Mimi Pollak
Actor
Biography
Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak was a Swedish stage and screen actress and director. She attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in Stockholm, Sweden, with fellow actress Greta Garbo from 1922 to 1924. It was Mimi that came up with the name Garbo. They became friends for life. Pollak became in 1948 the first contracted female director at the Dramaten with the production of Jean Genet's Jungfruleken (Les Bonnes/The Maids), with Anita Björk and Maj-Britt Nilsson. Mimi Pollak appeared since her 1922 debut in the film "Amatörfilmen" in about 30 feature films and TV productions. She directed and handfull during the 1950's.
Filmography
Autumn Sonata
as Piano Instructor 1978
Summer Interlude
as Mrs Calwagen 1951
Emil i Lönneberga
as Lillklossan 1971
The Flight of the Eagle
as Mina Andrée 1982
Amorosa
as Miss Rosenhjelm 1986
Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
as Hulda 1991
Only a Mother
as Erika Rost 1949
With You in My Arms
as Miss Carlander 1940
Brenda Brave
as Market Woman 1989
Supper for Two
as Sophie 1947
Playing Truant
as Märta Hoffman 1949
The Farewell
as isoäiti 1982
Flames in the Dark
as Miss Danielsson 1942
Mord, lilla vän
as Olga Vaern 1955
Gatan
as Mrs Rodelius 1949
Nightmare
as Anna Söderblom 1965
We Home Toilers
as Rosa "Rose" Réenchrona 1942