Viveca Lindfors

Viveca Lindfors is one of those performers I admire for refusing to coast. A Swedish-American actress who carried her craft from Hollywood studio pictures into stage and television, she won a Silver Bear in 1962 and an Emmy in 1990, decades apart, which tells me she stayed sharp and in demand right through a long career. What I respect most is the range hinted at here: she wasn't only an actor but also wrote, produced, and directed. That kind of behind-the-camera ambition was rare for women of her generation, and it reads to me as someone who wanted authorship over her own work, not just roles handed to her.

Name (English)

Viveca Lindfors

Name (Japanese)

ヴィヴェカ・リンドフォース

Reading

ゔぃゔぇか・りんどふぉーす

Born

December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

Origin

Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden

Occupation

screenwriter / film producer / television actor / film actor / film director

Awards & achievements

• 1962 Silver Bear for Best Actress
• 1992 Genie Awards
• 1990 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Uppsala County
• screenwriter
• film producer
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.