Jan Molander
Jan Göran Gustaf Harald Molander (2 April 1920 – 30 June 2009) was a Swedish actor and film director who had a decades-long dominant career in his country's film and television industry. A native of Stockholm, Jan Molander was the son of actor/director Gustaf Molander and Elsa Fahlberg and the half-brother of director and producer Harald Molander from his father's first marriage to actress Karin Molander. From 1942 to 1945 he was a pupil at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy and made his film debut playing a student in 1944's critically acclaimed Hets (Torment), directed by Alf Sjöberg and written by the film's assistant director Ingmar Bergman.
Jan Molander
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- Name
- Jan Molander
- Birth Name
- Jan Göran Gustaf Harald Molander
- Birthplace
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Born
- 2 April 1920
- Died
- 30 June 2009
- Occupation
- Actor, director
- Nationality
- Sweden
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Jan Göran Gustaf Harald Molander (2 April 1920 – 30 June 2009) was a Swedish actor and film director who had a decades-long dominant career in his country's film and television industry. A native of Stockholm, Jan Molander was the son of actor/director Gustaf Molander and Elsa Fahlberg and the half-brother of director and producer Harald Molander from his father's first marriage to actress Karin Molander. From 1942 to 1945 he was a pupil at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy and made his film debut playing a student in 1944's critically acclaimed Hets (Torment), directed by Alf Sjöberg and written by the film's assistant director Ingmar Bergman.
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He worked for Sveriges Radio and television in the 1950s and 60s as a director and was in charge of radioteatern [radio theater] between 1969 and 1972. Molander died on 30 June 2009, at the age of 89, and a tribute to him by Rutger Barnekow and Mats Qviberg was published in the 3 July 2009 edition of Sweden's largest-circulation morning newspaper, Dagens Nyheter. His daughters Anita Molander (born 1950) and Mari Molander (born 1954) have also had careers in the entertainment industry—Anita as an actress and Mari as a dancer, actress and director. His granddaughter Dao Di Ponziano is an actress and singer.
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• Name — Jan Molander • Birth Name — Jan Göran Gustaf Harald Molander • Birthplace — Stockholm, Sweden • Born — 2 April 1920 • Place of death — Stockholm, Sweden • Died — 30 June 2009 • Parents — Gustaf Molander (father) • Children — 2 • Relatives — Harald Molander (sibling) • Occupation — Actor, director
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Crime in the Sun (1947) • Dinner for Two (1947) • Foreign Harbour (1948) • Sunshine (1948) • Life Starts Now (1948) • Vagabond Blacksmiths (1949) • Playing Truant (1949) • Dangerous Spring (1949) • The Kiss on the Cruise (1950) • Fiancée for Hire (1950) • My Name Is Puck (1951) • Customs Officer Bom (1951) • Love (1952) • Classmates (1952) • The Girl from Backafall (1953) • Darling of Mine (1955) • The Biscuit (1956) • Woman in a Fur Coat (1958) • Fridolf Stands Up! (1958) • Hello Baby (1976)
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