Gaby Stenberg

Acting

Gaby Stenberg

Born — Died

1923-01-09 — 2011-09-20

Place of birth

Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Ida Gabriella Stenberg (9 January 1923 – 20 September 2011) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in forty films between 1936 and 1994.

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 4 titles

1950s · 8 titles

Miss April poster
7.3

The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To wake Osvald's interest for her she asks Marcus if he could play deeply in love with her. Plot summary by nL.

Miss April

1958

Young Man Seeking Company poster
4.5

A lonely young man falls in love with a girl he has observed from a distance. One day he stops her on the street and asks if she has lost a piece of jewelry.

Young Man Seeking Company

1954

Hendes store aften poster
6.5

Marianne is a sales assistant at the elegant fashion boutique Chez Madame on Strøget. She is a wallflower, and when the wealthy man of the world John Bagger, one of the store's customers, invites her out on New Year's Eve wearing the store's most beautiful dress, she experiences it as a romantic adventure. But everyday life returns after the big night.

Hendes store aften

1954

Sängkammartjuven poster
5.5

Rich socialite must deny persistent rumours that she has an affair with a poor author.

Sängkammartjuven

1959

Mamma tar semester poster
10.0

Sylvia returns to Sweden after having lived abroad for six years. She visits her sister Karin, and is shocked to see how her husband and children regard her as a live-in housekeeper. She convinces Karin to take a vacation with her in Stockholm.

Mamma tar semester

1957

Night Light poster
4.3

Sixteen year old Maria arrives in Stockholm. She is going to stay with her aunt. Already at the Central station events occur that change her route.

Night Light

1957

Kostervalsen poster
10.0

Pelle and Maja are going on a holiday to Italy. The trip is canceled. Maja travels home to her mother. Pelle is persuaded by his friend Kurt to forget Italy and accompany him to Swedish west coast instead.

Kostervalsen

1958

Skattefria Andersson poster
7.0

Andersson is always complaining about high taxes and dreams about a world with no taxes.

Skattefria Andersson

1954

1940s · 20 titles

En vår i vapen poster
9.0

During the spring of 1940 two young men gets drafted and deployed close to the Norwegian border, where they fall in love with the same woman.

En vår i vapen

1943

Vi masthuggspojkar poster
6.3

Karl and Ada are engaged, Gustaf is a sailor and in love with Elsa. For her sake he's willing to stay ashore.

Vi masthuggspojkar

1940

Hur tokigt som helst poster
10.0

"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in Stockholm. Poppe represents, among other things, a poor composer who vainly tries to get a tune adopted by a publisher. The failure makes him depressed, but he is living it up by meeting a good friend Calle, who invites him home. Poppe stays for a few days as a male housewife. Calle has a music store and there the two friends can go crazy among all the instruments.

Hur tokigt som helst

1949

Thirst poster
6.3

A fractured portrait of desire and isolation, following a failing marriage and parallel stories of emotional entrapment as memories surface during a train journey through postwar Europe. Told through flashbacks and multiple narrative threads, the film signals Ingmar Bergman’s emerging mature style.

Thirst

1949

The Priest Who Knocked Out poster
5.4

The boxing promoter Charlie returns from America to Sweden and needs to find a professional Swedish boxer for an upcoming fight. By chance Charlie watches Björn Harring fight off some hoodlums. Charlie sees great potential in Björn and wants to promote him for an upcoming fight, the problem is though that Björn is studying theology and is soon to become a priest. This might not look too good in a prejudiced society of the 40s with a boxing priest, but Charlie is determent to find a way.

The Priest Who Knocked Out

1943

Gomorron Bill! poster
6.0

Land owner Bill Bärnfelt sees a beautiful woman when he is out riding and immediately falls in love. But then his former fiancee turns up and makes a fuss.

Gomorron Bill!

1945

Gröna hissen poster
5.0

Ulla thinks her husband Billy is boring and starts dating other men. Lillans husband Peter is having important meetings, including girls. Billy and Lillan decides to pretend to be in love, to rouse jealousy of Ulla and Peter.

Gröna hissen

1944

Löjtnantshjärtan poster
5.5

"Bleeding Hearts" - Comedy with charming hussar lieutenants, indulgent landlord daughters, wild rides and romantic mansion balls.

Löjtnantshjärtan

1942

Aktören poster
6.0

The actor Philip has an accident on the way to his own wedding and the shock makes him lose his voice.

Aktören

1943

Dunungen poster
7.0

The shy Anne-Marie wants to marry the mayor's son despite his parents' opposition.

Dunungen

1941

Stackars Ferdinand poster
10.0

Wholesaler Ferdinand wants his son to marry his firm partner's daughter, but the problem is they don't want to get married. The son turns to a friend for advice. It turns out that Ferdinand had a daughter from a previous marriage he didn't know nothing about, which leads to further confusion

Stackars Ferdinand

1941

No artwork available
7.0

A young fisherman starts a business and climbs on the social ladder to avenge the man who plagued his parents.

Jacob's Ladder

1942

Göranssons pojke poster
10.0

Unemployed season worker Göransson sits on the Stockholm Central Station and waits for something to happen.

Göranssons pojke

1941

Tappa inte sugen poster
8.0

In a movie studio, a fight scene is underway. The hero, played by Allan Bergner, will make an impression on the heroine, played by Ylva Vendel. But Allan is not prepared to give more than one pale hint of fight; he wants to be presentable in later scenes as well. The director wears his hair.

Tappa inte sugen

1947

Tåget går klockan 9 poster
9.0

Stockholm Central station. The loudspeaker announces that the train 7.03 is delayed and arrives at 7.30. The troubled brothers Oskar and Fredrik Reyner await attorney Thomas Linder.

Tåget går klockan 9

1941

Kronans käcka gossar poster
5.2

New explosives will be demonstrated for the military authorities, but some shady characters looking to steal it to sell it to a foreign power.

Kronans käcka gossar

1940

Lillebror och jag poster
7.0

Manager Björkman is going bankrupt and has to take desperate measures to try to sort his life together.

Lillebror och jag

1940

Supper for Two poster
6.0

Louise Mareuil owns a perfume factory on the French Riviera. She is in a traffic accident with a sketch artist, Claude Dubois. She gives him a blank check which he soon use to withdraw 2 000 000 franc as a joke. Visiting her office, he returns the money and in return she hires him as a sketch artist for the company's advertisement. With his charm and wit he turns the factory upside down, to the chagrin of Louise. She is strict and orderly but soon after letting him go she begins to change her mind. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Supper for Two

1947

No artwork available
9.0

The newly appointed director Hugo Henriksen gets into a fight and accidentally hits a prostitute. When Hugo is trying to leave the scene the girl dies.

Ingen väg tillbaka

1947

Kiss Her! poster
6.8

Lisa Larsson, dancer at a theater, witnesses a traffic accident and banker Brenner's private driver asks her to be a witness. When her friends see her talk to the driver, they start to believe that she is Brenner's fiancée. The manager of the theater, Gravander, gives her the leading part in his latest show, in order to befriend Brenner. Larsson plays along in this mistake and when Brenner hears about this he asks to see Larsson, pretending to be a news journalist... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Kiss Her!

1940

1930s · 4 titles

Series credits