Edvin Adolphson

Adolphson grew up in Norrköping, where his father was smith. To his father's disapproval, he began acting in small parts in the local theaters, particularly Arbis, the worker's theater. He started an education to become an engineer in Västerås, but the theater was the only thing he was interested in and eventually left school. In 1913 he joined a traveling theater company and traveled all around Sweden. He debuted in Stockholm in 1918 and during the the 1920s he played with the big names in the Swedish theatre: 'Harriet Bosse' (qv) (whom he later married), 'Ernst Rolf' (qv), 'Katie Rolfsen' (qv), 'Tollie Zellman' (qv), 'Erik 'Bullen' Berglund' (qv) and 'Gösta Ekman' (qv) among others. In 1923 he got his first major role in a movie, _Friaren från landsvägen (1923)_ (qv).In 1929 he directed _The Dream Waltz (1929)_ (qv), one of the first Swedish sound pictures. This led to an offer from Paramount to direct movies in Paris, France which he accepted. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked very hard with movies and theater, not only because he loved his work, but also to support an increasing number of ex-wives and children. He directed 'Ingrid Bergman' (qv) in her first movie, _The Count of the Old Town (1935)_ (qv). Other memorable appearances are _Kungliga patrasket (1945)_ (qv), _När kärleken kom till byn (1950)_ (qv), _One Summer of Happiness (1951)_ (qv), _Vägen till Klockrike (1953)_ (qv) and _The People of Hemso (1955)_ (qv). He ended his career with a marvelous performance in _Markurells i Wadköping (1968)_ (qv). He was struck by blindness the last years of his life and had to quit acting.::Mattias Thuresson