Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress.
Biography She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma (née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn.
Along with Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, and Ingrid Thulin, she won the Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival for Brink of Life. In 1989, she was given the Litteris et Artibus for her services to the arts in Sweden. Hiort af Ornäs died in Bromma on 28 November 2015, aged 94.
Partial filmography
Imprisoned Women (1943) - Kaj Youth in Danger (1946) - Bibbi Nicklasson Flickan från tredje raden (1949) - Dagmar Antonsson Fiancée for Hire (1950)- Gertrud Stenström While the City Sleeps (1950) - Rutan Count Svensson (1951) - Greta Svensson Barabbas (1953) - Maria of Magdala (uncredited) Darling of Mine (1955) - Linda Loy Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955) - La Martiniere Sju vackra flickor (1956) - Adele Hellgren Vägen genom Skå (1957) - Emma Som man bäddar... (1957) - Secretary Spielbank-Affäre (1957) - Schulleiterin A Guest in His Own House (1957) - Lisen Brink of Life (1958) - Nurse Brita Pojken i trädet (1961) - Mother Lita på mej älskling (1961) - Juror (uncredited) All These Women (1964) - Beatrica Loving Couples (1964) - Lilian von Pahlen - née Vind-Frijs Shame (1968) - Kvinna i flyktingbåten ...som havets nakna vind (1968) - Aida Som natt och dag (1969) - Madeleine Eva - den utstötta (1969) - Jenny Berggren The Passion of Anna (1969) - Woman in Dream (uncredited) Skräcken har 1000 ögon (1970) - Barbro, Sven's Aunt The Touch (1971) - Karin's Mother (uncredited) Scenes from a Marriage (1973) - Stefan's mother Bröllopet (1973) - Karin Löfgren What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975) - Jack's Mother Mackan (1977) - Skolkökslärarinna Den nya människan (1979) - Lärere Father to Be (1979) - Greta, sjuksyster Sällskapsresan 2 – Snowroller (1985) - Stig Helmers mamma S.O.S. – En segelsällskapsresa (1988) - Stig Helmers mamma Amelia (1991) - Yvonne, Gösta's mother Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991) - Mamma Selma & Johanna - En roadmovie (1997) - Grandma Hälsoresan – En smal film av stor vikt (1999) - Mamma Den utvalde (2005) - Mormor
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