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'''Mai Elisabeth Zetterling''' ({{IPA-sv|ˈmajː ˈsɛ̂tːɛˌɭɪŋ}}; 24 May 1925 – 17 March 1994)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-881807.html |title=DEATHS - The Washington Post &#124; HighBeam Research |date=26 February 2012 |website= |accessdate=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226165647/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-881807.html |archive-date=26 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was a Swedish film director, novelist and actress <ref>{{Cite web |title=The 100 greatest films directed by women: Who voted? L-Z |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191126-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-who-voted-m-z |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McGregor |first=Craig |date=1972-04-30 |title=Mai Is Behind The Camera Now |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/30/archives/mai-is-behind-the-camera-now.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Glenn |date=1994-03-19 |title=Mai Zetterling, 68, Film Actress With a Second Career in Directing |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/19/obituaries/mai-zetterling-68-film-actress-with-a-second-career-in-directing.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=1966-09-15 |title=Mai Zetterling Comments About Directorial Role |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/15/archives/mai-zetterling-comments-about-directorial-role.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=1999-07-13 |title=Eurydice |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/1999/jul/14/theatre.artsfeatures |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>.
'''Mai Elisabeth Zetterling''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈmajː ˈsɛ̂tːɛˌɭɪŋ}}; 24 May 1925 – 17 March 1994)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-881807.html |title=DEATHS - The Washington Post |date=26 February 2012 |website= |accessdate=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226165647/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-881807.html |archive-date=26 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> was a Swedish film director, novelist and actress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 100 greatest films directed by women: Who voted? L-Z |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191126-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-who-voted-m-z |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McGregor |first=Craig |date=1972-04-30 |title=Mai Is Behind The Camera Now |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/30/archives/mai-is-behind-the-camera-now.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Glenn |date=19 March 1994|title=Mai Zetterling, 68, Film Actress With a Second Career in Directing |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/19/obituaries/mai-zetterling-68-film-actress-with-a-second-career-in-directing.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=15 September 1966|title=Mai Zetterling Comments About Directorial Role |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/15/archives/mai-zetterling-comments-about-directorial-role.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=13 July 1999|title=Eurydice |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/1999/jul/14/theatre.artsfeatures |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Zetterling was born in [[Västerås]], Sweden to a [[working class]] family.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/19/obituaries/mai-zetterling-68-film-actress-with-a-second-career-in-directing.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Mai Zetterling, 68, Film Actress With a Second Career in Directing |first=Glenn |last=Collins |date=19 March 1994 |access-date=12 May 2010}}</ref> She started her career as an actor at the age of 17 at [[Dramaten]], the Swedish national theatre, appearing in war-era films.
Zetterling was born in [[Västerås]], Sweden to a [[working class]] family.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/19/obituaries/mai-zetterling-68-film-actress-with-a-second-career-in-directing.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Mai Zetterling, 68, Film Actress With a Second Career in Directing |first=Glenn |last=Collins |date=19 March 1994 |access-date=12 May 2010}}</ref> She started her career as an actor at the age of 17 at the [[Royal Dramatic Theatre]], the Swedish national theatre, appearing in war-era films.


==Career==
==Career==
Zetterling appeared in film and television productions spanning six decades from the 1940s to the 1990s. Her breakthrough came in the 1944 film ''[[Torment (1944 film)|Torment]]'' written for her<ref name="latimes-1994-03-19-mn-35872">{{cite news |title=Mai Zetterling, 68; Swedish Film Actress Turned Director |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-19-mn-35872-story.html |access-date=8 August 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=19 March 1994}}</ref> by [[Ingmar Bergman]], in which she played a controversial role as a tormented shopgirl. Shortly afterwards she moved to England and gained instant success there with her title role in [[Basil Dearden]]'s ''[[Frieda (film)|Frieda]]'' (1947) playing opposite [[David Farrar (actor)|David Farrar]].
Zetterling appeared in film and television productions spanning six decades from the 1940s to the 1990s. Her breakthrough as an actress came in the 1944 film ''[[Torment (1944 film)|Torment]]'' written for her<ref name="latimes-1994-03-19-mn-35872">{{cite news |title=Mai Zetterling, 68; Swedish Film Actress Turned Director |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-19-mn-35872-story.html |access-date=8 August 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=19 March 1994}}</ref> by [[Ingmar Bergman]], in which she played a controversial role as a tormented shopgirl. Shortly afterwards, she moved to England and gained instant success there with her title role in [[Basil Dearden]]'s ''[[Frieda (film)|Frieda]]'' (1947), playing opposite [[David Farrar (actor)|David Farrar]].<ref name=":2" />


