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Zetterling appeared in film and television productions spanning six decades from the s to the s. Her breakthrough as an actress came in the film Torment written for her [ 8 ] by Ingmar Bergman , in which she played a controversial role as a tormented shopgirl.

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Shortly afterwards, she moved to England and gained instant success there with her title role in Basil Dearden 's Frieda , playing opposite David Farrar. After a brief return to Sweden, in which she worked with Bergman again in his film Music in Darkness , she returned to Britain and starred in a number of UK films. Some of her notable films as an actress include Quartet , a film based on some of W.

Having gained a reputation as a sex symbol in dramas and thrillers, she was equally effective in comedies, and was active in British television in the s and s. She began directing and publishing novels and non-fiction in the early s, her films starting with political documentaries and a short film titled The War Game , which was nominated for a BAFTA award, and won a Silver Lion at Venice, both for the Best Short Film.

It was not the only film she made that caused controversy for its frank sexuality. When critics reviewing her debut feature stated that "Mai Zetterling directs like a man", [ 13 ] she began to explore feminist themes more explicitly in her work. The Girls , which had an all-star Swedish cast that included Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson , discussed women's liberation or lack thereof in a society controlled by men, as the protagonists compare their lives to characters in the play Lysistrata , and find that things have not progressed very much for women since ancient times.

Zetterling was married to Norwegian actor Tutte Lemkow from to They had a daughter, Etienne and a son, Louis, who is professor of environmental sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She published an autobiography , All Those Tomorrows. It did not hamper her career, however. On 17 March , a year after her final role on television, Zetterling died from cancer at her home in London.

She was 68 years old.