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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: May 24, 1925 in Vasteras, Sweden Death: March 17, 1994 in London, England, UK Biography:Swedish-born "Mai Zetterling" found acting as an escape from an impoverished childhood, and after training at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theater School, she made her debut on stage and screen at the age of 16. Her movie career took over when she was cast as the teenage girl victimized by a sadistic teacher in "Torment" (1944), a picture directed by "Alf Sjoberg" that was scripted by "Ingmar Bergman", which became a major success among critics all over the world. She went to England in 1946 to star in the drama "Frieda", about the plight of a European immigrant living in England during the postwar period. She was then signed by the Rank Organisation which tried to turn her into a major star. Unfortunately, she came to England at a time when the film industry was in a period of upheaval and retrenchment, and her films -- which included "Quartet" (1948) and "The Bad Lord Byron" (1949) -- never really... Full Biography
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