After a brief return to Sweden in which she worked with Bergman again in his film ''[[Music in Darkness]]'' (1948), she returned to Britain and starred in a number of UK films, playing against such leading men as [[Tyrone Power]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[Richard Widmark]], [[Laurence Harvey]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Herbert Lom]], [[Richard Attenborough]], [[Keenan Wynn]], [[Stanley Baker]] and [[Dennis Price]].
After a brief return to Sweden, in which she worked with Bergman again in his film ''[[Music in Darkness]]'' (1948), she returned to Britain and starred in a number of UK films. Some of her notable films as an actress include ''[[Quartet (1948 film)|Quartet]]'' (1948), a film based on some of [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s short stories, ''[[The Romantic Age]]'' (1949) directed by [[Edmond T. Gréville]], ''[[Only Two Can Play]]'' (1962) co-starring [[Peter Sellers]] and directed by [[Sidney Gilliat]], and ''[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]'' (1990), an adaptation of [[Roald Dahl]]'s book directed by [[Nicolas Roeg]]. Having gained a reputation as a [[sex symbol]] in dramas and thrillers, she was equally effective in comedies, and was active in British television in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Where to begin with Mai Zetterling |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-mai-zetterling |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>


In 1960, she appeared in ''[[Danger Man]]'' as Nadia in the episode "The Sisters".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Danger Man Website |url=http://danger-man.co.uk/episodeDetails.asp?episodeID=12&seriesNo=1 |access-date=27 May 2023 |website=danger-man.co.uk}}</ref>
Some of her notable films as an actress include ''[[Quartet (1948 film)|Quartet]]'' (1948), a film based on some of [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s short stories, ''[[The Romantic Age]]'' (1949) directed by [[Edmond T. Gréville]], ''[[Only Two Can Play]]'' (1962) co-starring [[Peter Sellers]] and directed by [[Sidney Gilliat]], and ''[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]'' (1990), an adaptation of [[Roald Dahl]]'s book directed by [[Nicolas Roeg]]. Having gained a reputation as a [[sex symbol]] in dramas and thrillers, she was equally effective in comedies, and was active in British television in the 1950s and 1960s.


She began directing and publishing novels and non-fiction in the early 1960s, her films starting with political documentaries and a short film titled ''The War Game'' (1963), which was nominated for a [[BAFTA]] award, and won a Silver Lion at Venice, both for the Best Short Film. Her directorial feature film debut ''[[Älskande par]]'' (1964, "Loving Couples"), based on the novels of [[Agnes von Krusenstjerna]], caused a scandal at the [[1965 Cannes Film Festival]] for its sexual explicitness and nudity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mai Zetterling profile|url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=173874 |access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref> [[Kenneth Tynan]] of ''The Observer'' later called it "one of the most ambitious debuts since ''[[Citizen Kane]]''". It was not the only film she made that caused controversy for its frank sexuality.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-16 |title=Sexuality in '60s Cinema: 'Three Films by Mai Zetterling' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/mai-zetterling-loving-night-girls |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=www.popmatters.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 1960 she appeared in ''[[Danger Man]]'' as Nadia in the episode "The Sisters".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Danger Man Website |url=http://danger-man.co.uk/episodeDetails.asp?episodeID=12&seriesNo=1 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=danger-man.co.uk}}</ref>


