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Liv Ullmann Biography (1939-)

First name pronounced "leave"; full name, Liv Johanne Ullmann; born December16, 1939, in Tokyo, Japan; daughter of Viggo (an aircraft engineer) and Janna(maiden name, Lund) Ullmann; married Dr. Hans Jacob "Gappe" Stang (a psychiatrist), 1960 (divorced, 1965); companion of Ingmar Bergman (a writer and director), c. 1965-70; married Donald Richard Saunders (in real estate), September 7, 1985 (divorced, c. 1998); children: (with Bergman) Linn (a novelist). Addresses: Contact: Hafrsfjordgata 7, N-0273 Oslo, Norway.

Nationality

Norwegian

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, director, writer

Birth Details

December 16, 1939

Tokyo, Japan

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• A Doll's House, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City, 1975
• Anna Christie, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1977
• Mama, I Remember Mama, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Mrs. Helen Alving, Ghosts, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City,1982
• Old Times, London, then Los Angeles, 1985
• Mother Courage, National Theatre of Norway, Oslo, Norway, 1986
• Made stage debut in The Diary of Anne Frank, National Theatre of Norway, Stavanger, Norway; also appeared as Nora, A Doll's House, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center, New York City.
• Film Appearances
• En hotellgjest, Fjols til fjells (title means "Fools in the Mountains"), 1957
• Gerd, Ung flukt (title means "Young Escape"; also known as TheWayward Girl), Carlmar Film, 1959
• Eva, Kort aer sommaren (also known as Pan and Short Is the Summer), Shaw, 1962
• Kari, Tonny (also known as Tonny on the Wrong Road), 1962
• Ragna, De kalte ham Skarven (title means "They Call Him Skarven"),1965
• Elisabeth Vogler, the actress, Persona, Lopert, 1966
• Alma Borg, Hour of the Wolf (also known as Vargtimmen), Lopert, 1968
• Title role, An-Magritt, 1968
• Eva Rosenberg, Shame (also known as Skammen), Lopert, 1968
• Fabienne Martin, Cold Sweat (also known as L'uomo delle due ombre, De vrienden laten groeten, and De la part des copains),Emerson, 1969
• Anna Fromm, En passion (also known as A Passion and ThePassion of Anna), United Artists, 1969
• Esther Jenks, The Night Visitor (also known as Papegojan and Salem Come to Summer), UMC Pictures, 1971
• Title role, Pope Joan (also known as The Devil's Imposter),British, 1972
• Maria (and her mother), Viskningar och rop, 1972, released in theU.S. as Cries and Whispers, New World Pictures, 1973
• Kristina, Utvandrarna (also known as The Emigrants), WarnerBros., 1972
• Kristina, Nybyggarna (also known as The New Land), Warner Bros., 1973
• Catherine, Lost Horizon, Columbia, 1973
• Ann Stanley, 40 Carats, Columbia, 1973
• Marianne, Scener ur ett aektenskap (also known as Scenes from aMarriage), Cinema 5, 1973
• Hannah Lund, Zandy's Bride (also known as For Better, for Worse), Warner Bros., 1974
• Queen Christina, The Abdication, Warner Bros., 1974
• Title role, Leonor, New Line Cinema, 1975
• Dr. Jenny Isaksson, Ansikte mot ansikte (also known as Face toFace), Paramount, 1976
• Kate ter Horst, A Bridge Too Far, United Artists, 1977
• Manuela Rosenberg, The Serpent's Egg (also known as Das Schlangenei and Oermens aegg), Paramount, 1977
• Eva, Autumn Sonata (also known as Herbstsonate, Hoestsonaten, and Sonate d'automne), New World Pictures, 1978
• Couleur chair, 1978
• Cameo, Players, Paramount, 1979
• Herself, A Look at Liv (a documentary), Win Kao Productions, 1979
• The Gates of the Forest, 1980
• Kate Morris, Richard's Things, New World Pictures, 1981
• Narrator, Children in the Holocaust (documentary), 1983
• Gina, The Wild Duck, RKR Releasing, 1984
• Marina Fromm, La diagonale du fou (also known as Dangerous Moves), Spectrafilm, 1984
• Jennie Campbell, The Bay Boy, Orion, 1985
• (Uncredited) Berlin film fest footage, King Kongs Faust, 1985
