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My Take
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.
Overview
Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995) was a Swedish-American stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / film producer / television actor / film actor / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1962 Silver Bear for Best Actress
- 1992 Genie Awards
- 1990 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Screenwriter — see all → · Film producer — see all → · More people from Sweden →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.