
Mimi Pollak
Acting
Born: 1903-04-09 · Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
Died: 1999-08-11
Biography
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
🎬 Movies (30)

Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
1991
Hulda
The Secret
1990
Ester

The Crown Witness
1989
The old lady

Brenda Brave
1989
Market Woman

Stiller, Garbo & jag
1988

Amorosa
1986
Miss Rosenhjelm

A Matter of Life and Death
1986
Rickos Mormorsmor

Sömnen
1984
The Grandma

The Flight of the Eagle
1982
Mina Andrée

The Farewell
1982
isoäiti
I frid och värdighet
1979

Kristoffers hus
1979
Grandma

Autumn Sonata
1978
Piano Instructor

Near and Far Away
1976
Fortune teller

Emil of Lonneberga
1971
Lillklossan

Nightmare
1965
Anna Söderblom

The Dress
1964
Mrs. Rubin

Mr. Ernest
1961
Writer
Tredje personen
1957
Director

The Right to Love
1956
Director

Mord, lilla vän
1955
Olga Vaern

Malin Goes Home
1953
Director

Summer Interlude
1951
Mrs Calwagen

Mother's Revolution
1950
Director

Playing Truant
1949
Märta Hoffman

Gatan
1949
Mrs Rodelius

Only a Mother
1949
Erika Rost

Supper for Two
1947
Sophie
Den långa vägen
1947
Fredrika Bremer
The Sixth Commandment
1947