When critics reviewing her debut feature stated that "Mai Zetterling directs like a man",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/212401%7C104025/Mai-Zetterling|title=Mai Zetterling|website=www.tcm.com|accessdate=20 January 2022}}</ref> she began to explore feminist themes more explicitly in her work. ''[[The Girls (1968 film)|The Girls]]'', which had an all-star Swedish cast that included [[Bibi Andersson]] and [[Harriet Andersson]], discussed women's liberation (or lack thereof) in a society controlled by men, as the protagonists compare their lives to characters in the play ''[[Lysistrata]]'', and find that things have not progressed very much for women since ancient times. In 1966, she appeared as a storyteller on the BBC children's programme ''[[Jackanory]]'', and in [[List of Jackanory episodes|five episodes]] narrated [[Tove Jansson]]'s ''Finn Family Moomintroll''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1966-02-28 |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6410c46d15de494095e887d3cc6c7501 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
She began directing and publishing novels and non-fiction in the early 1960s, her films starting with political documentaries and a short film titled ''The War Game'' (1963), which was nominated for a [[BAFTA]] award, and won a Silver Lion at Venice, both for the Best Short Film. Her first feature film ''[[Älskande par]]'' (1964, "Loving Couples"), based on the novels of [[Agnes von Krusenstjerna]], was banned at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] for its sexual explicitness and nudity. [[Kenneth Tynan]] of ''The Observer'' later called it "one of the most ambitious debuts since ''[[Citizen Kane]]''". It was not the only film she made that caused controversy for its frank sexuality.

When critics reviewing her debut feature stated that "Mai Zetterling directs like a man,"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/212401%7C104025/Mai-Zetterling|title=Mai Zetterling|website=www.tcm.com|accessdate=20 January 2022}}</ref> she began to explore feminist themes more explicitly in her work. ''[[The Girls (1968 film)|The Girls]]'', which had an all-star Swedish cast that included [[Bibi Andersson]] and [[Harriet Andersson]], discussed women's liberation (or lack thereof) in a society controlled by men, as the protagonists compare their lives to characters in the play ''[[Lysistrata]]'', and find that things have not progressed very much for women since ancient times.

In 1966, she appeared as a storyteller on the BBC children's programme ''[[Jackanory]]'', and in [[List of Jackanory episodes|five episodes]] narrated [[Tove Jansson|Tove Jansson's]] ''Finn Family Moomintroll''.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[File:Mai-zetterling-gullers.jpg|thumb|right|Zetterling in 1948]]
[[File:Mai-zetterling-gullers.jpg|thumb|right|Zetterling in 1948]]
Zetterling was married to Norwegian actor [[Tutte Lemkow]] from 1944 to 1953. They had a daughter, Etienne and a son, Louis, who is professor of environmental [[sociology]] at the [[Autonomous University of Barcelona]]. In her [[autobiography]] ''All Those Tomorrows,''<ref>{{cite book |title=All Those Tomorrows |author=Mai Zetterling |location=London |publisher=Cape |year=1985 |isbn=0-224-01841-8}} New York: Grove, 1986. {{ISBN|0-394-55602-X}}.</ref> published in 1985, Zetterling details love affairs with actor [[Herbert Lom]] and [[Tyrone Power]], with whom she lived from 1956 until early 1958.{{fact}}
Zetterling was married to Norwegian actor [[Tutte Lemkow]] from 1944 to 1953. They had a daughter, Etienne and a son, Louis, who is professor of environmental [[sociology]] at the [[Autonomous University of Barcelona]]. She published an [[autobiography]], ''All Those Tomorrows''.<ref>{{cite book |title=All Those Tomorrows |author=Mai Zetterling |location=London |publisher=Cape |year=1985 |isbn=0-224-01841-8}} New York: Grove, 1986. {{ISBN|0-394-55602-X}}</ref> From 1958 to 1979, she was married to British author [[David Hughes (novelist)|David Hughes]], who collaborated with her on her first films as director.

From 1958 to 1979, she was married to British author [[David Hughes (novelist)|David Hughes]], who collaborated with her on her first films as director. The couple were friends with the composer [[Michael Hurd (composer)|Michael Hurd]], who wrote the music scores for ''Flickorna'' and ''Scrubbers''.{{fact}}


