{"id":142121,"date":"2025-12-16T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=142121"},"modified":"2025-12-15T08:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:31:46","slug":"happy-birthday-liv-ullmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=142121","title":{"rendered":"“The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.” — Liv Ullmann"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s her birthday today. <\/p>\n

In 2018 I was assigned by the Criterion Collection to write tributes to four of Ingmar Bergman’s actresses: Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, (Liv and Bibi were paired together in one video – Bergman saw them as a part as well) Ingrid Thulin and … one more (which hasn’t launched, hence my not mentioning it). This assignment required a deep dive into Ingmar Bergman’s work, which took up an entire month and a half of watching, 2, 3 movies a day. <\/p>\n

The landing page for all of the videos is here<\/a>, and here’s the one I did for Liv Ullmann and Bibi Andersson<\/a>, a deep dive into their work with Bergman, how he saw each of them, their journeys with him, and who they were as actresses, both together and separate. <\/p>\n

I didn’t mention Ullmann’s directorial career which has been extensive (movies and theatre). I was able to review her film adaptation of Miss Julie<\/i><\/a>, starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton.<\/p>\n

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