FrameThrower · Actors · Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
11 films · 674 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1957–1979
Born 11 November 1935 · Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden · died 14 April 2019
Berit Elisabet Andersson or better known professionally as Bibi Andersson (Swedish: [ˈbɪ̂bːɪ ˈânːdɛˌʂɔn]), was a Swedish actress who was best known for her frequent collaborations with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman
Her artistic dreams came early in life and were further supported by her older sister Gerd Andersson who became a ballet dancer at the Royal Opera and made her acting debut in 1951. Bibi, on the other side, had to make do with bit parts and commercials. She debuted in Dum-Bom (1953), playing against Nils Poppe. Eventually, she was able to start at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1954.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 11 films · 674 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1957–1979
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress1958
- Silver Bear for Best Actress1963
- Litteris et Artibus1989
- Eugene O'Neill Award1988
How their films are shot
Measured across 674 frames from the 11 films we hold. This is the look of the work Bibi takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 11 films we hold, 44% of their frames are day — the look of the work Bibi takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Katarina
The Touch
1971 · Karin Vergerus
The Passion of Anna
1969 · Eva Vergerus
Persona
1966 · Alma
All These Women
1964 · Humlan
The Devil’s Eye
1960 · Britt-Marie
Brink of Life
1958 · Hjördis Pettersson
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Sara
Quintet
1979 · Ambrosia
The Magician
1958 · Sara Lindqvist
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Mia
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 674 frames from Bibi Andersson's 11 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.