From the mid-50s she emerged as one of the finest dramatic stage and screen actresses of her country
Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1980
Her father was a fisherman in a small town in Northern Sweden.
In _Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)_, her lines were dubbed by Angela Lansbury.
One of Ingmar Bergman's favorite actresses. They made 10 movies together: A Dream Play (1963) (TV), The Magician (1958), After the Rehearsal (1984) (TV), _Nattvardsgästerna (1963)_, Brink of Life (1958), The Rite (1969) (TV), Wild Strawberries (1957), The Silence (1963), Hour of the Wolf (1968) and Cries and Whispers (1972).
Studied at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm
Trained as a ballet dancer in Stockholm and then as an actress at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.