Swedish actress Lena Nyman has died at the age of 66. Nyman, whose sexy film roles helped define the country's provocative film movement in the 1960s, passed away in a hospital in Stockholm on Friday morning, February 4 following a lengthy period of ill health.
The cause of death is not known as WENN goes to press. She won acclaim for her role in spoof documentary "I Am Curious - Yellow", which was banned in America for two years.
After a career spanning 50 films and numerous stage roles, she was handed Swedish royal medal Litteris et Artibus in 2004 and the nation's acting honor The Eugene O'Neill Award two years later.
Source (w/recent pic):
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/w0010165.html
Longer obit (w/period photo):
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/05/movies/05nyman.html
("Ms. Nyman went on to a distinguished career after "I Am Curious." In all, she had roles in more than 50 Swedish films and television shows, notably Ingmar Bergman's "Autumn Sonata" in 1978, in which she played the mentally impaired sister to Liv Ullmann's accomplished pianist. But it was in "I Am Curious" that she made perhaps her most indelible mark. ...")
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