Anita Wall

Kerstin ''Anita'' Wall (born 11 July 1940), is a

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stage and film actress. She began acting at eleven years of age at Vår teater, a children's theatre, playing

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and other roles. From 1958 to 1959 she was employed by

Riksteatern Riksteatern is the name of the popular ''"National Touring Theatre"/"National Theatre Company"'' (~Eng. transl.) in Sweden. It's the biggest theatre company on tour in Sweden and can, in one way, almost be described as Sweden's national stage ...

and toured with it, before joining the

Royal Dramatic Training Academy The Royal Dramatic Training Academy ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teaterns Elevskola, also known as ''Dramatens elevskola''), was the acting school of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and for many years (1787–1964) seen as the ...

, where she was one of the last group of students from 1962 to 1965 before its change of name to Statens Scenskola, together with

Lars Amble Lars Anders Amble-Næss (10 August 1939 – 20 August 2015) was a Swedish actor and director. Amble was the son of Leif Amble-Næss and Maritta Marke. After finishing theater school in Stockholm, which he attended from 1962 to 1965, he was hi ...

Börje Ahlstedt Nils Börje Ahlstedt (born 21 February 1939) is a Swedish actor who has worked extensively with the world-famous director Ingmar Bergman in films like ''Fanny and Alexander'' (1982), ''The Best Intentions'' (1992), '' Sunday's Children'' (1992) a ...

, Evabritt Strandberg,

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, and others. Since 1965, Wall has appeared in a wide range of productions at 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 ...

, including ''Pinocchio'' in 1966, ''

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'' in 1970, ''

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'' in 1976 (also on TV in 1985), ''

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'' in 1977, ''

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'' in 1980 and ''

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'' in 1982. She played the title role in

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's drama ''Kristina'' in 1985. Wall made her film debut in 1959 in ''

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''. At times she has been on leave from the Royal Dramatic Theatre to work on other stages; these include at Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra, the revue at

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and with Riksteatern. Wall has skillfully alternated between dramatic and humorous roles; many remember her as the maid in the 1978 TV version of the comedy ' with

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and

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. In TV theatre she has acted in
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's '' The Bear'' and by
Allan Edwall Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as ''Fanny and Alexander'' (198 ...
. She played the intriguing and elegant businesswoman Elisabeth Lerwacht in the soap opera ''
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'' from 1992 to 1994. In January 2018, Wall was one of the recipients of the
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for Film of the Year at the
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along with
Inga Landgré Inga Linnéa Landgré (born ''Lundgren''; 6 August 1927) is a Swedish actress who has worked in theatre, television and films since the 1940s. Early life and career Inga Landgré was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1927. Her father was a struggli ...
and
Lena Söderblom Lena Söderblom (born 24 October 1935) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in 24 films since 1955. Selected filmography * ''The Girl in the Rain (1955 film), The Girl in the Rain'' (1955) * ''Miss April (1958 film), Miss April'' (1958) * ''S ...
. She has been married to actor Lars Lind since 2007. In 2013, she appeared in ''
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''.

Awards
* 2001 –
Litteris et Artibus Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince. It is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art and literature. The ob ...
* 2008 –
Eugene O'Neill Award The Eugene O'Neill Award (Swedish: ''O'Neill-stipendiet'') is one of Sweden's finest awards for stage actors. It is a scholarship for actors at the Swedish theater. It has been awarded annually by the Royal Dramatic Theatre since 1956. Histor ...
* 2008 – The Penguin Award from the
Elsa Olenius Elsa Viktoria Olenius (September 30, 1896 – August 25, 1984) was a Swedish librarian and writer, best remembered for pioneering children's library activities and theatre with children. She was awarded a in 1981. In the 1940s, she founded ('th ...
society for exceptional work in the field of children and youth culture * 2015 – Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role of Frida in the film ''Hemma''

Selected filmography
* ''
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'' (1963) * ''
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'' (1988) * ''
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'' (1989) * '' Balls'' (2010) * ''Home'' (2013)

References

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* Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses Actresses from Stockholm 1940 births Living people Eugene O'Neill Award winners Litteris et Artibus recipients Best Supporting Actress Guldbagge Award winners {{Sweden-actor-stub