Mimi Pollak

Mimi Pollak

Acting
36 Movies 2 TV Shows

Born

April 9, 1903

Died

August 11, 1999

Place of Birth

Karlstad, Värmlands län, Sweden

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Biography

Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak was a Swedish stage and screen actress and director. She attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in Stockholm, Sweden, with fellow actress Greta Garbo from 1922 to 1924. It was Mimi that came up with the name Garbo. They became friends for life. Pollak became in 1948 the first contracted female director at the Dramaten with the production of Jean Genet's Jungfruleken …

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