Documents at the National Archives in London show that, as a member of the [[Hollywood Left]], she was watched by MI5 as a suspected [[Communist]] <ref>{{Cite news |last=Bowcott |first=Owen |date=2009-03-03 |title=Glamorous socialites were spied on by MI5 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/03/national-archives-mi5-socialites |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-11 |title=Cinema: Swansea-set 1960s film attracted the attention of MI5 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-63907870 |access-date=2023-07-22}}</ref>. However, the UK never had a system along the lines of the American [[Hollywood Blacklist]].{{fact}}
Documents at the National Archives in London show that, as a member of the [[Hollywood Left]], she was watched by [[MI5]] as a suspected [[Communist]]. It did not hamper her career, however.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bowcott |first=Owen |date=3 March 2009|title=Glamorous socialites were spied on by MI5 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/03/national-archives-mi5-socialites |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=11 December 2022|title=Cinema: Swansea-set 1960s film attracted the attention of MI5 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-63907870 |access-date=22 July 2023}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
On 17 March 1994, a year after her final role on television, Zetterling died from [[cancer]] at the age of 68 in her home in London.<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="apnews-5676170e6e095879133425c128e75df3">{{cite news |title=Actress Mai Zetterling Dead at 68 |url=https://apnews.com/article/5676170e6e095879133425c128e75df3 |access-date=8 August 2022 |work=AP NEWS |date=18 March 1994 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="upi-3737764053200">{{cite news |title=Swedish actress Monica Zetterling dies at 68 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/03/19/Swedish-actress-Monica-Zetterling-dies-at-68/3737764053200/ |access-date=8 August 2022 |work=[[UPI]] |language=en}}</ref>
On 17 March 1994, a year after her final role on television, Zetterling died from [[cancer]] at her home in London. She was 68 years old.<ref name="NYT"/><ref name="apnews-5676170e6e095879133425c128e75df3">{{cite news |title=Actress Mai Zetterling Dead at 68 |url=https://apnews.com/article/5676170e6e095879133425c128e75df3 |access-date=8 August 2022 |work=AP NEWS |date=18 March 1994 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="upi-3737764053200">{{cite news |title=Swedish actress Monica Zetterling dies at 68 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/03/19/Swedish-actress-Monica-Zetterling-dies-at-68/3737764053200/ |access-date=8 August 2022 |work=[[UPI]] |language=en}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=1 February 1984|title=FILM: PORTRAIT OF DELINQUENCY |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/01/movies/film-portrait-of-delinquency.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Marsh |first=Stefanie |date=29 October 2017|title=Kathy Burke: 'Lifelong member of the non-pretty working classes' |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/oct/29/kathy-burke-interview-lifelong-member-of-the-non-pretty-working-classes |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schickel |first=Richard |date=1973-09-17 |title=Cinema: Non-Olympian |language=en-US |work=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,907914,00.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenspun |first=Roger |date=1973-08-11 |title=The Screen:New 'Visions of Eight' Studies Olympics |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/11/archives/the-screennew-visions-of-eight-studies-olympics.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Schickel |first=Richard |date=17 September 1973|title=Cinema: Non-Olympian |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,907914,00.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenspun |first=Roger |date=11 August 1973|title=The Screen:New 'Visions of Eight' Studies Olympics |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/11/archives/the-screennew-visions-of-eight-studies-olympics.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 1973|title=BBC Programme Index {{!}} Vincent the Dutchman |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cf75cdec763846ce8ed4b04a8ee632ba |access-date=22 July 2023|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
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|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hutchinson |first=Pamela |date=13 July 2018|title=Angry young women: how radical, female film-makers defined the spirit of '68 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/13/club-des-femmes-radical-feminist-queer-film |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kehr |first=Dave |date=12 September 2006|title=New DVD's: 'Wanda' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/movies/new-dvds-wanda.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=10 May 1972 |title=Women's Film Festival Will Begin Here June 5 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/10/archives/womens-film-festival-will-begin-here-june-5.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|[[Doctor Glas (1968 film)|Doctor Glas]]
|''[[Doctor Glas (1968 film)|Doctor Glas]]''
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=1969-04-08 |title=Screen: Mai Zetterling's Dr. Glas' From Sweden |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/04/08/archives/screen-mai-zetterlings-dr-glas-from-sweden.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=8 April 1969 |title=Screen: Mai Zetterling's Dr. Glas' From Sweden |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/04/08/archives/screen-mai-zetterlings-dr-glas-from-sweden.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|1966
|1966
|Night Games (Nattlek)
|''[[Night Games (1966 film)|Night Games]]'' (Nattlek)
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=1966-12-20 |title=Screen: 'Night Games' on View at Festival Theater:Mai Zetterling's Movie a Deliberate Shocker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/12/20/archives/screen-night-games-on-view-at-festival-theatermai-zetterlings-movie.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1967-01-13 |title=Cinema: A Loving Mother |language=en-US |work=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,843284,00.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=20 December 1966|title=Screen: 'Night Games' on View at Festival Theater:Mai Zetterling's Movie a Deliberate Shocker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/12/20/archives/screen-night-games-on-view-at-festival-theatermai-zetterlings-movie.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |date=13 January 1967|title=Cinema: A Loving Mother |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,843284,00.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
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|1964
|1964
|Loving Couples (Älskande par)
|''[[Loving Couples (1964 film)|Loving Couples]]'' (Älskande par)
|<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiler |first=A. h |date=1966-09-20 |title=Screen: Amour, Illicit and Otherwise:'Loving Couples' Opens at 34th Street East |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/20/archives/screen-amour-illicit-and-otherwiseloving-couples-opens-at-34th.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiler |first=A. h |date=20 September 1966|title=Screen: Amour, Illicit and Otherwise:'Loving Couples' Opens at 34th Street East |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/20/archives/screen-amour-illicit-and-otherwiseloving-couples-opens-at-34th.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|1963
