Viveca Lindfors

Actor

About

Also Known As

Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors

Birth Place

Sweden

Born

December 29, 1920

Died

October 25, 1995

Cause of Death

Complications From Rheumatoid Arthritis

Biography

Filmography

Unfinished Business... (1987)

Director

Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)

Herself

Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)

Stargate (1994)

Zelda (1993)

North of Pittsburgh (1992)

Rosa Andretti

Photos & Videos

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Night Unto Night -- (Original Trailer)

Way We Were, The - (Original Trailer)

Family & Companions

Henry Hasso

Husband

Cinematographer. Swedish; divorced; father of John Tabori.

Folke Rogard

Husband

Attorney. Swedish; divorced; father of Lena Tabori.

Don Siegel

Husband

Director. Married 1949; divorced 1953.

George Tabori

Husband

Playwright; director. Hungarian; married July 4, 1954; divorced.

Bibliography

"Viveka . . . Viveca, An Actress, A Woman, A Life"

Viveca Lindfors (1981)

Biography

The tall, dark Lindfors began her career on the Swedish stage while still a student at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm. She was featured in several films her native country (notably "The Spinning Family" 1940 and "In Paradise" 1941) before embarking on a Hollywood career. Lindfors played Queen Margaret opposite Errol Flynn in "The Adventures of Don Juan" (1948) and went on to co-star with Ronald Reagan in "Night Unto Night" (1949), directed by her third husband Don Siegel, and "Four in a Jeep" (1951) opposite Ralph Meeker. Typical of Hollywood, many compared Lindfors' elegant countenance and beauty with her fellow countrywoman Greta Garbo.

Lindfors made an acclaimed Broadway debut in 1955, starring in "Anastasia," portraying a woman who claimed to be the daughter of the Czar of Russia. The film role went to Ingrid Bergman. Lindfors alternated among stage, TV and films throughout the rest of her career. She starred in her own one-woman show "I Am Woman" and appeared with her son Kristoffer Tabori in "My Mother, My Son." Among her notable feature appearances were "No Exit" (1960), "The Way We Were" (1973), "A Wedding" and "Girlfriends" (both 1978) and "Creepshow" (1981). She wrote, directed and co-starred in "Unfinished Business . . . " (1987), a highly personal, autobiographical drama. Her final film was Henry Jaglom's "Last Summer in the Hamptons" (1995), a Chekhovian-inspired comedy/drama in which she played a grande dame actress spending time with her family.

Filmography

Life Events

1935

Studied at Royal Dramatic Theater School in Stockholm

1937

Swedish stage debut

1940

Film debut "The Spinning Family"

1946

Immigrated to US

1948

American feature debut, "To the Victor"

1954

Starred on Broadway in "Anastasia"

1958

American TV debut, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"

1966

Founded and was artistic director of Berkshire Theater Company, Stockbridge, MA

1973

Appeared in one-woman show, "I Am Woman"

1981

Wrote autobiography, "Viveka . . . Viveca, An Actress, A Woman, A Life"

1987

Feature directorial debut "Unfiinished Business . . . " (also scripted)

1990

Attacked in Greenwich Village, NYC; man slashed her face with razor, requiring 28 stitches

1995

Final film appearance, "Last Summer in the Hamptons"

Photo Collections

These Are the Damned - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for These Are the Damned (1963, released in the U.S. in 1965), directed by Joseph Losey. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Moonfleet - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a number of photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Moonfleet (1955), starring Stewart Granger, Viveca Lindfors, and George Sanders, and directed by Fritz Lang.