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  • Swedish cinema icon Ingrid Thulin, star in Bergman films, dead at 77

    01/08/2004 2:37:59 PM PST · by Charles Henrickson · 12 replies · 156+ views
    AFP ^ | January 8, 2004
    STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Ingrid Thulin, a leading actress in many Ingmar Bergman films including the classic "Wild Strawberries," has died at the age of 77 after battling cancer, hospital officials said. Much like her famed compatriot Greta Garbo, Thulin -- who died on Wednesday -- combined an aloof, mysterious demeanour with her own brand of Scandinavian melancholy. She was often listed as the best Swedish actress of all time, even ahead of the mysterious Garbo. The blue-eyed and blonde former stage actress and dancer starred in eight Bergman films, making her first appearance on celluloid while she was still a...