Nationality Swedish Role Painter | Name Marie-Louise Ekman | |
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Full Name Marie-Louise Ester Maude Fuchs Other names Marie-Louise De GeerMarie Louise De Geer Bergenstrahle Movies Hello Baby, Elephant Walk, Mamma, pappa, barn Children Johanna Bergenstrahle, Billie Ekman, Lovisa Bergenstrahle, Robin Ekman Grandparents Esther Radschewitz, Moses Fuchs Similar People Gosta Ekman, Carl Johan De Geer, Johan Bergenstrahle, Johanna Bergenstrahle, Marianne Lindberg De Geer | ||
Parents Maude Fuchs, Walter Fuchs | ||
Marie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage under the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle (born 5 November 1944) is a Swedish painter and film director. She is a professor of Art and former rector at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm.
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In 1991 at the 26th Guldbagge Awards she won the Creative Achievement award and in 2007 was awarded the prestigious Prince Eugen Medal.
Since 2009 Ekman has been Managing Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Sweden's national stage.
She was married 1966–1971 to the artist Carl Johan De Geer, 1971–1980 to the director and writer Johan Bergenstråhle, and to actor and stage director Gösta Ekman from 1989 until his death in 2017.