Berit Elisabet Andersson (11 November 1935 – 14 April 2019) or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman
Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing against Nils Poppe. Eventually, she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. A brief relationship with Ingmar Bergman made her quit school and follow him to the Malmö city theatre, where he was a director, performing in plays by August Strindberg and Hjalmar Bergman. Bergman also gave her a small part in his comedy Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), and larger roles in his Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Seventh Seal (1957). From the the 1960s she got offers from abroad, with best result in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). During the civil war in Yugoslavia she has worked with several initiatives to give the people of Sarajevo theatre and other forms of culture.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Mattias Thuresson
Known For
The Seventh Seal
(1957)
Mia
Arn: The Knight Templar
(2007)
Mother Rikissa
Babette's Feast
(1987)
Swedish Lady-in-Waiting
Smiles of a Summer Night
(1955)
Actress
Wild Strawberries
(1957)
Sara
Persona
(1966)
Alma
The Passion of Anna
(1969)
Eva Vergerus
The Concorde... Airport '79
(1979)
Francine
Duel at Diablo
(1966)
Ellen Grange
The Magician
(1958)
Sara Lindqvist
Twice a Woman
(1979)
Laura
Summer Place Wanted
(1957)
Mona Dahlström
The Touch
(1971)
Karin Vergerus
Quintet
(1979)
Ambrosia
Scenes from a Marriage
(1974)
Katarina
Brink of Life
(1958)
Hjördis Pettersson
Full Filmography
Acting
Miss Julie
(1951)
Dancing girl (uncredited)
Ingmar Bergman: Making Commercials
(1951)
Ubåt 39
(1952)
Girl on a train
Vingslag i natten
(1953)
Girl at the graduation dinner
Dumbom
(1953)
Elvira
En natt på Glimmingehus
(1954)
Maj Månsson
Sir Arne's Treasure
(1954)
Berghild
The City By the Waters
(1955)
Smiles of a Summer Night
(1955)
Actress
Flickan i regnet
(1955)
Lily
Last Pair Out
(1956)
Kerstin
Private Entrance
(1956)
Karin Johansson
Summer Place Wanted
(1957)
Mona Dahlström
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
(1957)
Anne-Marie
Wild Strawberries
(1957)
Sara
The Seventh Seal
(1957)
Mia
Brink of Life
(1958)
Hjördis Pettersson
The Magician
(1958)
Sara Lindqvist
You Are My Adventure
(1958)
Christina Blom
Rabies
(1958)
Eivor
Den kära leken
(1959)
Lena/fröken Blå, fröken Grön, fröken Vit, fröken Röd
The Devil's Eye
(1960)
Britt-Marie
The Wedding Day
(1960)
Sylvia Blom
The Pleasure Garden
(1961)
Anna
Karneval
(1961)
Square of Violence
(1961)
Maria
Kort är sommaren
(1962)
Edvarda
The Mistress
(1962)
The Girl
All These Women
(1964)
Humlan
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
(1964)
Self
Juninatt
(1965)
Britt
Bibi Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, and Liv Ullmann on PERSONA
(1966)
Self
My Sister My Love
(1966)
Charlotte
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
(1966)
Ingrid
The Island
(1966)
Marianne
Duel at Diablo
(1966)
Ellen Grange
Persona
(1966)
Alma
A Question of Rape
(1967)
Marianne Séverin
Twelfth Night
(1967)
Viola
The Girls
(1968)
Liz / Lysistrata
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
(1968)
Self
Black Palm Trees
(1968)
Elin Pappila
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
(1969)
Margit Lindmark
Think of a Number
(1969)
Jane Merrild
The Passion of Anna
(1969)
Eva Vergerus
Miss Julie
(1969)
Fröken Julie
The Kremlin Letter
(1970)
Erika Kosnov
A Ballad of Love
(1970)
Woman at the aerodrome
Story of a Woman
(1970)
Karin Ullman
The Touch
(1971)
Karin Vergerus
Ingmar Bergman
(1972)
Self
The Man from the Other Side
(1972)
Britt Stagnelius
The Hour of Parting
(1973)
Elsa Jacobsen
My Husband, His Mistress and I
(1974)
Blanche Huysman
Scenes from a Marriage
(1974)
Katarina
After the Fall
(1974)
Holga
Rain over Santiago
(1975)
Monique Calvé
Vortex
(1976)
Patricia Tauling
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
(1977)
Dr. Fried
An Enemy of the People
(1978)
Catherine Stockmann
Question of Love
(1978)
Catherine Dumais
The Elephant Walk
(1979)
The Mother
Twice a Woman
(1979)
Laura
The Concorde... Airport '79
(1979)
Francine
Quintet
(1979)
Ambrosia
A Look at Liv
(1979)
Self
Marmalade Revolution
(1980)
Anna-Berit
I am Blushing
(1981)
Siv Andersson
Gråtvalsen
(1983)
Berit
Exposed
(1983)
Margaret
Svarta fåglar
(1983)
Simone Cambral
A Hill on the Dark Side of the Moon
(1983)
Ann-Charlotte Lefler
Savannen
(1983)
Lydia
Sista leken
(1984)
Viktors hustru
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
(1985)
Maria 'Maj' Wallenberg
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
(1986)
Narrator (voice)
Poor Butterfly
(1986)
Gertrud
Tomorrow
(1986)
Los dueños del silencio
(1987)
Marie-Louise Wallén
Babette's Feast
(1987)
Swedish Lady-in-Waiting
Maybe I Really Am a Sorceress
(1989)
Self
A Passing Season
(1992)
Lise
Die Frauen in Ingmar Bergmans Filmen
(1993)
Self
Musikbussen
(1994)
Berättare
The Butterfly's Dream
(1994)
La madre
Dreamplay
(1994)
Victoria
Stjärnbilder
(1995)
(archive footage)
Lines from the Heart
(1996)
Self
Little Big Sister
(1998)
Narrator
Shit Happens
(2000)
Solveig Olsson
Anna
(2000)
Annas mor
Light Keeps Me Company
(2000)
Self
Inga Tidblad - Lysande stjärna av sin tid
(2001)
Self
Elina: As If I Wasn't There
(2003)
Tora Holm
The Return of the Dancing Master
(2004)
Elsa Berggren
Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion
(2004)
Self
When Darkness Falls
(2006)
The Mother-in-law
Arn: The Knight Templar
(2007)
Mother Rikissa
Women and Bergman
(2007)
Self
Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
(2008)
Mother Rikissa
Images from the Playground
(2009)
Self
The Frost
(2009)
The Widow Rat
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Behind the Scenes of 'Wild Strawberries'
(2013)
Self (archive footage)
Bilder av Bibi
(2014)
Self
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
(2022)
Self (archive footage)