1924-08-25 ( 100 years old ) in Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden
Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974, he won the award for Best Actor for his role as Emil's short-tempered father Anton Svensson in Emil and the Piglet.
His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006.
Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960–2016). Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"
Movies
Bättre utan hund
1996-02-27
Stjärnbilder
1995-09-10
Duo jag
1991-09-09
Evert Taube 100 år
1990-03-12
Doktor Glas
1989-12-18
The Journey to Melonia
1989-12-15
During the Journey to Melonia
1989-01-01
Lighting
1988-01-01
Pirates of the Lake
1987-02-25
The Sacrifice
1986-05-09
Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
1984-12-14
Åke and His World
1984-10-26
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984-09-16
The School of Wives
1983-12-25
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983-12-22
P & B
1983-12-10
Limpan
1983-02-04
Fanny and Alexander
1982-12-17
Rasmus and the Vagabond
1981-12-12
The Rooster
1981-09-04
SOPOR
1981-03-21
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
1980-12-14
Madicken of June Hill
1980-10-18
Sverige åt svenskarna
1980-07-31
To Be a Millionaire
1980-05-17
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
1979-12-13
Bröllopsfesten
1978-02-20
The Brothers Lionheart
1977-09-23
Mondays with Fanny
1977-08-31
Games of Love and Loneliness
1977-08-29
Hålet
1977-01-15
Elvis! Elvis!
1976-11-20
Kulstötaren
1974-01-01
Nattens konung
1974-01-01
Emil and the Piglet
1973-10-06
Who Loves Yngve Frej
1973-01-06
The Ghost Sonata
1972-10-30
New Mischief by Emil
1972-10-21
The New Land
1972-02-26
Emil of Lonneberga
1971-12-04
The Emigrants
1971-03-08
Good-Bye Nana
1970-12-18
We Are All Demons
1969-06-27
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
1969-04-06
Eriksson
1969-03-03
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
1967-01-16
Here Is Your Life
1966-12-26
Sadist
1966-06-27
The Devil's Instrument
1965-09-23
The Devotion
1965-09-13
Gustav Vasa
1965-09-06
The Banquet Room
1965-07-26
My Home Is Copacabana
1965-06-08
4 x 4
1965-02-25
Interlude in the Marshland
1965-02-22
All These Women
1964-06-15
A Dream Play
1963-05-02
Topaze
1963-02-18
Winter Light
1963-02-11
Misantropen
1963-01-14
Kort är sommaren
1962-12-26
Stolarna
1962-01-12
The Brig Three Lilies
1961-12-26
Mr. Ernest
1961-09-01
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
1961-08-17
On a Bench in a Park
1960-12-19
The Devil's Eye
1960-10-17
The Wedding Day
1960-10-03
Av hjärtans lust
1960-08-29
The Die Is Cast
1960-02-15
The Virgin Spring
1960-02-08
Blackjackets
1959-11-13
The Phantom Carriage
1958-09-18
Ingen morgondag
1957-10-16
Girls Without Rooms
1956-03-25
Vildfåglar
1955-08-21
Dance on Roses
1954-08-09
Tattarblod
1954-02-08
Resan till dej
1953-12-19
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