Frida Winnerstrand
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Frida Winnerstrand | |
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Born | Karolina Alfrida Kumlin 23 January 1881 , Järfälla, Sweden |
Died | 1 December 1943 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 62)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1901–1943 |
Spouse(s) | Olof Winnerstrand
(m. 1906–1943) |
Karolina Alfrida ("Frida") Winnerstrand, née Kumlin (23 January 1881 – 1 December 1943) was a Swedish actress.
Biography[]
Born in Lövsta, Järfälla, Stockholm, Frida Winnerstrand made her debut 1896 in the Anna Lundbergs Theatre Company and later studied acting at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school (Dramatens elevskola) in Stockholm 1900-1901. Later she joined the Hillberg Company (1901–02) and the Selander Company (1902–03) on tour. Performed at Albert Ranft's theatre, old 1903, at the Swedish Theatre 1904 and from 1905-19 at Vasateatern. From 1919 to her death in 1943 she worked at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm where some of her most notable parts were as Lady Chiltern in Oscar Wildes An Ideal Husband (1919), Adelaide i play Johan Ulfstjerna, Julia Swedenhielm in Hjalmar Bergmans Swedenhielms (1925), Essie Miller in Eugene O'Neills Ah, Wilderness! (1935–36), Mrs Heyst in Strindbergs Easter and as Mor i Falla in Selma Lagerlöfs Kejsarn av Portugallien (The Emperor of Portugal) (1939).
Frida Winnerstrand made her film debut in 1920 in Pauline Brunius silent short film De läckra skaldjuren, and played altogether 10 parts on film (only three talkies). She was since 1906 married to Swedish actor Olof Winnerstrand. They often appeared together on stage and played opposite each other in the popular long-running radio series Familjen Björck (The Björck Family), as Mr and Mrs Björck (that aired in Swedish Radio, SR, between 1936-1943), and later also in the popular film adaption of the series, shot in 1940.
Selected filmography[]
- Familjen Björck (The Bjorck Family) (1940)
- Thunder and Lightning (1938)
- Äventyret (1936)
- De läckra skaldjuren (1920)
Further reading[]
- Karolina Alfrida (Frida) Winnerstrand 1881-01-23 — 1943-12-01 Actor at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
External links[]
- 1881 births
- 1943 deaths
- Swedish stage actresses
- Swedish film actresses
- Swedish silent film actresses
- 20th-century Swedish actresses