Christina Lindberg
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| Christina Lindberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 December 1950 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Years active | 1970–1982 |
Britt Christina Marinette Lindberg (born 6 December 1950 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actress, glamour model and journalist. Lindberg is Sweden's most famous centerfold and exploitation film star[citation needed].
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[edit] Biography
Lindberg grew up in a working class home in Annedal, Gothenburg, together with her sister and three brothers [1]. She studied Latin at school and planned to continue her studies in archeology.
[edit] Modelling career
During her high school years (she was around 18 years old) she started posing nude for men's magazines, such as FIB aktuellt and Lektyr, after having garnered some attention posing in bathing suits for newspapers [2]. She became a popular centerfold due to her doe-eyes, sweet doll-face and well-proportioned body. She later appeared in men's magazines such as Penthouse (UK), Playboy (U.S.), Lui (France) and Mayfair (UK). She was a Penthouse Pet in the June 1970 issue of Penthouse [3].
[edit] Film career
Christina has appeared or starred in 23 feature films, most of which have been erotica, exploitation or softcore pictures. Her first movie was an American production (Maid in Sweden), filmed in Sweden with a Swedish cast. She got her second role in Jan Halldoff's comedy Rötmånad which was released in 1970. The film was seen by over 250.000 Swedes and went on to become a commercial success [4]. Her third film, Exponerad, was released with a lot of hoopla at the Cannes festival in 1971 and turned her into an international celebrity [5].
A long string of exploitation films followed, many of which were filmed in Germany and Japan. As part of the marketing campaign for Exponerad she also went on a publicity trip to Japan, which later resulted in an invitation to appear in Japanese exploitation films. In Japan she played a major supporting role in Norifumi Suzuki's Pink film classic Sex & Fury. In 1972 she starred as Madeleine in Bo A. Vibenius's controversial film Thriller - en grym film. Director Quentin Tarantino expressed his admiration for both the film and Christina's performance [6], and Madeleine later served as an inspiration for Daryl Hannah's character in Tarantino's Kill Bill films. In Kill Bill he also borrowed elements from Sex & Fury [7]. In the action-comedy spoof Sex, lögner & videovåld Christina made a brief cameo as Madeleine.
Christina did not like that nude pictures were getting more and more explicit and during the filming of Gerard Damiano's Flossie (AKA Natalie; not to be confused with a 1974 film of the same name, which was directed by Mac Ahlberg and starred Marie Forså) in West Germany, she left the set and returned home to Sweden. Damiano (who also directed the infamous Deep Throat) persuaded Christina to leave because he knew that it was going to be a hardcore film. For several years the German producer tried to bring her back in an attempt to complete the film. According to Videooze (No. 8, 1996), about 1.000 meters of film had been shot by Damiano. Production stopped and never resumed.
[edit] Journalist career
She made an attempt to enter the theater school Scenskolan in 1975 after having taken private lessons from Öllegård Wellton, but failed after having passed two out of three tests [2]. She continued posing and writing for men's magazines while studying journalism at Poppius [8], and she eventually established herself as a journalist.
In 1972 she had fallen in love with Bo Sehlberg and she later started to work for his aviation magazine Flygrevyn. When her fiancé died in 2004, she became the owner and editor-in-chief of the magazine, which is the largest aviation magazine in Scandinavia.
[edit] Trivia
- Christina is a keen mushroom picker and in 1993 she recorded a 20 minute instructional video called Christinas svampskola (direct translation: Christina's Mushroom School).
- Christina is engaged in environmental issues, wildlife preservation, ecological farming and animal rights.
- She recorded two songs at the height of her acting career.
- In 1973 Bo Sehlberg published a photobook called This is Christina.
- After Rötmånad Christina became one of King Carl XVI Gustaf's girlfriends. In her Videooze-interview [1], she remembered driving around in his Volvo P1800 and being invited to a dance party (held by Princess Christina, Gustaf's sister) at the royal castle.
- She has two Siamese cats.
