Jan Malmsjö

Jan Wilhelm Malmsjö (born 29 May 1932) is a Swedish stage and film actor, musical star and singer.[1] He is married to Marie Göranzon and father to Jonas Malmsjö.

Jan Malmsjö
Jan Malmsjö in 2014
Born
Jan Wilhelm Malmsjö

(1932-05-29) 29 May 1932
Lund, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationActor, singer
Years active1950–present
Spouse(s)
Lena Ericson
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(m. 1953; div. 1964)​

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(m. 1966; div. 1968)​

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(m. 1974)​
Children5, including Jonas Malmsjö

Biography

Malmsjö was born in Lund, Sweden. He trained at the prestigious Dramatens elevskola (The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school) during 1950-53 and one of his first parts on the national stage was as Paris in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1953).

He appeared in two episodes of the WWII drama Combat! in 1966, first on the fourth season episode "Sudden Terror" as Bruener and secondly on the fifth season episode "The Chapel at Able Five" as Captain Krauss.

Malmsjö has a great range as an actor from the title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet (Dramaten, 1974) and Reverent Manders in Ibsen's Ghosts to Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady and leading roles in other musicals such as La Cage aux Folles and Victor/Victoria. He has also cut several music records in his native Sweden. In the musical world, his Swedish language recording of "Willkommen"; Välkomna till Cabaret (from Malmö City Theatre's successful production of Cabaret 1970; where Malmsjö played the part of Emcee) is considered a masterpiece and treasure on CD.

He has filmed sporadically: one of his most famous film parts is as the Bishop Edvard Vergérus in Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander (1982). One of his more recent stage parts was as The Captain in Strindberg's The Dance of Death in the 1993 Dramaten-production, directed by Lars Norén (adapted for TV in 1996).

He also voiced Lumiere in the Swedish dub of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

Malmsjö is still as active as ever and in the summer of 2017, aged 85, was rehearsing the title role of Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre.[2] In early 2019, he was one of the contestants (in a preparatory heat) for Sweden's selection for the Eurovision Song Contest; last time he appeared in the show had been fifty years before.

Malmsjö is married to actress and colleague of the Royal Dramatic Theatre; Marie Göranzon. His son, Jonas Malmsjö, is also an actor (and acted opposite his father in Ingmar Bergman's staging of The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg, in 2000).

In December, 2007, Malmsjö participated in the Swedish reality show Stjärnorna på slottet (Stars at the Castle), at Trolleholm Castle, along with Peter Stormare, Arja Saijonmaa, Britt Ekland and Magnus Härenstam. He participated in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Leva Livet".[3]

Selected filmography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWE
Heat.
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"Leva livet" 2019 9 Non-album single

Photographs

References
  1. "Jan Malmsjö". Discogs. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. https://www.svd.se/jan-malmsjo-lyssnar-sig-in-mot-krapps-morker
  3. Dahlander, Gustav (27 November 2018). "Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2019: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna". Gustavs expertblogg (in Swedish). SVT. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 11, 15 mars 2019". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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