Mimi Pollak
Birthday
1903/04/09
Day of death
1999/08/11 (96 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
Also know as
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Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(1922) Amatörfilmen
as Eva, Garters dotter
(1986) Amorosa
as Miss Rosenhjelm
(1984) Sömnen
as The Grandma
(1940) With You in My Arms
as Miss Carlander
(1951) Summer Interlude
as Mrs Calwagen
(1982) The Flight of the Eagle
as Mina Andrée
(1943) Kajan går till sjöss
as Miss Lidegren
(1942) Flames in the Dark
as Miss Danielsson
(1947) Supper for Two
as Sophie
(1955) Mord, lilla vän
as Olga Vaern
(1949) Playing Truant
as Märta Hoffman
(1989) The Crown Witness
as The old lady
(1990) The Secret
as Ester
(1949) Gatan
as Mrs Rodelius
(1991) Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
as Hulda
(1986) A Matter of Life and Death
as Rickos Mormorsmor
(1941) The Ghost Reporter
as ---
(1965) Nightmare
as Anna Söderblom
(1976) Near and Far Away
as Fortune teller
(1964) The Dress
as Mrs. Rubin
(1938) Den stora kärleken
as ---
(1940) En, men ett lejon
as ---
(1946) Bröder emellan
as ---
(1947) Den långa vägen
as Fredrika Bremer
(1947) The Sixth Commandment
as ---
(1979) I frid och värdighet
as ---
(1942) We Home Toilers
as Rosa "Rose" Réenchrona
(1940) Gentleman att hyra
as Secretary
(1940) Mannen som alla ville mörda
as Erna Larsson
(1982) The Farewell
as ---
(1979) Kristoffers hus
as Grandma
(1989) Brenda Brave
as Market Woman
(1971) Emil of Lonneberga
as Lillklossan
(1988) Stiller, Garbo & jag
as ---
(1949) Only a Mother
as Erika Rost
(1978) Autumn Sonata
as Piano Instructor
(1975) Emil of Lönneberga
as Lillklossan
(1985) August Strindberg: Ett liv
as Änglamakerskan