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Liv Ullmann
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Director, Actor Born: December 16, 1939 in Tokyo, Japan Biography:Though born a citizen of Norway, "Liv Ullmann" did not set foot in her homeland until she was seven years old. The daughter of a Norwegian engineer stationed in Japan at the time of her birth, Ullmann moved to Canada when World War II broke out, then relocated to Norway in 1946, where she received the bulk of her education. Deciding upon an acting career, she studied at the Webber-Douglas academy in London. Ullmann began her stage work in Stavanger and Oslo, and in the late '50s, she starred in the Norwegian production of "The Diary of Anne Frank".
In films from 1959, Ullmann's breakthrough role was catatonic actress Elisabeth Vogler in "Ingmar Bergman"'s "Persona" (1966), a part she landed primarily because of her striking resemblance to co-star "Bibi Andersson". Bergman became Ullmann's mentor and paramour; they lived together for several years, during which time Ullmann bore the director a... Full Biography
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