'') is a 1957 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Eva Dahlbeck, Åke Grönberg and Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz.Qvist & Von Bagh p.97 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in ...

'' (1957)

References

Bibliography

* Kwiatkowski, Aleksander. '' Swedish Film Classics: A Pictorial Survey of 25 Films from 1913 to 1957''. Courier Dover Publications, 1983.

External links

* 1882 births 1967 deaths Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses Actors from Vyborg {{Sweden-film-bio-stub