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Mai Elisabeth Zetterling (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmajː ˈsɛ̂tːɛˌɭɪŋ]; 24 May 1925 – 17 March 1994) was a Swedish film director, novelist and actress.
Mai Zetterling. Actress: The Witches. Mai Zetterling was born in Sweden in 1925, and lived briefly in Australia while still a child. She's known as a director and actor and trained on the Stockholm repertory stage, she began appearing in war-era films starting in her teens.
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- Västerås, Västmanlands län, Sweden
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- London, England, UK
Actress: The Witches. Mai Zetterling was born in Sweden in 1925, and lived briefly in Australia while still a child. She's known as a director and actor and trained on the Stockholm repertory stage, she began appearing in war-era films starting in her teens.
- May 24, 1925
- March 17, 1994
A fearlessly transgressive, long-overlooked pioneer of feminist cinema, the Swedish actor turned director Mai Zetterling ruffled the feathers of the patriarchal establishment with a string of bracingly modern, sexually frank, and politically incendiary films focused on female agency and the turbulent state of twentieth-century Europe.
May 20, 2024 · Mai Zetterling was a Swedish actress, director, and novelist. As a director, she imbued her work with a passionate feminism. Zetterling was trained for the stage and made both her stage and screen debut in 1941 when she was 16 years of age.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Swedish stage and screen actress, film director and author who made her most important contribution to Swedish cinema as an advocate of women's rights and a critic of contemporary society.
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Mar 19, 1994 · Mai Elisabeth Zetterling, actress: born Vasteras, Sweden 24 May 1925; married (one son, one daughter); died London 17 March 1994. 'WOULD you take Frieda into your home?' So went one of the most...