- She is a vegetarian.
[edit] Filmography
Note: The films have been listed in order of production, based on Christina's diary [1].
| Year | Movie | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Maid in Sweden (Jena) | Inga | Starring role |
| 1970 | Rötmånad (What Are You Doing After the Orgy?) | Anna Bella Gustafsson | Major supporting role |
| 1970 | Exponerad (Exposed) | Lena Svensson | Starring role (credited as Cristina Lindberg) |
| 1971 | Smoke | Annie | Minor supporting role. Annie was based on a U.S. comic strip character called Little Orphan Annie [1]. |
| 1971 | Yusra | It's unclear whether Christina actually appears in this film (her scenes may have been cut) [9] | |
| 1971 | Every Afternoon (Swedish Wildcats) | Helga | Brief appearances |
| 1972 | Young Playthings | Gunilla | Starring role |
| 1972 | Mädchen, die nach München kommen (Sex At The Olympics) | Anja | Minor supporting role |
| 1972 | Schulmädchen-Report 4. Teil - Was Eltern oft verzweifeln lässt (Campus Swingers) | Barbara Heinbach | Minor supporting role. The American version is 20 mins. shorter, and many of Christina's scenes have been cut |
| 1972 | Liebe in drei Dimensionen (Love in 3-D) | Inge | Minor supporting role |
| 1972 | Thriller - en grym film (They Call Her One Eye) | Frigga/Madeleine/One Eye | Starring role |
| 1973 | Was Schulmädchen verschweigen (What Schoolgirls Don't Tell) | Minor supporting role | |
| 1973 | Jorden runt med Fanny Hill (Around The World With Fanny Hill) | Meatball Model | Brief appearances |
| 1973 | Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô (Sex & Fury) | Christina | Major supporting role |
| 1973 | Poruno no joô: Nippon sex ryokô (Journey to Japan) | Ingrid Jacobsen | Major supporting role |
| 1973 | Wide Open (Sängkamrater) | Eva | Minor supporting role |
| 1973 | Anita - Ur En Tonårsflickas Dagbok (Anita: Swedish Nymphet) | Anita | Starring role. There are several versions of the film, including a U.S. version with hardcore inserts which were shot later (Christina didn't participate in these scenes) [1]. The hardcore version has not been released on DVD. |
| 1977 | 91:an och Generalernas Fnatt | Bloodsample Nurse | Brief appearances |
| 1979 | There Is a Sunrise Every Morning | Cavegirl | Eco-drama/documentary |
| 1980 | Attentatet (Outrage) | Brief appearances | |
| 1980 | Sverige åt svenskarna (Battle of Sweden) | French Mistress | Brief appearances |
| 1982 | Gräsänklingar | Stripper (Uncredited) | Brief appearances |
| 1993 | Christinas Svampskola | (Herself) | 20 min. instructional video about mushrooms |
| 2000 | Sex, lögner & videovåld (Sex, Lies & Videoviolence) | Frigga/Madeleine/One Eye (Cameo) | A non-commercial, amateur video parody by Swedish horror film fans, shot in 1990-1993 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Videooze, Number 8, 1996 (Cult-film magazine)
- ^ a b Looking for Mushrooms with Christina Lindberg www.dvdtimes.co.uk
- ^ Penthouse Pets Penthousepets.net
- ^ Swedish Film Database Svenskfilmdatabas.se
- ^ Interviews with Lindberg and director on Swedish DVD-release of Exposed
- ^ Tarantino interview by Tomohiro Machiyama in Movie Treasures Magazine
- ^ IMDB Movie Connections IMDb.com
- ^ Interviews with Lindberg on Swedish DVD-release of Wide Open
- ^ Interview with Lindberg at Rockland (May 2007)
[edit] External links
- Christina Lindberg at the Internet Movie Database
- Biography at the Swedish Film Institute (Note: In Swedish only)
- Biography (revised version) on (re)Search my Trash
- Interview on dvdtimes.co.uk (March 2006)
