Acting
Mimi Pollak
Birth Date
April 9, 1903
Death Date
August 11, 1999
(passed away at 96)
Place of Birth
Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
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Biography
Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak was a Swedish stage and screen actress and director. She attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in Stockholm, Sweden, with fellow actress Greta Garbo from 1922 to 1924. It was Mimi that came up with the name Garbo. They became friends for life. Pollak became in 1948 the first contracted female director at the Dramaten with the production of Jean Genet's Jungfruleken (Les Bonnes/The Maids), with Anita Björk and Maj-Britt Nilsson. Mimi Pollak appeared since her 1922 debut in the film "Amatörfilmen" in about 30 feature films and TV productions. She directed and handfull during the 1950's.
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Autumn Sonata
Piano Instructor
1978
Emil of Lönneberga
Lillklossan
1975 • 1 episode
Emil of Lonneberga
Lillklossan
1971
The Flight of the Eagle
Mina Andrée
1982
August Strindberg: A Life
Änglamakerskan
1985 • 6 episodes
Brenda Brave
Market Woman
1989
Summer Interlude
Mrs Calwagen
1951
Bröder emellan
1946
Near and Far Away
Fortune teller
1976
The Farewell
isoäiti
1982
Only a Mother
Erika Rost
1949
The Secret
Ester
1990
The Man All Wanted to Kill
Erna Larsson
1940
With You in My Arms
Miss Carlander
1940
A Matter of Life and Death
Rickos Mormorsmor
1986
Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
Hulda
1991
Kajan går till sjöss
Miss Lidegren
1943
Gatan
Mrs Rodelius
1949
Amorosa
Miss Rosenhjelm
1986
Flames in the Dark
Miss Danielsson
1942