Meta Velander

Meta Velander (b. 1924), born Eva Margareta Velander, is a Swedish actress who played Gladys Besk on Svenska Sesam, the Swedish co-production of Sesame Street. 
Velander started acting as an amateur, when she was a child. After training as a secretary, she began studying professional acting. She has been employed at Stockholm city theater since 1960 and played Madeleine Palmer in the Swedish translation of The Breath of Life in 2005.
She made her movie debut in 1945 in the Swedish movie Kungliga patrasket as an autograph hunter, and has since appeared in over 20 more Swedish films, including The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (with Derek Jacobi) and Tabu (with Kjell Bergqvist). TV credits include a one-time appearance on Pippi Longstocking. As a voice actress, she has been heard in Swedish animated films and shorts, as well as the dubs of Disney's The Rescuers (Madame Medusa), The Black Cauldron (Orddu), and The Great Mouse Detective (the Mouse Queen).
She was married to the Swedish actor Ingvar Kjellson until his death.
==External links==
*IMDb
*Swedish Film Database credits
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Category: International Sesame Street Actors