|1963
|[[The War Game (1962 film)|The War Game]]
|''The War Game''
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|1961
|[[Lords of Little Egypt]]
|''[[Lords of Little Egypt]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07xmfdg |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Four - Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07xmfdg |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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|[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]
|''[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Witches {{!}} Film {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/78343/witches |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Howlett |first=Paul |date=2000-01-07 |title=Watch this |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/jan/07/tvandradio.television3 |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=James |first=Caryn |date=1990-08-24 |title=Review/Film; When the Ladies Take Off Their Wigs, Head for Home. Fast. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/24/movies/review-film-when-the-ladies-take-off-their-wigs-head-for-home-fast.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Suddath |first=Claire |date=2011-06-15 |title=The Witches {{!}} Top 10 Movies Based on Kids’ Books |language=en-US |work=Time |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/16/top-10-movies-based-on-kids-books/slide/the-witches/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Witches {{!}} Film {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/78343/witches |access-date=22 July 2023|website=theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Howlett |first=Paul |date=7 January 2000|title=Watch this |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/jan/07/tvandradio.television3 |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=James |first=Caryn |date=24 August 1990|title=Review/Film; When the Ladies Take Off Their Wigs, Head for Home. Fast. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/24/movies/review-film-when-the-ladies-take-off-their-wigs-head-for-home-fast.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Suddath |first=Claire |date=15 June 2011 |title=The Witches |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/16/top-10-movies-based-on-kids-books/slide/the-witches/ |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
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|1990
|[[Hidden Agenda (1990 film)|Hidden Agenda]]
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|[[The Man Who Finally Died]]
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|1963
|Operation Mermaid
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|1962
|[[Only Two Can Play]]
|''[[Only Two Can Play]]''
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=1962-03-21 |title=Screen: 'Two Can Play':Peter Sellers and Mai Zetterling Star |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/21/archives/screen-two-can-playpeter-sellers-and-mai-zetterling-star.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1962-04-06 |title=Cinema: Barmy in the Back Stacks |language=en-US |work=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,896065,00.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=21 March 1962|title=Screen: 'Two Can Play':Peter Sellers and Mai Zetterling Star |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/21/archives/screen-two-can-playpeter-sellers-and-mai-zetterling-star.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=6 April 1962|title=Cinema: Barmy in the Back Stacks |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,896065,00.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
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|1961
|[[Offbeat (film)|Offbeat]]
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|1960
|[[Piccadilly Third Stop]]
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|1960
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|1959
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|1958
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|1958
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|''The Master Builder''
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|1957
|[[The Truth About Women]]
|''[[The Truth About Women]]''
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Howard |date=1958-08-29 |title='Truth About Women' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/08/29/archives/truth-about-women.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Howard |date=29 August 1958|title='Truth About Women' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/08/29/archives/truth-about-women.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|1957
|1957
|[[Seven Waves Away]]
|''[[Seven Waves Away]]''
(Alternate Tiles ''Abandon Ship!''
(Alternate Tiles ''Abandon Ship!''
and ''Seven Days From Now'')
and ''Seven Days From Now'')
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiler |first=A. h |date=1957-04-18 |title=Screen: Tyrone Power in Saga of Sea; 'Abandon Ship!' Opens at the Paramount Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan in Cast British Double Bill |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/04/18/archives/screen-tyrone-power-in-saga-of-sea-abandon-ship-opens-at-the.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1976-06-11 |title=TELEVISION TODAY |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/11/archives/television-today.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiler |first=A. |date=18 April 1957|title=Screen: Tyrone Power in Saga of Sea; 'Abandon Ship!' Opens at the Paramount Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan in Cast British Double Bill |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/04/18/archives/screen-tyrone-power-in-saga-of-sea-abandon-ship-opens-at-the.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=11 June 1976|title=TELEVISION TODAY |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/11/archives/television-today.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|1956
|[[A Doll's House (1956 film)|A Doll's House]]
|''[[A Doll's House (1956 film)|A Doll's House]]''
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|1955
|[[A Prize of Gold]]
|''[[A Prize of Gold]]''
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=T |first=H. H. |date=1955-10-15 |title=Screen: Occupied Berlin; A Prize of Gold' Has Debut at Palace |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/10/15/archives/screen-occupied-berlin-a-prize-of-gold-has-debut-at-palace.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=T |first=H. H. |date=15 October 1955 |title=Screen: Occupied Berlin; A Prize of Gold' Has Debut at Palace |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/10/15/archives/screen-occupied-berlin-a-prize-of-gold-has-debut-at-palace.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|1954
|1954
|[[Knock on Wood (film)|Knock on Wood]]
|''[[Knock on Wood (film)|Knock on Wood]]''
