--- name: "Margaretha Krook" canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaretha-krook" fi1m_id: "margaretha-krook" imdb_id: "nm0472234" tmdb_id: 11917 wikidata_id: "Q1799576" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 October 1925" died: "7 May 2001" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T16:12:16.193604+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." --- # Margaretha Krook ## Identity Margaretha Krook - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/margaretha-krook - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** margaretha-krook - **IMDb ID:** nm0472234 - **TMDB ID:** 11917 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1799576 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaretha_Krook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1799576, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11917 Actor. Born 15 October 1925 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. Died 7 May 2001. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 October 1925, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden - **Died:** 7 May 2001 - **Also known as:** Margaretha Knutsdotter Krook, Margareta Krook - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaretha_Krook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1799576, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472234/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11917 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Persona*](https://film.one/film/persona.md) (89) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Margaretha Krook was a Swedish stage and film actress. Born in Stockholm in 1925, she trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy and graduated in 1951. She worked at city theatres in Norrköping, Helsingborg and Gothenburg before joining the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1962, where she remained until her final stage appearance in 1999. She appeared in more than fifty feature films and television productions. Her film roles include the Doctor in Ingmar Bergman's *Persona* (1966), Dr Larsson in *Brink of Life* (1958), Blenda Bergman in *The Best Intentions* (1992) and Doña Maria in *The Adventures of Picasso* (1978). Krook received the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1974 and the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1976 for her performance in *Release the Prisoners to Spring*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Persona* (1966), Fi1m 89, as The Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/persona.md) ## Complete filmography (76) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Karlsson on the Roof* (2002), as Hildur "Husbocken" Bock - *Gossip* (2000), as Ingrid Seth - *Stockholmania* (1998), Actor - *Rika barn leka bäst* (1997), as Bordellkonsulten - *Tre långa kvinnor* (1997), Actor - *Onkel Vanja* (1994), as Maria - *Nästa man till rakning* (1993), series, Actor - *Och ge oss skuggorna* (1993), as Carlotta O'Neill - *The Best Intentions* (1992), as Blenda Bergman - *Duo jag* (1991), series, as The analyst - *Kära farmor* (1990), series, Actor - *Tingel Tangel på Tyrol* (1990), Actor - *The Secret Friend* (1990), as The wife - *The Jönsson Gang in Mallorca* (1989), as Gertrude Germann - *Gösta Berlings saga* (1986), series, as Majorskan på Ekeby - *Peas & Whiskers* (1986), as Mother - *Flying Devils* (1985), as Hildegarde Altenburg - *Sköna juveler* (1984), as Old Woman - *Alf Sjöberg - mästaren* (1983), Actor - *Skuggan av Mart* (1983), as Mrs. Angelica - *Kattresan* (1982), as Narrator (voice) - *Broken Sky* (1982), as Grandma - *Ringlek* (1982), series, as Skådespelerskan - *Stängda dörrar* (1981), as Inès Serrano - *Talk's cheap* (1981), as Gun - *SOPOR* (1981), as Gösta Bohman - *Kvinnofest 1981* (1981), Actor - *Dödsdansen* (1980), as Alice - *Sverige åt svenskarna* (1980), Actor - *A Walk in the Sun* (1978), as Ellen - *The Adventures of Picasso* (1978), as Dona Maria - *Hon kräver upprättelse* (1978), Actor - *Mother, Father, Child* (1977), as The grandmother - *Nationalmonumentet* (1977), as Fru Olsson - *Den beslöjade damen* (1977), as Damen Svensson - *Release the Prisoners to Spring!* (1975), as Judge's daughter - *Monismanien 1995* (1975), as Prosecutor - *The White Carnation* (1974), as Margit - *The Wedding* (1973), as Sofia Långsjö - *The Man Who Quit Smoking* (1972), as Prostitute - *Söndagspromenaden* (1971), as Suleima - *The Magic Circle* (1970), as Ingvar's mother - *Good-Bye Nana* (1970), as The Mother - *The Cherry Orchard* (1970), as Ljubov Andrejevna Ranevskaja - *The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing* (1969), as Amelie Arbel - *Änkan* (1969), as Polly Grey - *Bombi Bitt och jag* (1968), series, as Franskan - *Adam in Sweden* (1966), as Astrid Samuelsson - *Patrasket* (1966), as Majken - *Persona* (1966), as The Doctor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/persona.md) - *Sadist* (1966), as Nurse Ann Wahlman - *I* (1966), as Bus driver - *Blodsbröllop* (1965), as Modern - *Swedish Portraits* (1964), as Mrs Kronback - *Swedish Wedding Night* (1964), as Mary - *Det går an* (1963), Actor - *Adam och Eva* (1963), as Ms. Nyfröjd - *A Dream Play* (1963), Actor - *Medea* (1963), as Medea - *Topaze* (1963), as Suzy Courtois - *Misantropen* (1963), as Arsinoé - *Handen på hjärtat* (1962), Actor - *Trasiga änglar* (1962), as Amélie Ducotel - *Lita på mej, älskling!* (1961), as Mrs. Nilsson - *Lek ej med kärleken* (1961), as Mamsell Pluche - *Mr. Ernest* (1961), as Miss Prism - *Swedenhielms* (1961), as Boman - *Fröken Rosita* (1960), Actor - *Brink of Life* (1958), as Dr. Larsson (uncredited) - *Salka Valka* (1954), as Sigurlína Jónsdóttir - *Karin Månsdotter* (1954), as Karin's sister - *Storm over Tjurö* (1954), as Augusta - *Barabbas* (1953), as Woman in robbers cave - *Miss Julie* (1951), as Governess - *Mother's Revolution* (1950), Actor - *Only a Mother* (1949), as Berta ## Gallery - ![Margaretha Krook](https://film.one/media/person/3912612/gallery-caef0bce4116.jpg) Margaretha Krook — Ulf Stråhle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Margarethkrook.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![TV-teater med Holger Löwenadler och Margaretha Krook 1963](https://film.one/media/person/3912612/gallery-16ad4045be88.jpg) TV-teater med Holger Löwenadler och Margaretha Krook 1963 — Jan Holmlund, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/L%C3%B6wenadler_%2B_Krook_1963.jpg/1280px-L%C3%B6wenadler_%2B_Krook_1963.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Margaretha Krook](https://film.one/media/person/3912612/gallery-a0df8bf481b1.jpg) Margaretha Krook — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won - Swedish Academy's Theatre Award 1993: Swedish Academy's Theatre Award (won) - Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 1976: Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *Release the Prisoners to Spring* - Litteris et Artibus 1975: Litteris et Artibus (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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