Maria Helena "Mimi" Pollak (9 April 1903 â€" 11 August 1999) was a
Swedish actress and theatre director.Maria Helena Pollak was born in
Karlstad, Värmland to Austrian-Jewish parents and was trained in the
performing arts at the prestigious Dramatens elevskola (the Royal
Dramatic Theatre's acting school) in Stockholm 1922-24.Pollak worked
in the 1920s and 1930s as a film actress and as stage actress mainly
on Helsingborg City Theatre and The Blanche Theatre, Stockholm, but
she returned as an actress to Royal Dramatic Theatre (a.k.a. Dramaten)
1942.Pollak became in 1948 the first contracted female director at the
Dramaten with the production of Jean Genet's Jungfruleken (Les
Bonnes/The Maids), starring Anita Björk and Maj-Britt Nilsson in the
leads. Pollak became a very successful director at Dramaten and staged
altogether 60 plays at the national stage over the years.
Swedish actress and theatre director.Maria Helena Pollak was born in
Karlstad, Värmland to Austrian-Jewish parents and was trained in the
performing arts at the prestigious Dramatens elevskola (the Royal
Dramatic Theatre's acting school) in Stockholm 1922-24.Pollak worked
in the 1920s and 1930s as a film actress and as stage actress mainly
on Helsingborg City Theatre and The Blanche Theatre, Stockholm, but
she returned as an actress to Royal Dramatic Theatre (a.k.a. Dramaten)
1942.Pollak became in 1948 the first contracted female director at the
Dramaten with the production of Jean Genet's Jungfruleken (Les
Bonnes/The Maids), starring Anita Björk and Maj-Britt Nilsson in the
leads. Pollak became a very successful director at Dramaten and staged
altogether 60 plays at the national stage over the years.
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