Erland Josephson is a film and theater actor, writer and director, was born on June 15, 1923 in Stockholm in an intelligent family. He graduated from Stockholm University. Erland Josefson did not have an acting education, but actively played in the student theater in Stockholm. Until 1945 he worked in Helsingborg in the city theater. In 1956, Josefson joined the Royal Drama Theatre. Spectator love, recognition and world fame Josefson received thanks to the main roles played in films and Andrey
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Erland Josephson is a film and theater actor, writer and director, was born on June 15, 1923 in Stockholm in an intelligent family. He graduated from Stockholm University. Erland Josefson did not have an acting education, but actively played in the student theater in Stockholm. Until 1945 he worked in Helsingborg in the city theater. In 1956, Josefson joined the Royal Drama Theatre.
Spectator love, recognition and world fame Josefson received thanks to the main roles played in films
Andrey Tarkovsky .
With Bergman, Erland worked together in the theater since the late 30s, and then their friendship was born. Josefson starred in eight films of the famous director. The most famous of them are
Whispers and screams" In 1972 he played the role of a doctor.
Fanny and Alexander In 1982, Erland played a Jew from a small Swedish town. He also made his debut in the series.
"Scenes of married life" (1973), which was later remade as a feature film.
In Sweden and abroad, Josefson starred with such directors as Istvan Szabo, Peter Greenway, Liliana Kavani, Philip Kaufman, Theo Angelopoulos, Liv Ullman.
Josefson’s career as a writer began in 1940. He wrote an autobiographical book "The Role", a play "One Night of Swedish Summer" - about Andrei Tarkovsky and the filming of the film "Sacrifice". His collections of poems, novels, short stories, plays, illustrated books were also published.
In 1964, Erland Josefson debuted as the screenwriter of the film “Not to mention all these women” in collaboration with Ingmar Bergman.
In 1997, the famous actor was awarded the title of Honorary Doctor of Stockholm University.
Erland was married several times and left behind five children. From 2000 until his death, Josefson was married to playwright Ulla Oberg.
Erland Josefson died on February 25, 2012 at the age of 88 from complications of Parkinson's disease.