Mimi Pollak
Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak was a Swedish stage and screen actress and director. She attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre school in Stockholm, Sweden, with fellow actress Greta Garbo from 1922 to 1924. It was Mimi that came up with the name Garbo. They became friends for life. Pollak became in 1948 the first contracted female director at the Dramaten with the production of Jean Genet's Jungfruleken (Les Bonnes/The Maids), with Anita Björk and Maj-Britt Nilsson. Mimi Pollak appeared since her 1922 debut in the film "Amatörfilmen" in about 30 feature films and TV productions. She directed and handfull during the 1950's.
Movies
Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia
Hulda
The Secret
Ester
Brenda Brave
Market Woman
The Crown Witness
The old lady
Stiller, Garbo & jag
A Matter of Life and Death
Rickos Mormorsmor
Amorosa
Miss Rosenhjelm
Sömnen
The Grandma
The Flight of the Eagle
Mina Andrée
The Farewell
isoäiti
Kristoffers hus
Grandma
I frid och värdighet
Autumn Sonata
Piano Instructor
Near and Far Away
Fortune teller
Emil i Lönneberga
Lillklossan
Nightmare
Anna Söderblom
The Dress
Mrs. Rubin
Mord, lilla vän
Olga Vaern
Summer Interlude
Mrs Calwagen
Only a Mother
Erika Rost
Playing Truant
Märta Hoffman
Gatan
Mrs Rodelius
The Sixth Commandment
Supper for Two
Sophie
Den långa vägen
Fredrika Bremer
Bröder emellan
Kajan går till sjöss
Miss Lidegren
We Home Toilers
Rosa "Rose" Réenchrona
Flames in the Dark
Miss Danielsson
The Ghost Reporter
Gentleman att hyra
Secretary
With You in My Arms
Miss Carlander
One, But a Lion!
The Man All Wanted to Kill
Erna Larsson
Den stora kärleken
Amatörfilmen
Eva, Garters dotter
