Viveca lindfors biography

Swedish actress (1920–1995)

For the Finnish figure skater, see Viveca Lindfors (figure skater).

Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995) was a Swedish American stage, film, and television actress. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Biography

Lindfors was born in Uppsala, Sweden, the daughter of Karin Emilia Therese (née Dymling) and Axel Torsten Lindfors.

She trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy, Stockholm. Soon after, she became a theater and film star in Sweden. She moved to the United States in 1946 after being signed by Warner Bros., and began working in Hollywood. She appeared in more than 100 films, including Night Unto Night, No Sad Songs for Me, Dark City, The Halliday Brand, King of Kings, An Affair of the Skin, Creepshow, The Sure Thing, and Stargate. She appeared with actors including Stewart Granger, Ronald Reagan, Jeffrey Hunter, Charlton Heston, Glenn Ford, Lizabeth Scott, and Errol Flynn.

In 1952, she appeared on Broadway alongside Edmond O'Brien in John Van Druten's I've Got Sixpence. Two years later, she made

Finnish figure skater

Viveca Lindfors (born 30 January 1999) is a Finnish retired figure skater. She is the 2019 European bronze medalist, 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist, 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, 2018 Nordic champion, and the 2019 Finnish national champion.

Personal life

Viveca Lindfors was born on 30 January 1999 in Helsinki, Finland. She is the second eldest of five children. Her younger sisters, Monica and Fanny, and younger brother, Matias, have competed in figure skating, while her elder brother, Axel, is a hockey player.Monica Lindfors is the 2017 Finnish Junior ice dance champion with Juho Pirinen.

Career

Early career

Lindfors began learning to skate in 2004. She competed on the advanced novice level in the 2012–2013 season, winning silver at the Finnish Championships and bronze at the Triglav Trophy.

In 2013–2014, Lindfors moved up to the junior level. After taking bronze at the Finnish Championships, she won gold medals at Skate Helena and the Dragon Trophy.

2014–2015 season: Senior debut

Coached by Virpi Horttana at Espoon Jäätaiturit, Lindfors debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series, placing eighteenth at an October event in Zagreb, Croatia. She spent the rest of the season competing on the senior level. Appearing at her first ISU Challenger Series (CS) event, she finished tenth at the Warsaw Cup in November. After becoming the Finnish senior national bronze medalist, Lindfors won gold at Skate Helena and bronze at The Nordics. She concluded her season at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial, where

A Swedish-American actress, born in Uppsala, Sweden, as Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors. She married four men and had three children. She won a number of awards, such as the...Read more Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival Award in 1962 and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 1990. Among her most important works are Adventures of Don Juan (1948), The Hand (1981), Creepshow (1982), and Stargate (1994). Viveca Lindfors' artistic career spanned half a century in theater and cinema in Sweden and the United States. She studied at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in Stockholm, and after a short time, she became a theater star in Sweden. She made her film debut in 1940 and continued to work in Swedish and Italian films until 1946, when she was attracted to Hollywood after being signed by Warner Bros., hoping that she would be the new Greta Garbo or Ingrid Bergman. She worked on Broadway before appearing in her first American film, To the Victor (1948). Her work in Hollywood continued alongside work in some Swedish, French, and Swiss films, in addition to theatrical work. Then she participated in television work repeatedly as a guest on series, which she did extensively during the eighties, and at the beginning of the nineties, she taught acting at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She presented her last cinematic work, Run for Cover, in 1995. She died in Uppsala, Sweden, on October 25, 1995, from complications of rheumatoid disease.

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