Gunn Wållgren [SEP] date of death
Gunn Wållgren
Gunn Wållgren, (born "Gunnel" "Margaret Haraldsdotter Wållgren" (), 16 November 1913 – 4 June 1983) was a Swedish actress.
Considered one of Sweden's finest and also to date most appreciated actresses, Wållgren was famous for her fragile and sensual way of acting, her warm and rich inner soulfulness, and her never failing ability of presenting an absolute presence and naturalness on stage. Her Chekhov and Ibsen character interpretations, in particular, are considered to be unsurpassed.
Biography.
Gunn Wållgren Award
The Gunn Wållgren Award or "The Gunn Wållgren Scholarship Award" (in Swedish: "Gunn Wållgren-stipendiet") is one of Sweden's finest theatre awards for young actresses. It was instituted in the 1980s in memory and honor of Swedish actress Gunn Wållgren, one of the Swedish theatre's finest stage actresses.
It is given out annually on Wållgren's birthday (November 16) to a young promising Swedish actress of the stage.
The prize sum consists of 20,000 Swedish Kronor (approximately