Inga Linnéa Landgré (née ''Lundgren''; 6 August 1927 – 31 July 2023) was a Swedish actress who worked in theatre, television, and films from the 1940s on.

Early life and career

Inga Landgré was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1927. Her father was a struggling musician whose

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strained her parents' marriage. Her mother was a waitress. They divorced in the early 1930s, when Landgré was only five years old. She was an only child. She received her theatrical education at Calle Flygare Teaterskola and made her acting debut in 1944 at the Blanche Theatre as Anya in the

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''. Landgré started appearing in motion pictures around this time as well, starting with the 1943 film ''

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''. In 1946, she starred in ''

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'',

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's directorial debut.

Personal life and death

Landgré was married to the Swedish actor Nils Poppe between 1949 and 1959. The couple had two children together, of whom one also became an actress. In the 1960s, she acted as a

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for her friend

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, who later became the

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, by delivering

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to Greece. Inga Landgré died on 31 July 2023, at the age of 95.Skådespelaren Inga Landgré har dött – blev 95 år gammal

Awards and honours

Landgré won the Guldbagge Honorary Award in 2011, but received it in January 2012.

Selected filmography

References

External links

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