Anna Lena Elisabet Nyman (23 May 1944 – 4 February 2011) was a Swedish film and stage actress.Having had her first film roles in 1955, Nyman had a role in Vilgot Sjöman's 491 (1964) and got her breakthrough in his I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967), where she, in pseudo-documentary fashion, played a character of the same name as herself, and its sequel I Am Curious (Blue) (1968). She later participated in many of the films and stage productions of Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson, such as Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975) and The Adventures of Picasso (1978). Nyman co-starred with Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann in Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata (1978).In 2004, Nyman received the royal medal Litteris et Artibus, and in 2006 she was the recipient of the Eugene O'Neill Award.Nyman died on 4 February 2011, aged 66, after a long battle with several illnesses including cancer, COPD and Guillain–Barré syndrome.
On the reaction to the film, I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) (aka "I Am Curious (Yellow)"): You know some people get shocked about sex. I was shocked that everyone was so shocked. It was such a quarrel about the movie. Wow! You could believe nobody in Sweden had ever seen a naked man or woman.
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Was a guest at Kristian Luuk show (Godnatt Sverige) [May 2005]
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Was a guest at the morning show Nyhetsmorgon (Saturday 18th of Ferbruary) [February 2006]
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She studied at the National Theater School of Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Has been one of Sweden's leading ladies on the stage for nearly 30 years, as an actress and a comedian.
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Nyman is the owner of the dog, Kaxe Nyman, who has co-starred with her several times, for example, in the film Svinet (1995).
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Signed the appeal Swedish Film Workers for Peace and Freedom in an Independent Palestine. [2001]
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