Lena Nyman
Nacimiento : 1944-05-23, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sverige
Muerte : 2011-02-04
Historia
Ana Lena Elisabet Nyman conocida como Lena Nyman (Estocolmo, 23 de mayo de 1944 – ibíd. 4 de febrero de 2011) fue una actriz de cine, teatro y televisión sueca.
Comenzó su carrera artística muy tempranamente participando a los 6 años en el Teatro Infantil de Estocolmo.
En 1955 realizó su primera aparición cinematográfica en las películas Promesa peligrosa y El vagabundo y Rasmus, esta última basada en un guion escrito por Astrid Lindgren. Volvería a actuar en 1981 en una nueva versión de dicha película, actuando otro papel.
En 1960 comenzó a participar en el Real Teatro Dramático (Dramaten) donde estudió entre los años 1964 y 1967.
Después de haber participado en algunas películas, obtuvo su salto a la fama en 1967 en el film Soy curiosa – amarillo, del director Vilgot Sjöman, que dio que hablar por las escenas de desnudo y su lenguaje cinematográfico experimental.
Por su participación, recibió en 1968, el premio Guldbagge (Escarabajo de Oro) otorgado por el Instituto Cinematográfico Sueco (Svenska Filminstitutet).
En 1969 actuó en la pieza teatral La Opera de Tres Centavos, conocida obra de Bertolt Brecht.
En 1971 recibió el premio Gösta Ekman, y en 1975 el premio de Teatro de la Academia Sueca (Svenska Akademiens teaterpris) y el premio Daniel Engdahl otorgado por la Asociación Teatral (Teaterförbundet).
En la década de 1970 también colaboró en las producciones cinematográficas, para televisión y revistas musicales de Hans Alfredsson y Tage Danielsson, mostrando en estas últimas su talento cómico y musical.
En 1978 actuó junto a Ingrid Bergman y Liv Ullmann en la película Sonata de otoño dirigida por Ingmar Bergman.
En las décadas de 1980 y 1990 participó en numerosos largometrajes, películas para la TV y obras de teatro.
Lena Nyman se autodefinía como actriz dramática, pero también interpretó y grabó a poetas suecos, además de canciones de cuna.
En 2004 fue diagnosticada con la enfermedad neurológica Síndrome de Guillain-Barré, de la cual pudo recuperarse. El mismo año recibió la medalla Litteris et artibus, otorgada por la Casa Real sueca.
En 2006 actuó en 2 películas y en piezas teatrales en su ciudad natal, Estocolmo.
En agosto de 2006 tuvo que interrumpir su participación en la obra Largo viaje hacia la noche del autor Eugene O'Neill para ser intervenida quirúrgicamente debido a complicaciones de enfisema pulmonar.
El 18 de octubre del mismo año recibió el Premio O’Neill otorgado por el Real Teatro Dramático (Dramaten) a los actores de mérito suecos.
Lena se recuperó y volvió al escenario del Dramaten el 7 de octubre de 2007 en el rol de la madre, nuevamente en la obra de O'Neill Largo viaje hacia la noche, conjuntamente con el actor Börje Ahlstedt, con quien compartió roles en 1967 en la película Soy curiosa - amarillo.
Después de un largo período de enfermedad, falleció el 4 de febrero de 2011 a los 66 años de edad.
som sig själv
To my daughter if I 'd ever had one. The movie about Lena Nyman is a tender portrait of one of Sweden's most genuine actors.
Edith
A single dog hairdresser meets romance when spending a weekend at a health resort.
Märit
Christmas 1945. In a train from Stockholm to Berlin are a motley collection. It is the failure of the author Gunnar who wants to leave his old life and make a contribution in Berlin; physician Henry who plan to marry Marie and likewise Henry's current wife Karin, who he plans to kill during the journey, the middle-aged gay couple Pompe and Sixten, a soldier going to Uppsala but is on the wrong train: the cheerful and cynical old Margaret, and a dressed elf and a surly conductor. With the train are also a number of Baltic refugees accompanied by two nuns to be sent to Germany.
Self (archive footage)
A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and changed film in USA forever by breaking the USA Obscenity Codes.
"Powder" - A very tiny theatrical company turns into a war zone of egos as a new play goes into rehearsal in this broad comedy from Sweden.
Miss Fellini (voice)
Eccentric old farmer Pettersson and his cat, Findus, have hilarious adventures camping in the woods while waiting for a letter from the king.
(voice)
Regal is an eagle who is afraid to fly. A little bird offers to help him, but Regal does not believe he can. Will the eagle finally learn to fly?
Birgit
Asker is always aftemoney and everybody knows he doesn't have any scruples. He gets accused of stealing a lottery ticket from the mentally-handicapped Musse. Simultaneously he meets a man at a café named Claes Douglas who promises to pay Asker if he does a favour for him.
Margaretha
The faded dragshow entertainer Ragnar Rönn is both broke and lonely. He is becoming extremely unpopular. Noone comes to his shows. Perhaps it might have to do with the fact that he is completely unruly and bitter. One day he runs into the middle-aged funeral entrepreneur Margaretha.
