caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive birthname image article_title name occupation
hilda borgström in 1901 2 january 1953 stockholm , sweden stockholm , sweden 13 october 1871 1890 -- 1951 hilda teresia borgström hildaborgstrom.jpg hilda borgström
 hilda borgström actress
hilda borgström

hilda teresia borgström -lrb- 13 october 1871 -- 2 january 1953 -rrb- was a swedish stage and film actress .
born in stockholm , borgström is considered one of sweden 's most legendary silent film actresses .
she made her film debut in 1912 .
she starred in leading parts in victor sjöström 's classic silent films `` ingeborg holm '' -lrb- aka `` margaret day '' -rrb- -lrb- 1913 -rrb- and `` körkarlen '' -lrb- aka the phantom carriage/the stroke of midnight/thy soul shall bear witness -rrb- in 1921 .
borgström started out to be a dancer and trained at the old royal theatre 's ballet school in stockholm 1880-87 .
later she decided to turn to the theatre instead and studied drama to become an actress .
the professional debut on stage came in 1890 at one of albert ranft 's theatres .
she was an actress of sweden 's national stage , the royal dramatic theatre -lrb- dramaten -rrb- , between 1900 -- 1912 and 1920-1938 .
here , alongside becoming a star on film , she made a number of remarkable and critically acclaimed performances .
she retired officially from stage in 1938 , due to having developed a case of severe stage fright , and turned back to filming .
she appeared in several notable supporting parts in swedish films in the 1930s-50s , for example in ingmar bergman 's early 1948 film `` music in darkness '' , in the thriller `` ett brott '' -lrb- a crime -rrb- -lrb- 1940 -rrb- and in `` kejsarn av portugallien '' -lrb- the emperor of portugallia -rrb- -lrb- 1944 -rrb- , based on the novel by selma lagerlöf , and in a pair of films by hasse ekman such as `` kungliga patrasket '' -lrb- the royal rabble -rrb- -lrb- 1945 -rrb- and `` flickan från tredje raden '' -lrb- the girl from the third row -rrb- -lrb- 1949 -rrb- .
borgström was also a teacher in the performing arts at the royal dramatic theatre 's acting school ; dramatens elevskola , in the 1930s-40s .
altogether she made some 80 parts on film .
she is today perhaps primarily known as the narrator in the short film `` tomten - en vintersaga '' -lrb- the tomte - a winter 's tale -rrb- -lrb- 1941 -rrb- , where she reads the poem `` tomten '' by viktor rydberg .
the film is shown at christmas eve every year on swedish television .
she remained unmarried all her life .
had one daughter , gertrud -lrb- she never revealed the name of her father -rrb- .
she died in her native stockholm on 2 january 1953 .
