{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}{{Short description|Swedish actress (1897–1986)}} {{Infobox person | name = Margit Andelius | birth_name = Ellen Margit Teresia Andersohn | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|7|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|8|8|1897|7|31|df=y}} | death_place = Stockholm, Sweden | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1934–1981 }}
'''Ellen Margit Teresia Ringenson''' (née '''Andersohn'''; 31 July 1897 – 8 August 1986), known professionally as '''Margit Andelius''', was a Swedish actress. She made her film debut in 1934 in ''Uppsagd'' and went on to appear in supporting and character roles in a large number of Swedish films and television productions over the following decades, with screen credits running from 1934 to 1981.<ref name="svfd">{{cite web |title=Margit Andelius |url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=59947 |website=Svensk Filmdatabas |publisher=Swedish Film Institute |language=sv |access-date=28 April 2026}}</ref>
== Career == In addition to her film work, Andelius appeared on stage at several Stockholm theatres, including Vasateatern and Blancheteatern. In 1944 she played Aunt Bina in Ingmar Bergman's staging of Hjalmar Bergman's one-act play ''Herr Sleeman kommer'' at Dramatikerstudion in Stockholm.<ref name="ibf">{{cite web |title=Spelhuset / Herr Sleeman kommer |url=http://ingmarbergman.se/verk/spelhusetherr-sleeman-kommer |website=Ingmar Bergman Foundation |access-date=28 April 2026}}</ref>
After her 1934 film debut, Andelius appeared in dozens of Swedish films during the studio era, almost always in supporting and character roles.<ref name="svfd" /> Her later credits include television work; her final listed appearance was in the SVT television series ''Babels hus'' in 1981.<ref name="svfd" />
== Death == Andelius died in Stockholm on 8 August 1986, aged 89.<ref>Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009, DVD-ROM, Version 5.00, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund, 2010.</ref>
== Selected filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Swedish title !! English title (where applicable) |- | 1934 || ''Uppsagd'' || — |- | 1935 || ''Kanske en gentleman'' || ''Perhaps a Gentleman'' |- | 1940 || ''En, men ett lejon!'' || ''One, But a Lion!'' |- | 1941 || ''I natt – eller aldrig'' || ''Tonight or Never'' |- | 1941 || ''Livet går vidare'' || ''Life Goes On'' |- | 1941 || ''Striden går vidare'' || ''The Fight Continues'' |- | 1943 || ''Katrina'' || — |- | 1945 || ''Fram för lilla Märta'' || — |- | 1946 || ''Kristin kommenderar'' || ''Kristin Commands'' |- | 1947 || ''En fluga gör ingen sommar'' || ''One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer'' |- | 1948 || ''Lilla Märta kommer tillbaka'' || — |- | 1949 || ''Pappa Bom'' || ''Father Bom'' |- | 1949 || ''Sven Tusan'' || — |- | 1949 || ''Lång-Lasse i Delsbo'' || ''Big Lasse of Delsbo'' |- | 1950 || ''Den vita katten'' || ''The White Cat'' |- | 1950 || ''Hjärter knekt'' || ''Jack of Hearts'' |- | 1951 || ''Tull-Bom'' || ''Customs Officer Bom'' |- | 1953 || ''Flickan från Backafall'' || ''The Girl from Backafall'' |- | 1956 || ''Nattbarn'' || ''Night Child'' |- | 1958 || ''Den store amatören'' || ''The Great Amateur'' |- | 1981 || ''Babels hus'' (TV) || — |}
A complete chronological filmography is maintained in the Swedish Film Database.<ref name="svfd" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0028717|Margit Andelius}} * [http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=59947 Margit Andelius] at the Swedish Film Database
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andelius, Margit}} Category:1897 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Swedish film actresses Category:Swedish stage actresses Category:20th-century Swedish actresses Category:Actresses from Gothenburg