Mimi Pollak

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 (Les Bonnes/The Maids), with Anita Björk and Maj-Britt Nilsson. Mimi Pollak appeared since her 1922 debut in the film "Amatörfilmen" in about 30 feature films and TV productions. She directed and handfull during the 1950's.

Movies with Mimi Pollak

• Autumn Sonata 1978 · ★ 8.0
• Summer Interlude 1951 · ★ 7.4
• Emil of Lonneberga 1971 · ★ 6.7
• The Flight of the Eagle 1982 · ★ 7.0
• Amorosa 1986 · ★ 5.6
• Only a Mother 1949 · ★ 6.8
• Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia 1991 · ★ 6.1
• Brenda Brave 1989 · ★ 6.3
• With You in My Arms 1940 · ★ 6.2
• Supper for Two 1947 · ★ 6.0
• Playing Truant 1949 · ★ 5.8
• The Crown Witness 1989 · ★ 7.0
• The Farewell 1982 · ★ 2.4
• Flames in the Dark 1942 · ★ 6.3
• Mord, lilla vän 1955 · ★ 6.0
• Gatan 1949 · ★ 6.7
• Nightmare 1965 · ★ 7.3
• We Home Toilers 1942 · ★ 7.0
• Gentleman att hyra 1940 · ★ 5.7
• Stiller, Garbo & jag 1988 · ★ 3.7
• Sömnen 1984 · ★ 6.5
• Kajan går till sjöss 1943 · ★ 6.0
• The Secret 1990 · ★ 9.0
• The Ghost Reporter 1941 · ★ 6.0
• Near and Far Away 1976 · ★ 7.0
• The Dress 1964 · ★ 9.0
• The Sixth Commandment 1947 · ★ 7.5
• The Amateur Film 1922 · ★ 10.0
• A Matter of Life and Death 1986 · ★ 7.0
• Den stora kärleken 1938 · ★ 7.0
• One, But a Lion! 1940 · ★ 9.0
• Bröder emellan 1946 · ★ 7.0
• The Man All Wanted to Kill 1940 · ★ 8.0
• Kristoffers hus 1979 · ★ 8.0
• Den långa vägen 1947
• I frid och värdighet 1979

Movies directed by Mimi Pollak

• The Right to Love 1956 · ★ 6.0
• Tredje personen 1957 · ★ 7.0
• Malin Goes Home 1953 · ★ 0.0
• Mother's Revolution 1950 · ★ 4.0