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Victor Sjöström
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Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor (1879-1960)
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Victor David Sjöström (1879–1960) was a Swedish film director, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born in Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden, he began his professional work period in 1913. He was a citizen of Sweden and spoke Swedish. Sjöström received the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor.
He was married to Lili Bech and Edith Erastoff. His children included Guje Lagerwall, and he was a relative of Victor Hartman. Sjöström died in Stockholm, Hedvig Eleonora parish, on January 3, 1960. He was buried on January 9, 1960.
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Film & TV
Directing · Silbodal, Värmlands län, Sweden
Victor David Sjöström (September 20, 1879 – January 3, 1960), sometimes known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in 1924. Sjöström worked primarily in the silent era; his best known films include The Phantom Carriage (1921), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), and The Wind…
Known for
- Stjärnbilder — (archive footage)1995
- Minns ni? — (archive footage)1993
- Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown — Self (archive footage)1986
- Victor Sjöström - A Portrait1981
- Wild Strawberries — Professor Isak Borg1957
- Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries — Self1957
- Männen i mörker — Gustaf Landberg1955
- Love1952
- Hård klang — Klaus Willenhart1952
- To Joy — Sönderby1950
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 9
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,995x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,798x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,334x
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Key facts
- Born
- Victor David Sjöström , ( 1879-09-20 ) 20 September 1879, Årjäng , Värmlands län , Sweden
- Died
- 3 January 1960 (1960-01-03) (aged 80), Stockholm, Sweden
- Occupations
- Director, screenwriter, actor
- Years active
- 1896–1957
- Spouse s
- Alexandra Stjagoff (1900–1912), Lili Bech (1914–1916), Edith Erastoff [ sv ] (m. 1922; died 1945)
- Parent
- Olof Adolf Sjöström (1841–1896)
- Awards
- NBR Award for Best Actor , 1958 Wild Strawberries
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Victor David Sjöström ( Swedish: [ˈvɪ̌kːtɔr ˈɧø̂ːstrœm] ; 20 September 1879 – 3 January 1960), also known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in 1924. Sjöström worked primarily in the silent era; his best known films include The Phantom Carriage (1921), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), and The Wind (1928). Sjöström was Sweden's most prominent director in the "Golden Age of Silent Film" in Europe. Later in life, he played the leading role in Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957).
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