Mimi Pollak has grown into a veteran Swedish actress with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. If the filmography has a home genre, it is drama. 28 appearances between the two screens is the plain arithmetic of it. Piano Instructor in 'Autumn Sonata' is the role that outgrew the rest. 'Summer Interlude' is close behind in visibility. It began in 1922, at the age of 19.
Mimi Pollak
96 years (Apr 9, 1903 – Aug 11, 1999)Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
27 Movies1 Series
Mimi Pollak has grown into a veteran Swedish actress with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. If the filmography has a home genre, it is drama. 28 appearances between the two screens is the plain arithmetic of it. Piano Instructor in 'Autumn Sonata' is the role that outgrew the rest. 'Summer Interlude' is close behind in visibility. It began in 1922, at the age of 19.
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.