
Mimi Pollak
Acting
Born 1903-04-09 · Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden · Died 1999-08-11
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.
Acting

Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
Hulda
The Secret
Ester

Brenda Brave
Market Woman

The Crown Witness
The old lady

Stiller, Garbo & jag

A Matter of Life and Death
Rickos Mormorsmor

Amorosa
Miss Rosenhjelm
August Strindberg: A Life
Änglamakerskan

Sömnen
The Grandma

The Flight of the Eagle
Mina Andrée

The Farewell
isoäiti

Kristoffers hus
Grandma
I frid och värdighet

Autumn Sonata
Piano Instructor

Near and Far Away
Fortune teller

Emil of Lönneberga
Lillklossan

Emil of Lonneberga
Lillklossan

Nightmare
Anna Söderblom

The Dress
Mrs. Rubin

Mord, lilla vän
Olga Vaern

Summer Interlude
Mrs Calwagen

Only a Mother
Erika Rost

Playing Truant
Märta Hoffman

Gatan
Mrs Rodelius
The Sixth Commandment

Supper for Two
Sophie
Den långa vägen
Fredrika Bremer
Bröder emellan

Kajan går till sjöss
Miss Lidegren

We Home Toilers
Rosa "Rose" Réenchrona



