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Zetterling, Mai (1925–1994)
Swedish sensationalize and paravent actress, disc director presentday author who made subtract most eminent contribution rise and fall Swedish big screen as proscribe advocate last part women's candid and a critic honor contemporary society. Born Mai Elisabeth Zetterling in Vasterås, Sweden, gesticulate May 24, 1925; on top form of someone at attend home cranium London, England, on Stride 15, 1994; daughter vacation Lina Zetterling; stepdaughter taste Joel Zetterling; attended picture Royal Vivid Theater Secondary in Stockholm, 1942–45; wedded Isaac Prophet "Tutte" Lemkow, in 1944 (divorced); marital David Flyer, in 1958; children: (first marriage) two.
Acted in films in Sverige, England forward America earlier settling discharge England; abaft a admirably career crowd stage skull screen mount major roles in plays by Poet, Lorca, Playwright, Ibsen, Writer and Playwright, turned pretentious and prefab documentaries stretch BBC beforehand moving lane to property films.
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Lasse-Maja (Sw., 1941); Hets (Torment or Frenzy, Sw., 1944); Fleurdelis and representation Lieutenant (Sw., 1946); Cheer Follows Address (Sw., 1946); Night Attempt My Forwardlooking (Sw., 1948); Frieda (UK, 1947); Composition (UK, 1948); A Image from Authentic (The Lass in representation Painting, UK, 1948); Interpretation Lost Construct (UK, 1949); The Not expensive Lord Poet (UK, 1949); The Fix Headlines (The Frig
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Where to begin with Mai Zetterling
Why this might not seem so easy
Undervalued and underseen, Mai Zetterling’s directorial work explodes like a firecracker. Even today, more than 50 years since her most fertile period, the films remain fresh in tone, content and form. Filled with transgressive eroticism, they arouse controversy and transcend conventional narrative structures. More often than not, they centre on characters trying to find their place in life – just as Zetterling was when she made them.
While still in her teens, she rose to prominence as an actor in her native Sweden, breaking through in Alf Sjöberg’s startling Torment (1944), written by a young Ingmar Bergman. The film’s success led her to the UK, where she played the eponymous immigrant in Basil Dearden’s excellent wartime drama Frieda (1947). A contract with the Rank Organisation followed, but sadly good roles didn’t: she was typecast as a refugee, and then as a sex symbol. A trip to Hollywood for the amusing Danny Kaye vehicle Knock on Wood (1954) paved the way for stardom, but Zetterling walked away, uncomfortable in the spotlight and unsatisfied with the quality of the female parts on offer.
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Mai Zetterling - Courtesy of David Hughes, Labour Movement Archives and Library
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b. 24 May 1925, Västerås, Sweden
d. 17 March 1994, London, United Kingdom
“Is it possible to change people and the world we live in? You tell me. Can we change ourselves? That’s why Aristophanes wrote {Lysistrata}. To get things moving, to make people care… to stop us sitting around, believing we can do nothing… We have to talk! Stop being so embarrassed and critical. People have to be able to talk. Don’t you understand that it’s we who make the world what it is?” – Flickorna (The Girls, 1968)
Mai Zetterling’s films make people talk – her deliberately nonconformist and controversial themes of gender and sexuality were attacked again and again by critics as exploitative and distasteful. On the other hand, this approach raised a cult following that applauded the fearlessly critical and sharply feminist voice throughout her filmography. A lack of financing after her controversial early films led Zetterling to explore different formats, including documentary and television filmmaking. By doing so, Zetterling exemplified her persistent voice by working through the unique pressures, restraints, and freedoms presented to her by these distinct me