Gunn Wållgren (born Gunnel Margaret Haraldsdotter Wållgren; ; was a Swedish stage and film actress. She is best remembered for her role in Ingmar Bergman's film Fanny and Alexander.
Gunn Wållgren, 1940s
On the cover of Filmjournalen, 1947
On stage: as Indra's daughter in A Dream Play by August Strindberg, The Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1955
Fanny and Alexander is a 1982 period drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden during the first decade of the twentieth century. Following the death of the children's father, their mother remarries a prominent bishop who becomes abusive towards Alexander for his vivid imagination.
Original Swedish release poster
Bergman's screenplay
Gunn Wållgren in Strindberg's A Dream Play, 1955.
The story references Shakespeare's Hamlet and its Ghost, played by Oscar.