Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and
film director. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses,
Ullmann is known for her numerous acclaimed collaborations with
filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.Ullmann won a Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress â€" Motion Picture Drama in 1972 for the film The Emigrants
(1971), and has been nominated for another four. In 2000, she was
nominated for the Palme d'Or for her second directorial feature film,
Faithless. She has also received two BAFTA Award nominations, for her
performances in Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and Face to Face (1976),
and two Academy Award nominations, for The Emigrants and Face to
Face.Ullmann was born in Tokyo, Japan, the daughter of Erik Viggo
Ullmann (1907â€"1945), a Norwegian aircraft engineer who was working
in Tokyo at the time, and Janna Erbe (née Lund; 1910â€"1996), also
Norwegian. Her grandfather was sent to the Dachau concentration camp
during the Second World War for helping Jews escape from the town
where he lived in Norway; he died in the camp. When she was two years
old, the family moved to Toronto, Ontario, where her father worked at
the Norwegian air force base on Toronto Island (in Lake Ontario)
during the Second World War. The family moved to New York, where four
years later, her father died of a brain tumour, an event that affected
her greatly. Her mother worked as a bookseller, while raising two
daughters. They eventually moved to Norway, settling in Trondheim.
film director. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses,
Ullmann is known for her numerous acclaimed collaborations with
filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.Ullmann won a Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress â€" Motion Picture Drama in 1972 for the film The Emigrants
(1971), and has been nominated for another four. In 2000, she was
nominated for the Palme d'Or for her second directorial feature film,
Faithless. She has also received two BAFTA Award nominations, for her
performances in Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and Face to Face (1976),
and two Academy Award nominations, for The Emigrants and Face to
Face.Ullmann was born in Tokyo, Japan, the daughter of Erik Viggo
Ullmann (1907â€"1945), a Norwegian aircraft engineer who was working
in Tokyo at the time, and Janna Erbe (née Lund; 1910â€"1996), also
Norwegian. Her grandfather was sent to the Dachau concentration camp
during the Second World War for helping Jews escape from the town
where he lived in Norway; he died in the camp. When she was two years
old, the family moved to Toronto, Ontario, where her father worked at
the Norwegian air force base on Toronto Island (in Lake Ontario)
during the Second World War. The family moved to New York, where four
years later, her father died of a brain tumour, an event that affected
her greatly. Her mother worked as a bookseller, while raising two
daughters. They eventually moved to Norway, settling in Trondheim.
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