Acting
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.
Titles
Autumn Sonata
1978
Emil of Lönneberga
1975
Emil of Lonneberga
1971
The Farewell
1982
The Flight of the Eagle
1982
Summer Interlude
1951
Brenda Brave
1989
Mord, lilla vän
1955
Only a Mother
1949
The Crown Witness
1989
Near and Far Away
1976
The Man All Wanted to Kill
1940
Stiller, Garbo & jag
1988
Nightmare
1965
Amorosa
1986
Gatan
1949
Kristoffers hus
1979
Flames in the Dark
1942
The Ghost Reporter
1941
A Matter of Life and Death
1986
Gentleman att hyra
1940
We Home Toilers
1942
Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
1991
Playing Truant
1949
The Dress
1964
With You in My Arms
1940
Den stora kärleken
1938
Sömnen
1984
Supper for Two
1947
Kajan går till sjöss
1943
The Amateur Film
1922
One, But a Lion!
1940