Sickan Carlsson

Sickan Carlsson
Sickan Anna-Greta Carlsson (12 August 19152 November 2011) was a Swedish film and theatre actress and singer.
Biography
From the 1930s to 1950s, Carlsson was Sweden's most popular film actress and its highest paid, topping the salary of even the most popular male performer. She was also an accomplished singer and recording artist and performed on stage and in musical revues.
She was noted for her comedic films, which peaked during World War II. Several of her films from this period include upbeat musical numbers intended to raise the morale of her war-weary audiences. The characters she portrayed in the post-war years were often more complex than those she had played previously and featured less of her singing talents. Her screen persona was that of a carefree, energetic young woman who faced everyday problems with optimism. Her films were immensely popular and often had long runs in theaters.
Carlsson is most closely associated with two directors: Schamyl Bauman (in films from 1945 to 1955) and Hasse Ekman (1956–65). Although remembered mostly for her light-hearted roles, she was also able to portray darker characters when called upon. One of her best known dramatic outings was in 1961's Lustgården (aka The Pleasure Garden), with a script written specifically for her by Ingmar Bergman.
Carlsson stated publicly that she did not mind being typecast in comedic roles, however, and is proud to have been given parts which allowed her the opportunity to make her audiences laugh. Some of her best films are Det glada kalaset (1946), Skolka skolan (1948), Klasskamrater (1952), Sjunde himlen (1956) and Lustgården (1961).
Marriages
Born into a working-class family, she fought to be accepted in an upper-class environment and endured two broken marriages before wedding businessman Sölve Adamsson which ended with his death in 1987. Her first marriage, to Gösta Reuter, produced a daughter, Ingegärd.
Later years
In 2005 she was awarded an Honorary Guldbagge Award at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden.
Selected filmography
A Stolen Waltz (1932) - Aina
Jag gifta mig - aldrig (1932) - Maid (uncredited)
Dear Relatives (1933) - Marianne Friis
The Song to Her (1934) - Märta Holm
Simon of Backabo (1934) - Greta
Kärlek efter noter (1935) - Ingrid Blomkvist
The People of Småland (1935) - Inga Blomgren
Russian Flu (1937) - Bojan
Klart till drabbning (1937) - Britta Birke
Oh, Such a Night! (1937) - Irma Berggren
Thunder and Lightning (1938) - Pyret Hanson, balettflicka
Just a Bugler (1938) - Gertrud Brinkman
Nothing But the Truth (1939) - Märta Lund
Landstormens lilla Lotta (1939) - Elsa Strid
Oh, What a Boy! (1939) - Eva Blomberg
Gentleman att hyra (1940) - Claire Wanner
Landstormens lilla argbigga (1941) - Marianne Norrenius
Tonight or Never (1941) - Margit Holm
Flickan i fönstret mitt emot (1942) - Ingrid Linder
Löjtnantshjärtan (1942) - Louise Pålsson
A Girl for Me (1943) - Vera Lanner
Hans officiella fästmö (1944) - Monica Brandt
The Green Lift (1944) - Lillan
The Girls in Smaland (1945) - Christina Larsson
Det glada kalaset (1946) - Britt Granvik
Wedding Night (1947) - Yvonne
Pappa sökes (1947) - Mary Broberg
Life at Forsbyholm Manor 1948) - Britt Lange
Playing Truant (1949) - Margareta Carlson-Kronberg
Jungfrun på Jungfrusund (1949) - Ingrid, maid
My Sister and I (1950) - Katarina Hassel / Birgitta Hassel
Teacher's First Born (1950) - Sonja Broberg, journalist
My Name Is Puck (1951) - Puck Andersson
One Fiancée at a Time (1952) - Lillian 'Lillan' Carlberg
Classmates (1952) - Anna-Greta Wallin
Dance on Roses (1954) - Marianne Molin
Darling of Mine (1955) - Ingrid Billberg
Seventh Heaven (1956) - Lovisa Sundelius, underläkare
The Halo Is Slipping (1957) - Birgitta Lövgren
You Are My Adventure (1958) - Lena Bergström
Fröken Chic (1959) - Isabella Linder
Heaven and Pancake (1959) - Lovisa Sundelius
The Pleasure Garden (1961) - Fanny, Waitress
Niklasons (1965, TV Series) - Elisabeth Niklason
Andersson's Kalle (1972) - Anderssonskan
Bröllopet (1973) - Birgit Strid
Andersson's Kalle on Top Form (1973) - Anderssonskan
Charlotte Löwensköld (1979) - Regina Forsius, Rural Dean's Wife
Öbergs på Lillöga (1983, TV Series) - Britta
Kusiner i kubik (1992, TV Series) - Margot, Bengt's mother
Source and references
Carlsson, Sickan; Sickan (autobiography), Bonniers, Stockholm, Sweden, 1977.
Holm, Crick; På tu man hand med filmidoler (chapter Sickan Carlsson), Medéns, Stockholm, Sweden, 1947.
Further reading
External links
Obituary – Dagens Nyheter (Swedish)
1915 births
2011 deaths
Singers from Stockholm
Swedish film actresses
Swedish women singers
Actresses from Stockholm