Biography
Viveca Lindfors was a Swedish-American stage, film and television actress. Born Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors in Uppsala, Sweden, on 29 December 1920, she trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in Stockholm. She became a theatre and film star in Sweden before moving to the United States in 1946 under contract to Warner Bros.
She appeared in more than 100 films, including Night Unto Night (1949), King of Kings (1961), Creepshow (1982), The Sure Thing (1985) and Stargate (1994), in which she played Catherine Langford. Lindfors also worked extensively on Broadway and in television. She won an Emmy Award and a Silver Bear for Best Actress.
