Elsa Prawitz

Acting

Elsa Prawitz

Born February 22, 1932 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Died May 1, 2001 · aged 69

Elsa Prawitz was a Swedish stage and screen actress, writer, theatre executive and radio presenter. She made her screen debut in "Frånskild/Divorced" (1951) and graduated from The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954. Elsa Prawits often took on roles as sensually challenging women, not least in a series of films directed by Arne Mattsson.

Known For

Woman of DarknessWoman of Darkness · 1966
Woman of Darkness
★ 7.11966
MovieCrimeDrama
Sweden 1889. The young Per Nilsson has a very dominant mother, Anna Månsdotter. His father died many years ago and he and his mother have for a long time been in a incestuous relationship. But Per marries Hanna for the sake of her money and Anna is mean and evil towards her, and Per refuses to have sex with her. She starts to suspect that something is going on between her husband and stepmother.
When Darkness FallsWhen Darkness Falls · 1960
When Darkness Falls
★ 5.61960
MovieCrime
Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.
The DollThe Doll · 1962
The Doll
★ 6.31962
MovieDramaFantasy
A lonely nightwatchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store's mannequins. He soon steals her and takes her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life...
DivorcedDivorced · 1951
Divorced
★ 7.01951
MovieDramaRomance
Gertrud is being abandoned by her husband after 20 years of marriage. Offended and unhappy she leaves her home and rents a room. The landlady's son is drawn to her and tries to help her out of the loneliness.
Mördaren - en helt vanlig personMördaren - en helt vanlig person · 1967
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
★ 7.01967
MovieComedyMystery
People on a train get murdered. Who is the murderer? Everybody on the train is a suspect. One of them is the homosexual dope fiend played by Heinz Hopf. Things might get out of hand in this exciting thriller in true Hitchcockian style.
Whoops!Whoops! · 1955
Whoops!
★ 5.81955
MovieComedyMystery
A comedy mystery involving the composer and cartoonist Hubert Yrhage, the journalist Gary Lundberg, anticartoon campaigner Lena Lett, the mysterious Jens Myskovich and music publisher Darling Karlsson. Yrhage receives his manuscripts from an 11 year-old whose inspiration comes from the mysterious events at a boarding house where several of the characters stay.
Den tappre soldaten JönssonDen tappre soldaten Jönsson · 1956
Den tappre soldaten Jönsson
★ 8.01956
MovieComedy
About a love triangle between the soldiers 32 Svensson and 58 Jönsson and the girl Blenda. Both men ends up in jail, for different reasons. Further adventures and incidents occur.
Det är hos mig han har varitDet är hos mig han har varit · 1963
Det är hos mig han har varit
★ 3.01963
MovieDrama
"It's with me he's been" - Li and Hans are colleagues at an advertising agency. Even though Hans is married, they start a relationship. Li hopes that Hans will tell his wife the truth about them and leave her for Li.

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