
Acting
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.

Autumn Sonata
1978

Emil of Lönneberga
1975

Emil of Lonneberga
1971

The Flight of the Eagle
1982

Summer Interlude
1951

Only a Mother
1949

Brenda Brave
1989

The Man All Wanted to Kill
1940

The Farewell
1982

Amorosa
1986

Mord, lilla vän
1955

Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
1991

Near and Far Away
1976

Playing Truant
1949

Stiller, Garbo & jag
1988

A Matter of Life and Death
1986

With You in My Arms
1940

Kajan går till sjöss
1943

One, But a Lion!
1940

Nightmare
1965

Flames in the Dark
1942

Gatan
1949

Supper for Two
1947

The Crown Witness
1989

Den stora kärleken
1938

Kristoffers hus
1979

We Home Toilers
1942

The Dress
1964

The Amateur Film
1922

Gentleman att hyra
1940

The Ghost Reporter
1941

Sömnen
1984