1. Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors was a Swedish-American stage, film, and television actress.
11 Facts About Viveca Lindfors
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Viveca Lindfors won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress.
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Viveca Lindfors trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy, Stockholm.
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Viveca Lindfors moved to the United States in 1946 after being signed by Warner Bros.
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Viveca Lindfors appeared in more than 100 films, including Night Unto Night, No Sad Songs for Me, Dark City, The Halliday Brand, King of Kings, An Affair of the Skin, Creepshow, The Sure Thing, and Stargate.
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Viveca Lindfors appeared with actors including Stewart Granger, Ronald Reagan, Jeffrey Hunter, Charlton Heston, Glenn Ford, Lizabeth Scott, and Errol Flynn.
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Viveca Lindfors appeared frequently on television, usually as a guest star, though she played the title role in the miniseries Frankenstein's Aunt.
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Viveca Lindfors was nominated for an Emmy in 1978 for her supporting role in the TV movie A Question of Guilt.
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Viveca Lindfors was married four times, to Swedish cinematographer Harry Hasso, Swedish attorney and World Chess Federation president Folke Rogard, director Don Siegel, and Hungarian writer, producer, and director George Tabori.
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Viveca Lindfors was a naturalized US citizen and a liberal Democrat, who supported the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
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Viveca Lindfors died from complications of rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 74 in Uppsala.