Siv Matsson
Tin-Tin is a bar pianist, living with the radio talk show host Paul in a relationship gone stale. Still, her parents are expecting grandchildren. Then a self-assured Norwegian business man turns up giving her the eye.
The Guide
The Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries
A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and consists of about a hundred clips from Swedish film history with many of its stars.
Sanna
Göran buys a house in a suburb. It is in need of some repairs, but Göran believes himself capable of repairing it himself with the help of some cheap craftsmen. However, the house is much worse than he thought. At the same time, a gang of crooks is searching for the dynamite they hid in the basement some time ago. Göran has to rescue both his wallet from greedy craftsmen as well as his marriage with Tina.
"The Inventor" - About "Arbman Development" an inventory company initiated by PR-guru Leon Nordin. AD produced a total of 173 inventions, including a banknote counter that made confetti out of money.
Fröken Jansson
The horse Isabella is the circus director Gustavsson's pride. But the master criminal Ville Vessla has an evil plan for Isabella.
Ellen, the daughter
During one evening, night and morning we follow the decay of an upperclass family's last convulsive attempt to reconcile and reach mutual respect.
Boel
Life isn't easy for the indecisive 40-year-old Claes-Henrik. Should he choose his mom or his girlfriend?
Narrator (voice)
Gustav invites Bella to his birthday party. But it's a whole week left and the impatient Bella will not wait.
Lovis
Ronya vive feliz en el castillo de su padre hasta que se encuentra con un nuevo compañero de juegos, Birk, en el bosque oscuro cercano. Los dos exploran el desierto, desafiando a peligrosos Witchbirds y Rump-Gnomes. Pero cuando sus familias descubren que Birk y Ronja han estado jugando juntos, les prohíben volver a verse. De hecho, sus padres son competidores jefes de ladrones y enemigos amargos. Ahora los dos niños valientes deben intentar derribar las barreras que han mantenido a sus familias separadas durante tanto tiempo.
Lee
In a dystopian future two private detectives try to find a stolen bracelet.
Director
A Swedish comedy classic.
Frida Fleggman
A Swedish comedy classic.
Agnes
The elderly Arnolphe has decided to marry a young woman, Agnes, whom he has fallen in love with. She is too young and innocent to realize what plans he has for her. But Agnes and Arnolphe's young friend, the dandy Horace, have fallen in love with each other. Their love is a threat to Arnolphe's attempt at getting married. Can the cunning Arnolphe stop them?
Mia Edling / Ingegerd Borglind
Pettersson and Bendel are both worn, run-down and broke. Despite this they decide to start a business and become rich. Unexperienced they are open to any deal. They tamper, scam and exploit loopholes that exist.
Malla af Tidaholm
The story of the charlatan Gustaf Raskenstam life and times during World War II, who for financial gain seduced a large number of women.
Maggan
Gary's wife goes away for a week and Gary expects a week of hard work at the office. After having left her at the airport, he misses the bus. But the car mechanic Lasse gives him a ride. Although they are unlike each other, they get to know each other. Gary makes a mess of everything and can't avoid Lasse.
Woman Without Legs
La madre de Sven, débil mental, muere y él empieza a trabajar en la rica granja Hoeglund. Él tiene que trabajar sin sueldo y duerme junto a las vacas. Conoce a la minusválida Ana, que es la primera que lo trata como un adulto. Un día él, cansado del maltrato de Hoeglund, se muda con la familia de Anna. Sven (Stellan Skarsgård) es un inocente empujado a la violencia por la crueldad de otros.
The prostitute
Scrutinizes the sexual morals and class ideology of its day through a series of encounters between pairs of characters, shown before or after a sexual encounter. A prostitute is cheated out of her money by a drug-dealer, in the next scene the dealer seduces a maid, who in turn is hit by the son of her employer, and so on, until an actress engages in a little hanky-panky with the count, who - and this is where the circle joins - in a final scene ends up at the prostitute's apartment.
Merchant's wife
9-year old orphan called Rasmus runs away from the orphanage. He meets a vagabond they call Paradise Oskar who likes to sing and play his accordion. Oskar makes the Rasmus world seem like a better place.
Estelle Rigault
Inès, Estelle, and Garcin are condemned to be together in a single room and soon start arguing and accusing each other.
Crown Princess Victoria
One Monday morning, a thousand children leave the suburb of Farsta and go to Stockholm to occupy the Royal Castle. The children have formed a group called S.O.P.O.R. as a protest against the way adults treat them and have destroyed their future. They demand that the robots in the industry are replaced by humans to create job opportunities. They take the royal family as hostages.
Lysistrate
The women of Athens plotting to end the war with Sparta by refusing to have sex until there is peace.
This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.
'Räkan'
A comedy by Hans Alfredson.
Orlanda
Literature graduate Orlando begins a love affair with the Foreign Ministry official Anders. She follows him to Argentina. There she learns that he is already married.
Sonja
"My Love" - A drama rich in symbols about an unsuccessful Norwegian bookseller. With a bag filled with quirky literature he wanders through Stockholm, trying to find book buyers.
