Biografía

29 de diciembre de 1920 · Uppsala, Uppsala län, Suecia

25 de octubre de 1995 · Uppsala, Uppsala län, Suecia (complicaciones de artritis reumatoide)

Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors

1.67 m

Black hair

In 1990, while walking to a New York theatre production she was appearing in, Viveca was assaulted and her face slashed. After receiving stitches for the wound, she continued on to the rehearsal.

She was a childminder of Chevy Chase.

Became a naturalized U.S. citizen around 1951.

When she was included in the "In Memoriam" segment of the Academy Awards in 1996, the Academy showed a scene from Tentaciones de verano (1985) where she had a supporting role as a professor. In the scene, she's smiling and spreading her arms.

Son, John Tabori (born John Hasso, 1943 in Sweden).

What difference does it make if you change your line? Improvisation is good. The other actor should listen to what you do. It may be a matter of changing pauses within or after the line. I call it brave acting and you have to protect your own inspiration.

[on working with director Joseph Losey on The Damned (1962)] He was more comfortable with men, and had to control women. He accepted things from a man he would not accept from a woman. Didn't feel equal with women. I have to feel a complete equal, or I didn't work well. I liked the role but felt he didn't like the feeling I was his equal. I am a great actress, let's face it.

How can I be who I am? I want to drop the mask... I feel I am asked to have on in order to please you, whoever *you* are. I've learned that in America more than anything, that the mask doesn't work. There's got to be you.