Viveca Lindfors

Elsa Viveca Torstensdotter Lindfors (29 December 1920 – 25 October 1995), better known under her professional name of Viveca Lindfors, was a stage and film actress.

Life and career
Lindfors was born in, Sweden, the daughter of Karin Emilia Therese ( Dymling) and Axel Torsten Lindfors. She trained at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School, Stockholm. Soon after, she became a theater and film star in Sweden. She moved to the United States in 1946 after being signed by and began working in Hollywood. She appeared in more than one hundred films including ', No Sad Songs for Me, ', ', ', and Stargate.

She appeared with actors such as, , , and. She also appeared on television, including the 1959 episode "The Temple of the Swinging Doll" of the espionage drama , starring. Later, she had a recurring role on the series , for which she won an. Lindfors appeared with and  in the 1957 film . One of her last performances was in the original Stargate film in which she played the role of Catherine Langford.

An original and mesmerizing stage presence, her roles ranged from to  to the musical .

In 1962, she shared the award with  at the, for their performances in 's .

She was married four times: to, a Swedish cinematographer; , a Swedish attorney and president; , the director; and , a Hungarian writer, producer and director. She had three children: two sons (John Tabori with Hasso, and the actor, with Siegel) and a daughter (Lena Tabori, with Rogard).

In the last years of her life, she taught acting at the School of Visual Arts in New York, and had a lead role (essentially playing herself) in 's  (1995). The same year she returned to her native Sweden to perform in the play In Search of Strindberg. She died there of at the age of 74, and was buried there. In New York, a service was held at the where  spoke to an audience about his respect and affection for her.

Actress

 * Catherine Langford (Stargate)