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=McGregor |first=Craig |date=1972-04-30 |title=Television |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/30/archives/mai-is-behind-the-camera-now.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1954-04-26 |title=Cinema: Two Comedians |language=en-US |work=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,860690,00.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1977-04-08 |title=Television |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/08/archives/long-island-opinion-television.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=McGregor |first=Craig |date=30 April 1972|title=Television |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/04/30/archives/mai-is-behind-the-camera-now.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=26 April 1954 |title=Cinema: Two Comedians |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,860690,00.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=8 April 1977|title=Television |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/08/archives/long-island-opinion-television.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|1954
|1954
|[[Dance Little Lady]]
|''[[Dance Little Lady]]''
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=W |first=A. |date=1955-12-26 |title=A Holiday Gift |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/12/26/archives/a-holiday-gift.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=W |first=A. |date=26 December 1955|title=A Holiday Gift |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/12/26/archives/a-holiday-gift.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|1953
|1953
|[[Desperate Moment]]
|''[[Desperate Moment]]''
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=1953-09-21 |title=Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 21, 1953 |language=en-US |work=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,890699,00.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=21 September 1953 |title=Cinema: The New Pictures|magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,890699,00.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
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|1952
|1952
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|''[[The Tall Headlines]]''
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|1952
|[[The Ringer (1952 film)|The Ringer]]
|''[[The Ringer (1952 film)|The Ringer]]''
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|1951
|[[Hell Is Sold Out]]
|''[[Hell Is Sold Out]]''
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|1951
|[[Blackmailed (1951 film)|Blackmailed]]
|''[[Blackmailed (1951 film)|Blackmailed]]''
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|1949
|[[The Lost People]]
|''[[The Lost People]]''
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|1949
|1949
|[[The Bad Lord Byron]]
|''[[The Bad Lord Byron]]''
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=T |first=H. H. |date=1952-03-20 |title=At the 72d St. Trans-Lux |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/20/archives/at-the-72d-st-translux.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=T |first=H. H. |date=20 March 1952|title=At the 72d St. Trans-Lux |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/03/20/archives/at-the-72d-st-translux.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|1949
|[[The Romantic Age]]
|''[[The Romantic Age]]''
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|1948
|[[Quartet (1948 film)|Quartet]]
|''[[Quartet (1948 film)|Quartet]]''
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|1948
|[[Portrait from Life]]
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|1948
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|1948
|[[Life Starts Now (film)|Life Starts Now]]
|''[[Life Starts Now (film)|Life Starts Now]]''
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|1947
|[[Frieda (film)|Frieda]]
|''[[Frieda (film)|Frieda]]''
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=1947-08-15 |title=At the Park Avenue |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/08/15/archives/at-the-park-avenue.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=French |first=Philip |date=2013-07-06 |title=The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 3 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/07/ealing-studios-rarities-volume-3-review |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 August 1947 |title=At the Park Avenue |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/08/15/archives/at-the-park-avenue.html |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=French |first=Philip |date=6 July 2013|title=The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection: Volume 3 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/07/ealing-studios-rarities-volume-3-review |access-date=22 July 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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|1946
|[[Iris and the Lieutenant]]
|''[[Iris and the Lieutenant]]''
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|1946
|1946
|[[Sunshine Follows Rain]]
|''[[Sunshine Follows Rain]]''
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|1944
|1944
|Torment
|''[[Torment (1944 film)|Torment]]''
|<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1947-04-28 |title=Cinema, Also Showing Apr. 28, 1947 |language=en-US |work=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,793620,00.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=James |first=Caryn |date=1995-06-09 |title=CRITIC'S CHOICE; The Director Emulated By Bergman |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/09/movies/critic-s-choice-the-director-emulated-by-bergman.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=1947-04-22 |title=A Study From Sweden |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/04/22/archives/a-study-from-sweden.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=28 April 1947|title=Cinema, Also Showing|language=en-US |magazine=Time|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,793620,00.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=James |first=Caryn |date=9 June 1995|title=CRITIC'S CHOICE; The Director Emulated By Bergman |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/09/movies/critic-s-choice-the-director-emulated-by-bergman.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |date=22 April 1947|title=A Study From Sweden |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/04/22/archives/a-study-from-sweden.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|1944
|[[Prince Gustaf (film)|Prince Gustaf]]
|''[[Prince Gustaf (film)|Prince Gustaf]]''
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|1943
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*{{Screenonline name|id=878383|name=Mai Zetterling}}
* {{SKBL|name=Mai Elisabet Zetterling}} [[Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women]]
* {{SKBL|name=Mai Elisabet Zetterling}} [[Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women]]
*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?spid=212401&apid=104025 Mai Zetterling] at [[Turner Classic Movies]]
*[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/zetterling-mai-1925-1994 Mai Zetterling] at [[Encyclopedia.com]]
*[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/zetterling-mai-1925-1994 Mai Zetterling] at [[Encyclopedia.com]]
*[https://www.nordicwomeninfilm.com/person/mai-zetterling/?lang=en Mai Zetterling] at [[Nordic Women In Film]]
*[https://www.nordicwomeninfilm.com/person/mai-zetterling/?lang=en Mai Zetterling] at [[Nordic Women In Film]]
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Latest revision as of 14:01, 20 November 2024