Helena
Charlotte es una famosa concertista de piano que ha estado tan volcada en su carrera que no ha visto a su hija Eva en siete años. Eva, que vive con su marido, un pastor protestante, y con una hermana gravemente incapacitada, mantiene con su madre una relación de amor-odio. Después de tantos años, Charlotte decide ir a visitarlos, pero el encuentro pronto se convertirá en un tenso duelo entre madre e hija.
Sirkka
Ya en su infancia, Pablo Picasso mostraba talento por la pintura, y por ello es enviado a la Academia de Artes de Madrid. Allí se convierte en pintor, pero ha de vivir en París en la pobreza. Un día es descubierto por un millonario y empieza a ganar dinero conociendo de esta manera a gente famosa de la década de 1920 como Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Appolinaire, Hitler y Churchill.
Caroline Marie David
Depicts the explosive relationship between August Strindberg and Siri von Essen in 1889 while Siri is rehearsing a lead role in a play written by Strindberg.
Self
On-set documentary of the making of Ingmar Bergman's 1977 film Autumn Sonata starring Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullman, examining every aspect of the production. Unusual for this kind of documentary, there is no post-production commentary or interviews.
Various
Svea hund, complete title Svea Hund på Göta Lejon (Svea Dog at Göta Lejon), was a Swedish variety show produced by AB Svenska Ord. It was written by Hans Alfredsson and Tage Danielsson, commonly known as Hasseåtage and directed by Tage. The show premièred on 15 February (although it had a sneak première on 9 February) 1976 on the theater Göta Lejon in Stockholm. It was the last of the three "Dog-revues"; the first was Gröna hund (Green Dog) the second being Gula Hund (Yellow Dog). Both Hasse and Tage starred in various roles. Other cast members were Gösta Ekman, Monica Zetterlund, Lena Nyman, and Tommy Körberg. The song quartet EBBA (Lena Eriksson, Lars Bagge, Kersint Bagge and Bo Andersson) and Gunnar Svenssons Bandhundband.
Frida
Small and short Frida lives with her long, tall friend in a house in the countryside. Frida rejects the idea that people who have committed crimes should be locked up. One day their own house is burgled by Harald. He is sentenced to prison. Acting in accordance with her philosophy, Frida decides to use all means possible to make it possible for Harald to escape.
Berit
A day in the life of Monika, an ordinary, modern (ca.1975) Swedish woman. Her surroundings are a lot sleeker than her daily existence, though; she's unemployed, her husband is gone, and she's alone in the midst of what ought to be the good life.
Glaset i örat is a revue by Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson. It was recorded at Berns in Stockholm 1973 and on tour during the spring of 1974.
Bertha
Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman / Lena
Soy Curiosa - Azul se desarrolla en paralelo a Soy Curiosa - Amarillo. Continúan los esfuerzos de Lena por comprender la sociedad sueca. En esta ocasión sus preocupaciones giran alrededor de asuntos como la religión, la sexualidad y el sistema de prisiones, a la vez que mantiene la exploración de sus propias relaciones personales. De la misma forma que en Amarillo, Azul atraviesa libremente las líneas que separan realidad y ficción, empleando una mezcla de técnicas propias del drama y del documental. (FILMAFFINITY)
Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman / Lena
La película es una mezcla entre ficción y documental en la que se nos muestra a una joven, Lena, que analiza la sociedad sueca de los años sesenta. Lena quiere comprender la sociedad en la que vive, sus contradicciones y sus cambios, y se esfuerza por obtener respuestas sobre todas las cosas. Hace preguntas a la gente de la calle, líderes sindicales y políticos sobre temas como la posición de Suecia ante la guerra del Vietnam o ante la dictadura de Franco, sobre la no-violencia o sobre el sistema de clases. Organiza demostraciones públicas y funda un instituto en su propia habitación con el único fin de encontrar respuestas a sus preguntas.
Steva
A study in forgiveness as oppression and goodness as provocation. Six youth criminals are chosen to participate in a social experiment where they are assigned to live together in a rundown apartment in the heart of Stockholm, Sweden. The six boys are being supervised by two forgiving and uneasy social workers. Their need to continue to commit petty crimes escalates out of boredom with the situation. One night they run into a young girl in trouble.
"It's with me he's been" - Li and Hans are colleagues at an advertising agency. Even though Hans is married, they start a relationship. Li hopes that Hans will tell his wife the truth about them and leave her for Li.
Signe
A story about a boy named Anders, who lives in an ordinary Swedish family in an apartment at the train station. Through his childhood, he experiences life's glorious scents of beautiful flowers and green forest, close and warm relationships with his grandparents and joyful play with his siblings. He has a strong friendship with his father and a great love for his mother. Still he lives in fear of death. He is afraid of losing all of this that is so valuable to him. In his thoughts and fears, he often turns often God, just as his sister, mother and grandparents, and ask Him for help and protection.
Yvonne Wickström
Ulla Winther has retired from her singing career to a marriage with two children. But her agent wants her to return and she finally agrees to take part in a charity concert
Helen Tomason
A woman is murdered and a little girl is the only one who can reveal the perpetrator.
Drottning Kristina
