
Mimi Pollak
Known for acting · Born 9 April 1903 · Died 11 August 1999 · aged 96 · Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden
43 credits
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.
Known for

Autumn Sonata
1978

The Right to Love
1956

Summer Interlude
1951

Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
1991
Tredje personen
1957

Malin Goes Home
1953

Mother's Revolution
1950

The Man All Wanted to Kill
1940

The Amateur Film
1922
August Strindberg: A Life
1985

Brenda Brave
1989

The Crown Witness
1989