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Ingrid Thulin

Ingrid Thulin

Actor · Died January 7, 2004, aged 77 · Sollefteå, Västernorrlands län, Sweden

Ingrid Lilian Thulin (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɪŋːrɪd tɵˈliːn]; 27 January 1926 – 7 January 2004) was a Swedish film actress. Thulin was born in Sollefteå, Ångermanland, northern Sweden, the daughter of Nanna (née Larsson) and Adam Thulin, a fisherman. She took ballet lessons as a girl and was accepted by The Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Dramaten") in Stockholm 1948. For many years she worked regularly with Ingmar Bergman; among other films, Thulin appeared in Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957), The Magician (1958, where she acted dressed as a boy), in Winter Light (1962), as well as The Silence (1963) and Cries and Whispers (1972). She shared the Best Actress award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival and received a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in 1964, the first year the award was given out, for her performance in The Silence. Winner of the David di Donatello Awards 1974, Thulin was also been nominated for the BAFTA Award the same year. In 1980, she was the head of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. She was married to Harry Schein, the founder of the Swedish Film Institute, for more than 30 years until 1989, although they had lived separately for many years before the divorce. She bought an apartment in Paris, France in the early 1960s and some years later a beach house in San Felice Circeo. In 1970 she became a resident of Sacrofano, Italy, where she lived for 34 years. She returned to Sweden for medical treatment and later died from cancer in Stockholm, Sweden, 20 days shy of her 78th birthday. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ingrid Thulin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 27, 1926
Died
January 7, 2004 (aged 77)
From
Sollefteå, Västernorrlands län, Sweden
Works as
Actor
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 66 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 46% in 30 days

What are Ingrid Thulin's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Genres

Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
20%
Survival
18%
Morality
18%
Power
17%
Bonds
12%
Society
10%
Ideas
5%
Oppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 17

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 4

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 7 · Intense 12

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 9

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 13

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 8

Roles they play

15 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 6 of 15 analyzed roles.

Ally
6 of 15
Shadow
5 of 15
Hero
1 of 15
Mentor
1 of 15
Threshold guardian
1 of 15
Herald
1 of 15
Show the 15 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Melancholic
15
Dread
9
Contemplative
7
Cold
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Thought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous10

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ingrid Thulin's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ingrid Thulin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

66 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Fascism on a Thread- The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema(2019)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Sleeping Car (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Woman reading a letter (voice) (archive footage)

  • Homo Promo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as (Archival)

  • The House of Smiles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Adelina

  • Control (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Mrs. Havemeyer

  • (H)Orn - La Nuit du Roi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • After the Rehearsal(1984)

    as Rakel Egerman

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Broken Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director · Writer

  • One on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director · as Ylva

  • The Cassandra Crossing(1976)

    as Dr. Elena Stradner

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • And Agnes Chose to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Agnese

  • Moses the Lawgiver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Miriam

  • Salon Kitty(1976)

    as Kitty Kellermann

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Cage(1975)

    as Hélène

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Monismanien 1995 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Pager

  • Moses the Lawgiver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 7 episodes · as Miriam

  • The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Tatiana Ivanovna Zilienina

  • A Handful of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Inez Crona

  • The Holy Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Maria

  • Puccini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 5 episodes · as Sibyl Seligman

  • Cries & Whispers(1972)

    as Karin

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • N.P. - The Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Moglie di N.P.

  • Short Night of Glass Dolls(1971)

    as Jessica

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Damned(1969)

    as Sophie Von Essenbeck

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Rite(1969)

    as Thea Winkelmann

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Adélaïde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Elisabeth Hermann

  • Badarna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Cook

  • A Devil Under the Pillow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Camila

  • Hour of the Wolf(1968)

    as Veronica Vogler

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Domani non siamo piu' qui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Gioia

  • Night Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Irene

  • The War Is Over(1966)

    as Marianne

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Return from the Ashes(1965)

    as Dr. Michele Wolf

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Devotion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Director · Actor

  • Games of Desire(1964)

    as Nadine Anderson

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sextet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Elaine

  • Espionage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Celeste

  • The Silence(1963)

    as Ester

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • A Dream Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Agnes

  • Winter Light(1963)

    as Märta Lundberg

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Agostino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Agostino's Mother

  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(1962)

    as Marguerite Laurier

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Judge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Brita Randel

  • Vår ofödde son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • The Magician(1958)

    as Manda Vogler

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Brink of Life(1958)

    as Cecilia Ellius

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Web of Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Lily

  • Wild Strawberries(1957)

    as Marianne

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Pettersson i Annorlunda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Kajsa, girl on TV ad

  • Foreign Intrigue(1956)

    as Brita Lindquist

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Whoops! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Malou Hjorthagen

  • Danssalongen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Cecilia

  • Två sköna juveler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Lilly Fridh

  • I rök och dans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Actor

  • Göingehövdingen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Anna Ryding

  • En skärgårdsnatt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Ingrid

  • Möte med livet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Viola

  • Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • Leva på 'Hoppet' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Yvonne

  • When Love Came to the Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Agneta

  • Jack of Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Gunvor Ranterud

  • Love Wins Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Margit Dahlman

  • Son of the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Gudrun

  • Jørund Smed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Girl

  • Känn dej som Hemma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Elsa Carlsson

  • Homo Promo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as (Archival)

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 66 titles, 65 of them dated from 1948 to 2019; peak year 1962.

Biggest box office

Wild Strawberries (1957)

$105K worldwide

Highest rated

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19482019

Peak 1962 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 11 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1956Screen debut· Foreign Intrigue
  • 1963First top-billed film· Winter Light
  • 1963Breakout· Winter Light
  • 1963Career best· Winter Light

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting65 of 66: 63 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score83rdDirecting3 of 66: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting1 of 66: 0 only writing, 1 with another role

66 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1940s4 · acting1950s18 · acting1960s20 · 20 acting · 1 crew1970s15 · 15 acting · 1 crew1980s4 · 3 acting · 1 crew1990s2 · acting2000s1 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 26% of 19 roles
566671

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Ingrid Thulin's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 20; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

Salon Kitty (1976)

50th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Midcredits 98th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ingrid Thulin's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and profanity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles20–76 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles15–75 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles0–63 · median 12 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles23–59 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles42–82 · median 60 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Ingrid Thulin work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ingrid Thulin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ingmar Bergman shares the most, 9.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers