# Ulla Jacobsson

Ulla Jacobsson (23 May 1929 – 20 August 1982) was a Swedish actress. She had the lead role in One Summer of Happiness (1951) and played the only female speaking role in the film Zulu (1964).

## Early life

Jacobsson was born in Mölndal, Gothenburg and Bohus County, Sweden, on May 23, 1929.

## Career

Jacobsson was one of 48 candidates chosen to attend Gothenburg Acting City Theatre School. She began acting in this theatre in 1952. She began her professional career in her native Gothenburg and appeared in classical and modern theater roles before turning to film. Jacobsson's first acting role was of the Bride Nissa in the drama The Sea in Fire (1951); although, she may be best known for her role in Zulu (1964) where she played the only female speaking role.
Beginning in the late 1950s, Jacobsson stopped acting in Swedish films, and appeared in films from the United States, France, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Jacobsson made her American debut in The Grand Duke and Mr. Pimm. According to Metropolitan Life, Jacobsson believed she could be successful in both acting and marriage. She only took two acting jobs a year to travel with her husband. She explained, "When a very good part comes, there is temptation to take it, but I refuse. I love success. I love to make myself something. But I love more my husband and children."
Jacobsson became internationally famous for her nude scenes in One Summer of Happiness (1951). This, along with her role in the American film Love Is a Ball (1963), was an attempt to make her a sex symbol. This was common among female actresses in the 1960s. One Summer of Happiness won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times describes the film, "Ulla Jacobsson as the farm girl is a sensitive and expressive young thing who stunningly portrays the caprices and the terrors of an innocent maid in love."
In 1963, she appeared in the first season episode, "The Final Hour", of the US TV show The Virginian, in the role of Policia. Her popularity among mass audiences gained her the role of Margaretta Witt in the adventure film Zulu (1964). Other notable roles include Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), The Heroes of Telemark (1965) and La Servante (1970). A notable award was the German Film Award for Supporting Actress in Alle Jahre wieder (1967). She made appearances in film and television shows until 1979.

## Personal life

Jacobsson's first husband was a Viennese engineer named Josef Kornfeld. This marriage brought her Austrian citizenship. They also had a daughter named Ditte. During the 1950s, Jacobsson married her second husband, Dutch painter Frank Lodeizen (1931–2013), with whom she had a son named Martin. In 1960 she married her third husband, Austrian doctor Hans Winfried Rohsmann (1918–2002), and moved to Vienna, Austria.

## Death

Jacobsson died in Vienna, Austria, from bone cancer on August 20, 1982. She was 53 years old. She was buried at the Wiener Zentralfriedhof.

## Legacy

In 2015, a town square in Mölndal was named after Jacobsson.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1951 | In the Arms of the Sea | Nisse's Fiancée | |
| 1951 | One Summer of Happiness | Kerstin | Won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival |
| 1953 | All the World's Delights | Lisbet Enarsdotter | |
| 1954 | Sacred Lie | Lena Larsen | |
| 1954 | Love is Forever | Marieke | |
| 1954 | Karin Månsdotter | Karin Månsdotter | |
| 1954 | Herr Arnes penningar | Elsalill | |
| 1955 | The Priest from Kirchfeld | Anna Birkmaier | |
| 1955 | Smiles of a Summer Night | Anne Egerman | |
| 1956 | Crime and Punishment | Nicole Brunel | |
| 1956 | The Song of the Scarlet Flower | Elli | |
| 1957 | The Last Ones Shall Be First | Wanda | |
| 1958 | The Phantom Carriage | Edit | |
| 1958 | Restless Night | Melanie | |
| 1959 | Llegaron dos hombres | Laura, Maestra | |
| 1959 | And That on Monday Morning | Delia Mond | |
| 1960 | Im Namen einer Mutter | Vicky Merlin | |
| 1961 | Riviera-Story | Anja Dahlberg | |
| 1962 | Una domenica d'estate | | |
| 1963 | Love Is a Ball | Janine | |
| 1964 | Zulu | Margareta Witt | |
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark | Anna | |
| 1965 | Nightmare | Maj Berg | |
| 1967 | Next Year, Same Time | Lore Lücke | Jacobsson won a German Film Award for Supporting Actress |
| 1968 | Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre | Hélène / Ellénore | |
| 1968 | Bamse | Vera Berg | |
| 1970 | La servante | Ulla Marbois | |
| 1974 | One or the Other of Us | Mrs. Kolczyk | |
| 1975 | Fox and His Friends | Eugen's mother | |
| 1979 | Das Ding [de] | Rocky's mother | TV film |