Mai Zetterling
Zetterling from a promotional postcard for Quartet (1948)
Born
Mai Elisabeth Zetterling

(1925-05-24)24 May 1925
Västerås, Sweden
Died17 March 1994(1994-03-17) (aged 68)
London, England
Occupation(s)Actress, film director
Years active1941–1994
Spouses
(m. 1944; div. 1953)
(m. 1958; div. 1979)
Children2

Mai Elisabeth Zetterling (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmajː ˈsɛ̂tːɛˌɭɪŋ]; 24 May 1925 – 17 March 1994)[1] was a Swedish film director, novelist and actress.[2][3][4][5][6]

Early life

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Zetterling was born in Västerås, Sweden to a working class family.[7] She started her career as an actor at the age of 17 at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, the Swedish national theatre, appearing in war-era films.

Career

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Zetterling appeared in film and television productions spanning six decades from the 1940s to the 1990s. Her breakthrough as an actress came in the 1944 film Torment written for her[8] by Ingmar Bergman, in which she played a controversial role as a tormented shopgirl. Shortly afterwards, she moved to England and gained instant success there with her title role in Basil Dearden's Frieda (1947), playing opposite David Farrar.[9]

After a brief return to Sweden, in which she worked with Bergman again in his film Music in Darkness (1948), she returned to Britain and starred in a number of UK films. Some of her notable films as an actress include Quartet (1948), a film based on some of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories, The Romantic Age (1949) directed by Edmond T. Gréville, Only Two Can Play (1962) co-starring Peter Sellers and directed by Sidney Gilliat, and The Witches (1990), an adaptation of Roald Dahl's book directed by Nicolas Roeg. Having gained a reputation as a sex symbol in dramas and thrillers, she was equally effective in comedies, and was active in British television in the 1950s and 1960s.[9]

