STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish actress and author Eva Dahlbeck, most famous for numerous appearances in movies by legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, has died, her son said Saturday. She was 87.
Dahlbeck, who had long suffered from Alzheimers disease, died at a Stockholm retirement home on Friday, her son Tomas Lampell told AFP.
Born on March 8, 1920, Dahlbeck was one of Swedens most celebrated actresses in the 1940s and 50s and was most well-known for her lead roles in such Bergman films as his 1952 "Secrets of Women", "A Lesson in Love" (1954) and "Smiles of a Summer Night" (1955).
Bergman himself died last July 30 at the age of 89.
Dahlbeck, who attended Swedens prestigious Royal Dramatic Theatre acting school, received the Eugene ONeil Award in 1961 for her stage performances.
She also wrote around a dozen novels.
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