Anita Strindberg

Anita Strindberg

Born: June 19, 1937
in Sweden
Anita Strindberg, born Anita Edberg, is a former Swedish actress who became one of the most well-known stars of the Italian giallo films in the 1970s.

Strindberg started her career in "gialli" with Lucio Fulci's Una lucertola con la pelle di donna ("A Lizard in a Woman's Skin") in 1971 and starred in her first lead role that same year, in Sergio Martino -directed La coda dello scorpione ("Case of the Scorpion's Tail"). In 1972, she starred in two more gialli; in Aldo Lado's Chi l'ha vista morire? ("Who Saw Her Die?") with George Lazenby and Martino's Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave ("Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key") with Luigi Pistilli and Edwige Fenech.[1] After the early 1970s, Strindberg acted in many types of "genre films"; a women in prison film Diario segreto da un carcere femminile ("Women in Cell Block 7"), The Exorcist-like horror film L'anticristo ("The Antichrist") and a poliziotteschi film Milano odia: la polizia non può sparare ("Almost Human"), directed by Umberto Lenzi. Her last film was Riccardo Freda's Murder Obsession (Follia Omicida), also known as "Fear" and co-starred by Laura Gemser.

Movies for Anita Strindberg...

The Salamander
Title: The Salamander
Character: Princess Faubiani
Released: April 25, 1981
Type: Movie
An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.
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Murder Obsession
Title: Murder Obsession
Character: Glenda
Released: February 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat of his nightmare past is in progress.
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My Father's Private Secretary
Title: My Father's Private Secretary
Character: Ingrid
Released: December 29, 1976
Type: Movie
Ponziani Armando, the owner of a thriving chemical industry, lives in a beautiful villa on Lake Como with his wife and his son Franco Ersilia.
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L'inconveniente
Title: L'inconveniente
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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La verginella
Title: La verginella
Character: Pamela
Released: December 2, 1975
Type: Movie
A high school girl is lured into prostitution by a fashion photographer.
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The Antichrist
Title: The Antichrist
Character: Greta
Released: November 22, 1974
Type: Movie
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.
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La profanazione
Title: La profanazione
Released: October 5, 1974
Type: Movie
italian film
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Puzzle
Title: Puzzle
Character: Mary Caine
Released: August 23, 1974
Type: Movie
In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place.
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Almost Human
Title: Almost Human
Character: Iona Tucci
Released: August 8, 1974
Type: Movie
A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
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The African Deal
Title: The African Deal
Character: Eva McDougall
Released: August 30, 1973
Type: Movie
An inter-racial affair against a background of corrupt businessmen attempting to manipulate the national resources of an emerging nation that bears a distinct resemblance to Ghana.
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Women in Cell Block 7
Title: Women in Cell Block 7
Character: Hilda
Released: July 5, 1973
Type: Movie
A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
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Halleluja to Vera Cruz
Title: Halleluja to Vera Cruz
Released: March 2, 1973
Type: Movie
Two American bandits disguise themselves as priests in order to work undetected in Mexico during the revolution.
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Tropic of Cancer
Title: Tropic of Cancer
Character: Grace Wright
Released: September 30, 1972
Type: Movie
A couple on holiday in Haiti become involved in a series of savage murders linked to a doctors a new invention, a drug with extreme side effects.
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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Title: Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Character: Irina Rouvigny
Released: August 4, 1972
Type: Movie
Oliviero is a drunk, burned-out writer who amuses himself by hosting orgies at his grand country manor and humiliating his wife Irina. When a number of women are murdered in grisly fashion, Oliviero becomes a prime suspect.
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Who Saw Her Die?
Title: Who Saw Her Die?
Character: Elizabeth Serpieri
Released: May 12, 1972
Type: Movie
Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are in over their heads as the body-count keeps rising.
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The Eroticist
Title: The Eroticist
Character: moglie dell'ambasciatore francese
Released: March 16, 1972
Type: Movie
Senator Pupis feels a strong and uncontrollable urge to grab women's bottoms, a habit than can lead to embarrassment, especially if the woman in question is head of another state and the occasion a state visit. In his desperation Pupis turns to the clergy for spiritual and psychological help.
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The Two Faces of Fear
Title: The Two Faces of Fear
Character: Dr. Paola Lombardi
Released: February 17, 1972
Type: Movie
Doctor Miguel Azzini is found shot dead dead. The police suspect his colleagues: Elena Carli, his former mistress and owner of the clinic where he worked; Roberto Carli, her surgeon husband; Doctor Paula Lombardo, Roberto's mistress; and the clinic's administrator. Inspector Nardi discovers that Elena has a heart condition and had offered Miguel an increased sharehold in the clinic in order to dissuade him from leaving for another post. Elena's heart condition is worsened by the relentless police scrutiny and by her suspicion that Roberto is the murderer. She has to be rushed into hospital and is even more alarmed when Roberto prepares to operate...
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Winged Devils
Title: Winged Devils
Character: Gianni's friend
Released: February 4, 1972
Type: Movie
The real-life courage and audacity of aeronautic acrobats whose ground life is often as exciting as flight maneuvers.
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The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
Title: The Case of the Scorpion's Tail
Character: Cléo Dupont
Released: August 16, 1971
Type: Movie
After her husband dies in a freak plane accident, a woman leaves London for Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy. She soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money - and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, a private investigator arrives to investigate irregularities in the claim, teaming up with a beautiful reporter.
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Title: A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Character: Julia Durer (uncredited)
Released: February 18, 1971
Type: Movie
Carol Hammond, the sexually frustrated wife of a successful London lawyer, is having bizarre, erotic dreams about her uninhibited neighbour, Julia Durer, who presides over noisy, sex and drug filled parties in the house next door. One night, Carol dreams culminate in violent death and she wakes to find her nightmares have become reality - Julia has been murdered and Carol is the main suspect. Was she set up, or did she really do it?
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Quella chiara notte d'ottobre
Title: Quella chiara notte d'ottobre
Character: Victim
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
A unhappily married woman tries to find happiness with a former lover, but when they witnesses crime, it leads them down a path of self-destruction
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Sköna Susanna och gubbarna
Title: Sköna Susanna och gubbarna
Character: Joakim's Wife
Released: October 19, 1959
Type: Movie
In the legend of Susanna in Babylon she was highly desired by the old men. In this movie, Susanna the beautiful lives in a Swedish town in the 19th century.
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Blonde in Bondage
Title: Blonde in Bondage
Character: Telephone Operator
Released: November 8, 1957
Type: Movie
A reporter (Mark Miller) tries to help a drug-addicted cabaret dancer (Anita Thallaug) who has criminal ties to the Swedish underworld.