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    Allan Edwall

    1924-08-25 (100 years old) in Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden

    Johan Allan Edwall was a Swedish stage and screen actor, singer, writer and director. He graduated from the Royal Dramatic Theatre's Acting School in 1952. Growing up in the landscape of Jämtland, Edwall spent some time working on a ship before he arrived in Stockholm in the 1940s, just barely making a living as a writer, painter and poet before he was admitted to the Royal Dramatic Theater's acting school in 1949. After graduation he worked at the theater in the 1950s and 1960s  but he was mainly a jack-of-all-trades, appearing on the stage, in movies as well as recording and publishing his own songs. He is remembered for a string of queer roles, such as Emil's father in the Emil of Lönneberga films, the cheerful vagabond in the Rasmus and the vagabond movie, the dying father in Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander as well as Carlsson in the TV adaptation of Strindberg's Hemsöborna. In the later part of his life he owned his own theater, Brunnsgatan 4, in Stockholm. Biography by Mattias Thuresson.

    Movies

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    Bättre utan hund
    80 %|Feb 27, 1996
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Stjärnbilder
    0 %|Sep 10, 1995
    Documentary
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    Duo jag
    0 %|Sep 9, 1991
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Evert Taube 100 år
    0 %|Mar 12, 1990
    Documentary, Music
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    Doktor Glas
    0 %|Dec 18, 1989
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Voyage to Melonia
    68 %|Dec 15, 1989
    Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy
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    During the Journey to Melonia
    0 %|Jan 1, 1989
    Documentary, Animation
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    Lighting
    0 %|Jan 1, 1988
    Documentary
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    Pirates of the Lake
    62 %|Feb 25, 1987
    Adventure, Drama, Family
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    The Sacrifice
    77 %|May 9, 1986
    Drama
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    Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
    69 %|Dec 14, 1984
    Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family
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    Åke and His World
    61.150000000000006 %|Oct 26, 1984
    Drama
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    The Making of Fanny and Alexander
    68 %|Sep 16, 1984
    Documentary
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    The School of Wives
    72 %|Dec 25, 1983
    Drama, TV Movie, Comedy
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    Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
    0 %|Dec 22, 1983
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    P & B
    60 %|Dec 10, 1983
    Comedy, Drama
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    Limpan
    70 %|Feb 4, 1983
    Comedy
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    Fanny and Alexander
    78 %|Dec 17, 1982
    Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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    Rasmus and the Vagabond
    63 %|Dec 12, 1981
    Adventure, Drama, Family
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    The Rooster
    54 %|Sep 4, 1981
    Comedy
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    SOPOR
    55 %|Mar 21, 1981
    Comedy
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    Midsommardröm i fattighuset
    0 %|Dec 14, 1980
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Madicken of June Hill
    58 %|Oct 18, 1980
    Comedy, Family
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    Sverige åt svenskarna
    27 %|Jul 31, 1980
    Comedy, History
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    To Be a Millionaire
    53 %|May 17, 1980
    Thriller, Comedy
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    You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
    62 %|Dec 13, 1979
    Family
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    Bröllopsfesten
    0 %|Feb 20, 1978
    TV Movie, Drama
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    The Brothers Lionheart
    68 %|Sep 23, 1977
    Adventure, Fantasy, Family
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    Mondays with Fanny
    0 %|Aug 31, 1977
    Drama
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    Games of Love and Loneliness
    40 %|Aug 29, 1977
    Drama
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    Hålet
    0 %|Jan 15, 1977
    Animation
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    Elvis! Elvis!
    48 %|Nov 20, 1976
    Drama
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    Kulstötaren
    0 %|Jan 1, 1974
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Nattens konung
    0 %|Jan 1, 1974
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    Emil and the Piglet
    68.21 %|Oct 6, 1973
    Comedy, Family
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    Who Loves Yngve Frej
    69 %|Jan 6, 1973
    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
