COPENHAGEN — Bibi Andersson, the Swedish actress who starred in classic films by compatriot Ingmar Bergman, including “The Seventh Seal” and “Persona,”has died. Andersson died on Sunday, said Martin Frostberg, spokesman for the Swedish Film Institute said. The state-funded institute said Monday Andersson was the only person to have been named best actress four times in its annual awards. Born in Stockholm on Nov. 11, 1935, as Berit Elisabet Andersson, she appeared in more than 90 films, 13 of them directed by Bergman. They first met in 1951 when Bergman directed a series of soap commercials featuring Andersson, according to the institute.

Source: National Post April 15, 2019 11:37 UTC