Inga Tidblad
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Inga Tidblad in the 1930s.
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| Born |
Inga Sofia Tidblad 29 May 1901 , Sweden |
| Died | 12 September 1975 (aged 74) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1921–1974 |
| Spouse(s) |
Ragnar Billberg (m. 1923; d. 1930) Håkan Westergren (m. 1931) |
| Children | Lena Billberg (1926–1997) Meg Westergren (born 1932) Claes-Håkan Westergren (born 1935) |
Inga Sofia Tidblad (29 May 1901 – 12 September 1975) was a Swedish actress. She was one of the most praised actresses in Swedish theatre during her lifetime.
Tidblad grew up in Stockholm as daughter to engineer Otto Tidblad and the formerly Helga Krumlinde. She was a student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's famous acting school, Dramatens elevskola 1919–22, where she during her student years already was recognized as a rising star by audience and critics for her debut performance of Ariel in Shakespeare's The Tempest, where director Olof Molander had hand-picked her for the part, early recognizing her talent. After her graduation from drama school she worked at the , where she had her big star breakthrough in Sweden as Ophelia in Hamlet, opposite Schanke in the title role, in 1924. She remained in the theatre's ensemble until its tragic burn-down in 1925.
Most notable for her many female leads in Shakespeare and Strindberg plays, star performances by Tidblad on stage include her Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Billie Moore in Broadway, the Angel in Cenodoxus, Aude in Graven under triumfbågen, Anna Boleyn in Henry VIII, Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Ellen in Älskling jag ger mig, Rosalind in Shakespeare's As You Like It, Lotta Enterfelt in Svenska sprätthöken, Alegre in Maxwell Anderson's play Key Largo 1940, Sonja in Crime and Punishment, Blanche in Folkungasagan, Portia in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Mary Vetsera in Mayerlingdramat, Cecilia in Rovdjuret, The Daughter in Strindberg's The Ghost Sonata, Mrs. Kenyon in Samson Raphaelson's play Skylark 1943, Beréngère in Robert Boissy's Jupiter 1943, Marguerite Gautier in Alexandre Dumas' The Lady of the Camellias 1954, Mary Tyrone in the world premiere of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night 1956, in Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables at Vasateatern 1958-59 and as Queen Christina in August Strindberg's play Kristina in 1961.
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