Jacobsson, Ulla (1929–1982)
Jacobsson, Ulla (1929–1982)
Swedish actress. Born on May 23, 1929, in Göteborg, Sweden; died of bone cancer on August 20, 1982, in Vienna, Austria; married an Austrian scientist; no children.
Selected filmography:
Rolling Sea (1951); One Summer of Happiness (1951); All the Joy of the Earth (1953); Eternal Love (1954); Sir Arne's Treasure (1954); Smiles of a Summer Night (1955); The Sacred Lie (1955); Crime et Châtiment (Crime and Punishment, Fr., 1956); Song of the Scarlet Flower (1956); Unruhige Nacht (The Restless Night, Ger., 1958); The Phantom Carriage (1958); Riviera Story (1961); Love Is a Ball (US, 1963); Zulu (UK, 1964); The Heroes of Telemark (UK, 1965); Nightmare (1965); The Double Man (UK, 1967); Bamse (Teddy Bear, 1969); The Servant (1970); Faustrecht der Freiheit (Fist-Right of Freedom or Fox and His Friends, Ger., 1975).
After an early stage career, Swedish actress Ulla Jacobsson gained international attention with her second movie, One Summer of Happiness (1951), directed by Arne Mattsson. She subsequently appeared in Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), the breakthrough film of famed Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. During the 1960s, Jacobsson also starred in British, French, and German movies. Her only American film was Love Is a Ball (1963). The actress, who was married to an Austrian scientist, died of bone cancer in 1982, at the age of 53.