---
name: "Gudrun Brost"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gudrun-brost"
fi1m_id: "gudrun-brost"
imdb_id: "nm0112548"
tmdb_id: 58305
wikidata_id: "Q4940833"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 April 1910"
died: "28 June 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:45:15.736810+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gudrun Brost

## Identity

Gudrun Brost

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gudrun-brost
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gudrun-brost
- **IMDb ID:** nm0112548
- **TMDB ID:** 58305
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4940833
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudrun_Brost, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4940833, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112548/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58305

Actor. Born 6 April 1910 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. Died 28 June 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 April 1910, Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
- **Died:** 28 June 1993
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1960s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudrun_Brost, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4940833, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112548/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58305

## Biography

Gudrun Brost was a Swedish actress. Born Gudrun Lisa Johanna Brost on 6 April 1910 in Malmö, she died on 28 June 1993 in Stockholm. She trained initially as a physiotherapist before entering theatre, making her stage debut in the 1930s and her film debut in 1936.

Brost became known for her work in revue and as a character actress in film and theatre. She collaborated frequently with Ingmar Bergman, appearing in *Sawdust and Tinsel* (1953) as Alma, *The Seventh Seal* (1957), *The Virgin Spring* (1960) as Frida, and *Hour of the Wolf* (1968) as Gamla Fru von Merkens. She was engaged at Malmö City Theatre from 1954 to 1976 and later at Stockholm City Theatre.

She was married to writer Sven Forssell from 1946 to 1951 and was the mother of actor Johannes Brost. Her final screen role was in the television series *Kulla-Gulla* (1986).

*Sources: imdb.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se, skbl.se, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Hour of the Wolf* (1968), Fi1m 74, as Gamla Fru von Merkens — [page](https://film.one/film/hour-of-the-wolf.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Seventh Seal* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Woman at Inn (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sagan om den lilla flickan och den stora kärleken* (1986), as berättarrösten
- *Äntligen!* (1984), as Rut
- *Moderna människor* (1983), as The Grandmother
- *Vores år* (1980), series, as Gunilla Wersen
- *Tabu* (1977), as Linda
- *A Stranger Came by Train* (1974), as Anna Nilsson
- *Ebon Lundin* (1973), as Lilly
- *Kvartetten som sprängdes* (1973), series, Actor
- *De många sängarna* (1970), Actor
- *One Swedish Summer* (1968), as Torinna
- *Hour of the Wolf* (1968), as Gamla Fru von Merkens — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/hour-of-the-wolf.md)
- *Here Is Your Life* (1966), as Olof's Stepmother
- *The Serpent* (1966), as Maria Sandström
- *Wood Painting* (1963), as Lisa
- *Just Once More* (1962), as Store Owner
- *The Virgin Spring* (1960), as Frida
- *The Minister of Uddarbo* (1957), Actor
- *The Seventh Seal* (1957), as Woman at Inn (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md)
- *Rasmus and the Vagabond* (1955), as Märta
- *Sawdust and Tinsel* (1953), as Alma
- *Adolf i toppform* (1952), Actor
- *När syrenerna blomma* (1952), as Alexandra Weijner
- *Girl with Hyacinths* (1950), as Körner's Friend
- *Sven Tusan* (1949), Actor
- *Lazy Lena* (1947), as Dagmar Liljekvist
- *Man's Woman* (1945), as Elin
- *The Royal Rabble* (1945), as Sonja Swedje
- *...och alla dessa kvinnor* (1944), as Mrs. Gordon-Brewster
- *The Sin of Anna Lans* (1943), as Magda
- *The Heavenly Play* (1942), as King Salomo's mistress
- *Yellow Ward* (1942), as Nurse Olga
- *If I Could Marry the Minister* (1941), as Helga Persson of Mon
- *Magistrarna på sommarlov* (1941), Actor
- *I paradis ...* (1941), as Klara
- *The Talk of the Town* (1941), as Greta Bilt
- *His Grace's Will* (1940), as Beda
- *Man of the Forest* (1940), as Monica
- *June Night* (1940), as Mrs. Nilsson
- *Steel* (1940), as Aina Gouveng
- *Familjen Andersson* (1937), as Lisa
- *Poor Millionaires* (1936), Actor
- *Janssons frestelse* (1936), as Flicka på festen
- *Samvetsömma Adolf* (1936), as Woman at party

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