• Herself, Ingrid, 1985
• Elena Leonardo, Speriamo che sia femmina (also known as Let's Hope It's a Girl and Pourvu que ce soit une fille), President Films, 1986
• Sari Brimmer, Gaby: A True Story, TriStar, 1987
• Ida Nudel, Mosca addio (also known as Moscow Goodbye, Farewell Moscow, and Moscow Adieu), Roseo Film, 1987
• Maria, La amiga, (also known as The Girlfriend, Die Freundin, La Amiga--Die Freundin, and The Friend), Jupiter Communications, 1988
• Gabriele Schlueter-Freund, The Rose Garden (also known as Der Rosengarten), Cannon, 1989
• Sonia Hoffman, Mindwalk, Triton Pictures, 1990
• Narrator, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, 1991
• Maria, Mrs. Gustafsson, The Ox (also known as Oxen), FirstRun Features, 1991
• Katherine, The Long Shadow (also known as The Prodigal Father, The Prodigal Son, and Der Lange Schatten), Manley Productions, 1992
• Ticket seller, Droemspel (also known as Le songe and Dreamplay), Slot Machine, 1994
• Herself, "Sarah Moon," Lumiere et compagnie (also known as Lumiere y compagnia and Lumiere and Company), Fox Lorber, 1995
• Herself, Liv Ullmann scener fra et liv (documentary), Hambro FilmA, 1997
• Herself, Ljuset haller mig saellskap (also known as Light KeepsMe Company), 2000
• Film Director
• "Parting," Love, Levinson/Velvet, 1982
• Sofie (also known as Sophie), Arrow Releasing, 1992
• Lumiere et compagnie (also known as Lumiere y compagnia andLumiere and Company), Fox Lorber, 1995
• Kristin Lavransdatter (also known as The Garment, Kransen, and Kristin Lavrans Tochter), Norsk Film, 1995
• Private Confessions (also known as Enskilda Samtal and Private Conversations; originally aired as a miniseries on Swedish television), The Sales Company, 1997
• Trolosa (also known as Faithless, L'infedele, and Uskoton), Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Smeltedigelen, 1965
• Cocktail Party, 1967
• Die Frau vom Meere, 1980
• Mrs. Jacobo Timerman, Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number (also known as Prisoner without a Name, Cell without aNumber), NBC, 1983
• Emma Zorn, Zorn, 1994
• Anna, 2002
• Also appeared in Lady from the Sea.
• Miniseries
• Title role, Jenny, 1982
• Maria Grazia, Gli indifferenti (also known as The Indifferent Ones and A Time of Indifference), 1989
• Specials
• Bob Hope's Royal Command Performance from Sweden, NBC, 1986
• Night of 100 Stars III (also known as Night of One Hundred Stars), NBC, 1990
• An American Reunion: New Beginnings, Renewed Hope (also known as An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration), HBO, 1993
• Episodic
• Herself, Wiese, 1996
• Herself, Komplottet, 1998
• Herself, Sommeroya, 2000
• Herself, Den store klasseffesten, 2001
• Herself, Forst & sist, 2001
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• "Parting," Love, Levinson/Velvet, 1982
• (With Peter Poulson) Sofie (based on the novel Mendel Philipsenand Sons by Henri Nathansens; also known as Sophie), Arrow Releasing, 1992
• Kristin Lavransdatter (also known as The Garment, Kransen, and Kristin Lavrans Tochter), Norsk Film, 1995
• Memoirs
• Forandringen, Helge Erichsen (Oslo, Norway), 1976, published in the U.S. as Changing, Knopf (New York City), 1977
• (With David E. Outerbridge) Without Makeup, Liv Ullmann: A Photo-Biography, William Morrow (New York City), 1979
• Choices, Knopf, 1985
• Other
• (Editor) Letter to My Grandchild, Atlantic Monthly Press (New YorkCity), 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Contemporary Authors, Volume 102, Gale, 1981
• International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1992
• Women Filmmakers & Their Films, St. James Press, 1998

Periodicals

• American Film, May, 1977
• Cineaste, spring, 2001, p. 32
• Cinema Journal, fall, 1980
• Focus on Film (London), spring, 1973
• Guardian, June 2, 1993, p. S12
• New Republic, May 24, 1993, p. 28
• Positif (Paris, France), March, 1978
• Sequences (Montreal), July, 1975