Gertrud Fridh

Gertrud Fridh

Born: November 26, 1921
Died: October 11, 1984
in Göteborg, Göteborg- och Bohus län, Sweden
Gertrud Fridh was a Swedish stage and screen actress. She graduated from The Gothenburg City Theatre's school ac acting in 1943. She made her film debut in Gustaf Molnader's "Rid i natt!/Ride Tonight!" (1942). Getrud Fridh played "Pax" in the controversial Hasse Ekman film "The White Cat" (1950).

Movies for Gertrud Fridh...

The Pain Threshold
Title: The Pain Threshold
Released: September 16, 1983
Type: Movie
A man, Jean, is critically injured in a freakish accident. He and Agneta, his partner, must cope with the impact of his injuries and determine a new path for their utterly changed lives.
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Love Through a Window
Title: Love Through a Window
Character: Ilse Siedel
Released: February 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Ilse Siedel lives her life in a wheelchair. Through her window she follows what is happening outside. In her imagination she deals with how to conquer some love for herself.
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Title: Svenska noveller
Character: Ilse Siedel
Released: February 6, 1978
Type: TV
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På flykt undan mina landsmän
Title: På flykt undan mina landsmän
Character: Naima Wifstrand
Released: February 23, 1976
Type: Movie
"On the Run from my Fellow Countrymen" - About Bertolt Brecht as a refugee in Sweden. When war seemed imminent in April 1939, Brecht moved to Stockholm, where he remained for a year.
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Hour of the Wolf
Title: Hour of the Wolf
Character: Corinne von Merkens
Released: February 19, 1968
Type: Movie
While vacationing on a remote German island with his pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
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All These Women
Title: All These Women
Character: Traviata
Released: June 15, 1964
Type: Movie
Pretentious critic Cornelius is writing a biography on a famous cellist and to do some research he stays in the critic's house for a few days. He doesn't manage to get an interview with the man, but by talking to all the women who live with him, he comes to learn a lot about the musician's private life none the less. Cornelius then decides to use this information to blackmail the cellist into performing a composition that he, Cornelius, has written.
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Lyckodrömmen
Title: Lyckodrömmen
Character: Gull Fernström
Released: July 8, 1963
Type: Movie
The Karlsson family moves from a small village to a suburb outside Stockholm. The change from a country life to the big city is not easy.
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Siska
Title: Siska
Character: Annabella Myrman
Released: December 26, 1962
Type: Movie
A young woman struggles with life, love and career. She is courted by a young man but is unwilling to enter into a relationship if it means limiting her freedom.
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Title: Halsduken
Character: Marianne Hastings
Released: November 20, 1962
Type: TV
This is a Swedish remake based on The Scarf, the British original from 1959 (script : Francis Durbridge). The English script was translated to Swedish by Ulla Berthel and Börje Lindell. The Swedish version retains the English setting.
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The Devil's Eye
Title: The Devil's Eye
Character: Renata
Released: October 17, 1960
Type: Movie
The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it, he sends Don Juan up from hell to seduce the 20 year old Britt-Marie and to rob her of her virginity and her belief in love. She however can resist him and things get even turned around when Don Juan falls in love with her. The fact that he feels love for the first time now, makes him even less attractive to her and Don Juan returns to hell.
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Stängda dörrar
Title: Stängda dörrar
Released: May 20, 1959
Type: Movie
A triangle drama - directly from hell. The door to hell closes. A hell that the purgatory or physical torture. An inferno where the guests themselves must serve as each other's executioner.
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The Magician
Title: The Magician
Character: Ottilia
Released: December 26, 1958
Type: Movie
When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople (including the police chief and medical examiner) request that their troupe provide them a sample of their act, before allowing them public audiences. The scientific-minded disbelievers try to expose them as charlatans, but Vogler and his crew prove too clever for them.
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Wild Strawberries
Title: Wild Strawberries
Character: Karin Borg
Released: December 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
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Private Entrance
Title: Private Entrance
Released: February 20, 1956
Type: Movie
A seemingly ordinary day in October. A woman has since she separated from her husband lived in a single room with a separate entrance. But for her this is not an ordinary day. She only has six hours left to live.
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Vildfåglar
Title: Vildfåglar
Character: Lizzie
Released: August 21, 1955
Type: Movie
"Wild birds" - A Swedish film noir with the character of a French noir ('Quai des brumes', 'Le jour se lève'). Two worlds meet for a brief experience of happiness ended by a violent tragedy. In one world the unhappy prostitute (Ulla) finds a drunken young man (Nisse) who had previously failed in many occupations. She takes him home. Her feelings are like those for a younger brother.
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The Yellow Squadron
Title: The Yellow Squadron
Character: Inger Bart-Wretling
Released: November 29, 1954
Type: Movie
The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the boarder. The peace in Europe is fragile and the cold war is imminent. At F8 - Air Fore Base, the yellow squadron stand ready with its J29 fighters.
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The White Cat
Title: The White Cat
Character: "Pax", Lena Gall
Released: December 25, 1950
Type: Movie
A man comes to Stockholm's central station. He does not know who he is or where he has been. He has some keys and a phone number. Perhaps he is the escaped sex maniac the police are searching for. A waitress at a café tries to help him.
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Jack of Hearts
Title: Jack of Hearts
Character: Charlotta Ulfhammar
Released: September 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Anders Canitz is a womanizer and gambler from the upper class. He has spent all of heritage and tries to get to his sister's money by engaging her to invest in a shady business project he is involved in.
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Två trappor över gården
Title: Två trappor över gården
Character: Inga Larsson
Released: February 6, 1950
Type: Movie
The rootless, misfit artist Bengt Hallberg escapes from a mental hospital. The head doctor believes him to be a hopeless case and dangerous for the environment. Bengt looks up Inga Larsson, the only person that matters to him.
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A Ship to India
Title: A Ship to India
Character: Sally
Released: September 22, 1947
Type: Movie
Sailor Johannes Blom returns to his home port, after seven years at sea, to find that Sally, the girl he has been thinking of while away, is completely despondent. Seven years earlier, obstreperous Alexander Blom, brings his mistress Sally to live with him, his wife Alice, son Johannes, and crew, aboard the salvage boat he captains. Amidst all the tensions on the small boat, Johannes and Sally fall in love with each other.
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Trav, hopp och kärlek
Title: Trav, hopp och kärlek
Character: Rose-Marie Nilsson
Released: September 26, 1945
Type: Movie
The estate Bokegård has big debts, mostly because the owner Måns Nilsson and his daughter Rose Marie just care about their horses.
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Ride Tonight!
Title: Ride Tonight!
Character: Farmers wife
Released: November 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Oppressed by landowners, a peasant uprising ensues as an outlaw farmer refuses to pay taxes in this film adapted from Vilhelm Moberg's novel.