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Karin Swanström


1873 - 1946

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The actress, producer and director Karin Swanström belonged to the rare female allrounders in the film business.
 
She got an education at the Royal Dramatic Theater school from 1890 and afterwards she became part of the ensemble of the Royal Dramatic Theaters where she acted till 1897.
 
Afterwards followed engagements for the Selancer Company and the Swedish Theater company in the Finnish capital city Helsinki.
 
She returned to Sweden in 1904 and she founded her own theater company bore her own name. With this theater ensemble she realised many plays till to the beginning of the 20s.
 
Already in 1919 she realised her first movie as a director with "Hotel Esplanade" (19), it followed other movies as a director like "Eine Künstlerehe am Kurfürstendamm" (21), "Boman pa utställningen" (23), "Kalle Utter" (25), "Flygande holländaren" (25) and "Flickan i frack" (26).
 
But she became especially well-known to a huge audience as a movie actress and she took part in silent movies - among them also few German productions - like "De landsflyktige" (21), "Gösta Berlings saga" (24), "Skeppargatan 40" (25), "Kalle Utter" (25), "Flickan i frack" (26), "Die sieben Töchter der Frau Gyurkovics" (26), "Spökbaronen" (27), "Majestät schneidet Bubiköpfe" (28) and "Gustav Wasa" (28).
 
In the sound film era of the 30s she continued her film career and she impersonated support roles in front of the camera for "Generalen" (31), "En natt" (31), "Svarta rosor" (32), "Fasters millioner" (34), "Bröllopsreasan" (36), "Familjens hemlighet" (36) and "Styrman Karlssons flammor" (38).
 
Her last cinematical works came into being with "Stal" (40), "Juninatten" (40) and "Morgondagens melodi" (42).
 
Besides her activity as an actress and director she also became the head of production for Bonnierfilm in 1923 and she also gave acting lessons.
 
Karin Swanström was married with the production manager Stellan Claësson.


Other movies with Karin Swanström:
Hemslavinnor (23) Boman pa utställningen (23) Anna-Clara och hennes bröder (24) Unga greven tar flickan och priset (24)  Flygande holländaren (26) Styrman Karlssons flammor (25) Bara en danserska (26) Hans engelska fru (27) Förseglade läppar (27) En perfekt gentleman (27) Parisiskor (28) När rosorna sla ut (30) Lika inför lagen (31) Trötte Teodor (31) Längtan till havet (31) Halvvägs till himlen (31) Tradlöst och käleksfullt (31) Svärmor kommer (32) Sten Stensson Steen fran Eslöv pa nya äventyr (32) vi som gar köksvägen (32) Giftasvuxna döttrar (33) Swedenhielms (35) Kärlek efter noter (35) Äktenkapsleken (35) Pa solsidan (36) Släkten är värst (36) Äventyret (36) Ryska snuvan (37) Den stora kärleken (38) Sjöcharmörer (39)

Producer:
Norrtullsligan (23) Anna-Clara och hennes bröder (24)
 
Production Designer:
Kalle Utter (25)

 
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