Mimi Pollak
Actor
Born April 9, 1903 in Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
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 debut in the film "Amatörfilmen" in about 30 feature films and TV productions. She directed and handfull during the 1950's.
Filmography
Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
Hulda
Brenda Brave
Market Woman
The Crown Witness
The old lady
Stiller, Garbo & jag
A Matter of Life and Death
Rickos Mormorsmor
Amorosa
Miss Rosenhjelm
Sömnen
The Grandma
The Flight of the Eagle
Mina Andrée
The Farewell
isoäiti
Kristoffers hus
Grandma
Autumn Sonata
Piano Instructor
Near and Far Away
Fortune teller
Emil of Lönneberga
Lillklossan
Emil of Lonneberga
Lillklossan
Nightmare
Anna Söderblom
The Dress
Mrs. Rubin
Mr. Ernest
The Right to Love
Mord, lilla vän
Olga Vaern
Malin Goes Home
Summer Interlude
Mrs Calwagen
Mother's Revolution
Only a Mother
Erika Rost
Playing Truant
Märta Hoffman
Gatan
Mrs Rodelius
Supper for Two
Sophie
Kajan går till sjöss
Miss Lidegren
We Home Toilers
Rosa "Rose" Réenchrona
Flames in the Dark
Miss Danielsson
The Ghost Reporter
Gentleman att hyra
Secretary
With You in My Arms
Miss Carlander
One, But a Lion!
The Man All Wanted to Kill
Erna Larsson
Den stora kärleken
The Amateur Film
Eva, Garters dotter