Background
DAHLBECK, Eva was born on March 8, 1920 in Nacka. Daughter of Edvard Dahlbeck and Greta Osterberg.
DAHLBECK, Eva was born on March 8, 1920 in Nacka. Daughter of Edvard Dahlbeck and Greta Osterberg.
Royal Dramatic Theatre School, Stockholm. Films acted in include: The Counterfeit Traitor 1961, Biljett till Paradiset 1961, Foreign att inte tala om alia dessa Kvinnor 1964, Alskande par 1964, Kattoma 1965, Les creatures 1965, Den Roda Kappan 1966. Plays acted in include: Candida 1961, Andi alskar vi varavdra 1963, Tchin-Tchin 1963, The Balcony 1964, Doctors of Philosophy 1964.
The Counterfeit Traitor 1961, Biljett till Paradiset 1961, Foreign att inte tala om alia dessa Kvinnor 1964, Alskande par 1964, Kattoma 1965, Les creatures 1965, Den Roda Kappan 1966. Plays acted in include: Candida 1961, Andi alskar vi varavdra 1963, Tchin-Tchin 1963, The Balcony 1964, Doctors of Philosophy 1964.She made her film debut in the role of Botilla in Rid i natt! in 1942. Among her most notable roles in Swedish films were the shrewd celebrity reporter Vivi in Kärlek och störtlopp (1946), the working-class mother Rya-Rya in the drama Bara en mor (1949). Mistress Larsson, the warmhearted mother of seven in the popular children"s film Kastrullresan (1950), and the young primary school teacher in Gustaf Molander"s Trots (1952) (screenplay by Vilgot Sjöman).
In the mid-1950s Dahlbeck was one of Sweden"s most popular and successful actresses.
She became internationally known for her strong female leads in a number of Ingmar Bergman"s films, in particular his comedies Secrets of Women (1952), A Lesson in Love (1954) and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955). In the 1960s Dahlbeck moved away from acting as she started to write.
She retired from the stage in 1964 and made her final appearance on screen in the Danish film Tintomara, released in 1970). She published several novels and poems in her native Sweden, and wrote the screenplay for Arne Mattsson"s dark film Yngsjömordet (The Yngsjö murder) in 1966.
Dahlbeck married Sven Lampell, an air force officer, in 1944.
The marriage produced two children. She lived out the last years of her life in Hässelby Villastad, Stockholm, where she died at age 87.
Married Colonel Sven Lampell in 1944.