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    The Ghost Sonata
    90 %|Oct 30, 1972
    Drama
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    New Mischief by Emil
    68.15 %|Oct 21, 1972
    Comedy, Family
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    The New Land
    77 %|Feb 26, 1972
    Drama, Western, History
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    Emil of Lonneberga
    67.16 %|Dec 4, 1971
    Comedy, Family
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    The Emigrants
    75 %|Mar 8, 1971
    Drama, History
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    Good-Bye Nana
    0 %|Dec 18, 1970
    Drama
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    We Are All Demons
    55 %|Jun 27, 1969
    Drama
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    The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
    60 %|Apr 6, 1969
    Comedy, Drama
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    Eriksson
    0 %|Mar 3, 1969
    Drama
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    Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
    50 %|Jan 16, 1967
    Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
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    Here Is Your Life
    71 %|Dec 26, 1966
    Drama, History
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    Sadist
    57 %|Jun 27, 1966
    Drama, Thriller
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    The Devil's Instrument
    70 %|Sep 23, 1965
    Drama
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    The Devotion
    0 %|Sep 13, 1965
    Drama
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    Gustav Vasa
    0 %|Sep 6, 1965
    Drama, TV Movie, History
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    The Banquet Room
    50 %|Jul 26, 1965
    Comedy, Thriller
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    My Home Is Copacabana
    66 %|Jun 8, 1965
    Adventure, Drama
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    4 x 4
    72 %|Feb 25, 1965
    Drama, Comedy
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    Interlude in the Marshland
    74 %|Feb 22, 1965
    Drama
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    All These Women
    61 %|Jun 15, 1964
    Comedy
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    A Dream Play
    75 %|May 2, 1963
    Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie
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    Topaze
    0 %|Feb 18, 1963
    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
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    Winter Light
    78.75 %|Feb 11, 1963
    Drama
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    Kort är sommaren
    0 %|Dec 26, 1962
    actor
    Stolarna
    0 %|Jan 12, 1962
    Comedy
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    The Brig Three Lilies
    67 %|Dec 26, 1961
    Family, Adventure
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    Mr. Ernest
    0 %|Sep 1, 1961
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
    53 %|Aug 17, 1961
    Thriller, Crime
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    On a Bench in a Park
    44 %|Dec 19, 1960
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    The Devil's Eye
    72 %|Oct 17, 1960
    Comedy, Fantasy, Drama
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    The Wedding Day
    0 %|Oct 3, 1960
    Romance, Comedy
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    Av hjärtans lust
    0 %|Aug 29, 1960
    Comedy
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    The Die Is Cast
    60 %|Feb 15, 1960
    Crime, Thriller
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    The Virgin Spring
    78.3 %|Feb 8, 1960
    Drama, History
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    Blackjackets
    60 %|Nov 13, 1959
    Drama, Adventure
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    The Phantom Carriage
    57 %|Sep 18, 1958
    Drama
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    Ingen morgondag
    0 %|Oct 16, 1957
    War, Drama
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    Girls Without Rooms
    50 %|Mar 25, 1956
    Drama
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    Vildfåglar
    0 %|Aug 21, 1955
    Drama
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    Dance on Roses
    50 %|Aug 9, 1954
    Comedy, Drama
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    Tattarblod
    0 %|Feb 8, 1954
    Drama
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    Resan till dej
    50 %|Dec 19, 1953
    Romance, Music, Comedy

    Series

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    Ronja Rövardotter
    68 %|Dec 25, 1986
    Action & Adventure, Kids
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    Fanny and Alexander
    82 %|Dec 26, 1984
    Drama
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    Madicken
    64 %|Oct 6, 1979
    Kids, Family, Comedy
    actor
    Svenska noveller
    0 %|Feb 6, 1978
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    Emil of Lönneberga
    75 %|Nov 22, 1975
    Family, Comedy
    actor
    Engeln
    80 %|Sep 15, 1974
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    The Red Room
    70 %|Mar 22, 1970
    Drama
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    Hemsöborna
    77.5 %|Feb 19, 1966
    Drama