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Mimi Pollak
Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak was a Swedish stage and screen actress and director. She attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in Stockholm, Sweden, with fellow actress Greta Garbo from 1922 to 1924. It was Mimi that came up with the name Garbo. They became friends for life. Pollak became in 1948 the first contracted female director at the Dramaten with the production of Jean Genet's Jungfruleken (Les Bonnes/The Maids), with Anita Björk and Maj-Britt Nilsson. Mimi Pollak appeared since her 1922 debut in the film "Amatörfilmen" in about 30 feature films and TV productions. She directed and handfull during the 1950's.
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As actor
Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
The Secret
The Crown Witness
Brenda Brave
Stiller, Garbo & jag
Amorosa
A Matter of Life and Death
Sömnen
The Flight of the Eagle
The Farewell
I frid och värdighet
Kristoffers hus
Autumn Sonata
Near and Far Away
Emil of Lonneberga
Nightmare
The Dress
Mord, lilla vän
Summer Interlude
Playing Truant
Gatan
Only a Mother
Supper for Two
Den långa vägen
The Sixth Commandment
Bröder emellan
Kajan går till sjöss
Flames in the Dark
We Home Toilers
The Ghost Reporter