Anita Bj�rk was a Swedish actress. She was born in T�llberg, Dalarna and attended Dramatens elevskola from 1942 to 1945. She was a leading lady of Swedish theatre for many years and worked on the national stage Dramaten from 1945 onwards and played more than 100 roles over the years. Anita Bj�rk played leading roles in film in a number of genres, including thrillers and crime mystery dramas such as Det kom en g�st, Moln �ver Hellesta, Damen i svart, Mannek�ng i r�tt and T�rningen �r kastad. Her most famous role was probably her title role in Alf Sj�berg's film adaption of Strindberg's Miss Julie that was awarded the grand prize at Cannes Film Festival. In the book-length interview Hitchcock/Truffaut, Hitchcock said he had hired Bj�rk as the female lead for I Confess in 1952 after seeing her in Miss Julie. However, when Bj�rk arrived in Hollywood with her lover Stig Dagerman and their baby, Jack Warner, the head of Warner Brothers insisted that Hitchcock should find another actress. 

April 25th, 1923 in Tällberg  /  Died:   Oct 24th, 2012