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Erland Josephson

1923 - 2012

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Erland Josephson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈæ̌ːɭand ˈjûːsɛfˌsɔn]; 15 June 1923 – 25 February 2012) was a Swedish actor and author. He was best known by international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky and Theodoros Angelopoulos. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erland Josephson is the 672nd most popular actor (down from 599th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 140th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Actor.

Erland Josephson was a Swedish actor who was most famous for his role as Jean in the film "Smiles of a Summer Night" and as the Professor in Ingmar Bergman's "The Magic Flute."

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Among actors, Erland Josephson ranks 672 out of 13,578. Before him are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edna Purviance, Linda Christian, Burgess Meredith, Edwige Fenech, and Walter Brennan. After him are Robert Walker, John Heard, Jean Rochefort, Michelle Phillips, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Sam Elliott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Erland Josephson ranks 47. Before him are Dev Anand, Markus Wolf, Nizar Qabbani, Diana Douglas, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and Linda Christian. After him are Vladimir Gelfand, Aristides Pereira, Ahmet Ertegun, Yelena Bonner, Bert Trautmann, and Stjepan Bobek. Among people deceased in 2012, Erland Josephson ranks 55. Before him are Albert O. Hirschman, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Dick Clark, Rodney King, Rauf Denktaş, and Renato Dulbecco. After him are Carlo Maria Martini, E. Donnall Thomas, Lucio Dalla, Chadli Bendjedid, Etta James, and Carl Johan Bernadotte.

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Among people born in Sweden, Erland Josephson ranks 149 out of 1,879. Before him are Ingrid Thulin (1926), Rudolf Kjellén (1864), Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912), Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896), Kurt Hamrin (1934), and Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (1977). After him are John I of Sweden (1201), Halsten Stenkilsson (1050), Alexander Roslin (1718), Salomon August Andrée (1854), Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884), and Victor Sjöström (1879).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Erland Josephson ranks 10. Before him are Anita Ekberg (1931), Dolph Lundgren (1957), Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Bibi Andersson (1935), Peter Stormare (1953), and Ingrid Thulin (1926). After him are Rebecca Ferguson (1983), Harriet Andersson (1932), Britt Ekland (1942), Inger Nilsson (1959), Ann-Margret (1941), and Michael Nyqvist (1960).

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