Mimi Pollak

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...

Known For

Autumn Sonata

as Piano Instructor

Summer Interlude

as Mrs Calwagen

Emil i Lönneberga

as Lillklossan

Cast Credits

The Secret

as Ester

Brenda Brave

as Market Woman

The Crown Witness

as The old lady

A Matter of Life and Death

as Rickos Mormorsmor

Amorosa

as Miss Rosenhjelm

Sömnen

as The Grandma

The Farewell

as isoäiti

Kristoffers hus

as Grandma

Autumn Sonata

as Piano Instructor

Near and Far Away

as Fortune teller

Emil i Lönneberga

as Lillklossan

Nightmare

as Anna Söderblom

The Dress

as Mrs. Rubin

Mord, lilla vän

as Olga Vaern

Summer Interlude

as Mrs Calwagen

Only a Mother

as Erika Rost

Playing Truant

as Märta Hoffman

Gatan

as Mrs Rodelius

Den långa vägen

as Fredrika Bremer

Kajan går till sjöss

as Miss Lidegren

We Home Toilers

as Rosa "Rose" Réenchrona

Flames in the Dark

as Miss Danielsson

Gentleman att hyra

as Secretary

Crew Credits