In 1960, she appeared in Danger Man as Nadia in the episode "The Sisters".[10]

She began directing and publishing novels and non-fiction in the early 1960s, her films starting with political documentaries and a short film titled The War Game (1963), which was nominated for a BAFTA award, and won a Silver Lion at Venice, both for the Best Short Film. Her directorial feature film debut Älskande par (1964, "Loving Couples"), based on the novels of Agnes von Krusenstjerna, caused a scandal at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival for its sexual explicitness and nudity.[11] Kenneth Tynan of The Observer later called it "one of the most ambitious debuts since Citizen Kane". It was not the only film she made that caused controversy for its frank sexuality.[12]

When critics reviewing her debut feature stated that "Mai Zetterling directs like a man",[13] she began to explore feminist themes more explicitly in her work. The Girls, which had an all-star Swedish cast that included Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson, discussed women's liberation (or lack thereof) in a society controlled by men, as the protagonists compare their lives to characters in the play Lysistrata, and find that things have not progressed very much for women since ancient times. In 1966, she appeared as a storyteller on the BBC children's programme Jackanory, and in five episodes narrated Tove Jansson's Finn Family Moomintroll.[14]

Personal life

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Zetterling in 1948

Zetterling was married to Norwegian actor Tutte Lemkow from 1944 to 1953. They had a daughter, Etienne and a son, Louis, who is professor of environmental sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She published an autobiography, All Those Tomorrows.[15] From 1958 to 1979, she was married to British author David Hughes, who collaborated with her on her first films as director.

Documents at the National Archives in London show that, as a member of the Hollywood Left, she was watched by MI5 as a suspected Communist. It did not hamper her career, however.[16][17]

Death

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On 17 March 1994, a year after her final role on television, Zetterling died from cancer at her home in London. She was 68 years old.[7][18][19]

Filmography

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As Director

Year Title Notes
1990 Sunday Pursuit
1990 Chiller
1989 Crossbow
1986 Betongmormor
1986 Amorosa
1985 The Hitchhiker
1983 Scrubbers [20][21]
1982 Love segments "Love From the Market Place",

"The Black Cat in the Black Mouse Socks", and "Julia"

1977 The Moon is a Green Cheese
1976 We Have Many Names
1973 Visions of Eight [22][23]
1972 Vincent the Dutchman [24]
1968 The Girls (Flickorna) [25][26][27]
1968 Doctor Glas [28]
1966 Night Games (Nattlek) [29][30]
1964 Loving Couples (Älskande par) [30][31]
1963 The War Game
1961 Lords of Little Egypt [32]


As Actor

Year Title Notes
1993 Grandpa's Journey
1990 The Witches [33][34][35][36]
1990 Hidden Agenda
1965 The Vine Bridge
1963 The Man Who Finally Died
1963 Operation Mermaid
1962 The Main Attraction
1962 Only Two Can Play [37][38]
1961 Offbeat
1960 Piccadilly Third Stop
1960 Faces in the Dark
1959 Jet Storm
1958 Playing on the Rainbow
1958 The Master Builder
1957 The Truth About Women [39]
1957 Seven Waves Away

(Alternate Tiles Abandon Ship! and Seven Days From Now)

[40][41]
1956 A Doll's House
1955 A Prize of Gold [42]
1954 Knock on Wood [43][44][45]
1954 Dance Little Lady [46]
1953 Desperate Moment [47]
1952 The Tall Headlines
1952 The Ringer
1951 Hell Is Sold Out
1951 Blackmailed
1949 The Lost People
1949 The Bad Lord Byron [48]
1949 The Romantic Age
1948 Quartet
1948 Portrait from Life
1948 Music in Darkness
1948 Life Starts Now
1947 Frieda [49][50]
1946 Iris and the Lieutenant
1946 Sunshine Follows Rain
1944 Torment [43][51][52][53]
1944 Prince Gustaf
1943 I Killed
1941 Lasse-Maja

Works

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  • Zetterling, Mai (1968). Night Games. Panther Books. ISBN 978-0-586-02449-2. OCLC 936919503.
  • Zetterling, Mai (1976). Bird of Passage. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-08120-1. OCLC 2424469.

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