Evening star., 1953-05-05

make such luncheon dates on 6
say, set up a department of univ
which would simply arrange,
luncheons for two anywhere
from Washington to Stockholm,
or east and west thereof.
There were three at yeSter-
days midday meeting with Miss
LindforS. The third one was
Richard Skinner, company man
ager Of the Shakespeare group
at the National in which Miss
Lindfors is appearing. Mr.. Skin
ner insisted upon picking up the
check, an arrangement that has
infinite possibilities as the U. N.
will readily understand. And
about which it might want to do
something.
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Miss Lindfors, a Swedish ac-
tress as everyone should know,
is quite pleased to find herself
playing Shakespeare in America,
and particularly in Washington.
She reinforces an opinion
gathered at earlier luncheon
tables from the Misses Signe
HasSo and Marta loren that
Swedish actresses are more en-
thusiastic than any other kind. !
About Miss Carlo, who brings
down the average according to
report. this department knows
only what 1t reads in the news
papers.
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Even in dilemmaS, for instance,
Miss LindforS vibrates.
The one she is in now is where
10 live with her three children. In
Hollywood? In New York? Or in
q New York suburb, in West
chester or Connecticut?
Whatever I'm doing, I like
BEST" Miss Lindfors says, stating
a philosophy that most people
could use. Nov. I am in the
theater. I feel I want to stay |
there. But, what about a play !
that will keep me there? And .
where does one live? At the mo-
ment am in New York. I have
q rented. furnished house on a
month -to-month basis. In Holly
wood have large house, on the
ocean, ideal for children and it is
empty. Living in New York is ex-
pensive, so very expensive when |
1t includes private schools for |
two children"
When Miss Lindfors' luncheon
companions came up with no
solution for her problem, she
bubbled up with one of her own.
. Maybe" she said, 81 shall get
q trailer and travel around the |
summer theater circuit with all |
three children. The baby is only
nine months old, but she is a
lamb-adjustable to anything"
Having come this far in life |
through a maze of other prob
lens. Miss Lindfors intimated
that she had no doubt she would
work her way through these. She
Is ready to accept the pattern of
the future as vague so long as
the present is lively. It is. She
would be happy, she says, to be
playing Viola in Twelfth Night"
anywhere-Vienna, Paris, Ohio,
or Washington.
Miss Lindfors' current prefer
ence for the stage indicates no
SNUG unconcern for what Holly
wood may have to offer. She
came here from Sweden at
Hollywood's beheSt and she still
Is grateful for the invitation and
what it has led to.
She likes acting in any me-
dium, stage or screen. The fact
is she is considering a picture,
set for October.
1T would be at the time of
theater casting" she says, but
who knows? They are no longer
dawdling on pictures. They finish
them now in four weeks. I could
be back by November"
One thing that exasperateS
Miss Lindfors when she lets it is
to have people blame players
unjustif1ably for being exclu-
sively interested in one, or the
other, form Of acting.
Its not the actors fault"
she says pretty vehemently. 1T
Is sheer geography. Broadway
and Hollywood are 5000 miles
apart. Anywhere else in the
world. En- gland especially,
players can be appearing in a
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