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Gio Petré
Acting
Biography
Ann-Mari Birgitta Bengtsdotter Petré is a Swedish actress. She made her acting debut at 18, in "Flottans muntergökar" (1955). She was born into a family of artists. Gio Petré studied for a year at Gösta Terserus theatre school in Stockholm. In 1956 she was accepted at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School and graduated in 1959. The character she portrayed on the silver screen was often the sensual, provocative and dangerous blonde. Some of her more famous role interpretations in films are as "Mannequin" in "Vaxdockan", "Diana" in "Diana går på jakt" and as "Inger" in "Den onda cirkeln". Gio Petré has, up till now, appeared in 27 feature films and television productions.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Ann and Eve
The story concerns the Yugoslavian holiday of two toothsome Swedish girls. One of the girls, played by Maria Liljedahl, is (metaphorically speaking) a world-champion in the promiscuity sweepstakes, bedding men (and women) in great profusion. Somehow, the movie also manages to be about film reviewers and film directors. Variety) commented '...the film's inherently good visual and physical qualities are themselves dissipated in [the director's] cynicism, ennui, and involuted intellectual mirror tricks.'
Rider in Blue
When private eye John Hillman is on assignment in London his wife Kajsa visits the Army's riding school at Strömsholm, Sweden. She gets involved in the strange murder of the Blue Rider. Unknown to everyone at Strömsholm.
Mannequin in Red
A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa Hillman is employed as a model and discovers that several people had motives to kill her.
The Cats
A group of women are workmates at a laundry. Rike is spreading a rumor about the manager Marta, a rumor that Marta is a lesbian and that she once tried to seduce Rike. This leads to an explosive situation at the workplace.
Fanny Hill
The classic tale of a young woman's erotic awakening is transplanted to swinging '60s Stockholm...
The Doll
A lonely nightwatchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store's mannequins. He soon steals her and takes her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life...
Sceningång
A day in the life of a theater ensemble. The acting students are struggling to get one foot ahead of the others and the regular cast is fighting for the good parts.
Daddy, Darling
A young Danish girl seduces everything in sight after daddy refuses her naughty come-ons. She'll have a lesbian affair with her teacher, pretend that her teenage boyfriend is dear old dad and finally get to her stepmother.
I, a Woman Part II
Newly married to a sexually perverted German millionaire, Siv submits herself to endless degradation before discovering that her husband harbors a diabolical secret.
Roseanna
A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the murder cant be solved. Martin Beck and his men are assigned to the case. Soon they find a likely suspect and together with a police woman they begin a cat and mouse game to catch him.
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