Viveca Serlachius

{{short description|Swedish actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} thumb|Viveca Serlachius '''Viveca Elisabeth Marianne Serlachius Olsson''' (2 March 1923 – 9 January 1993) was a Finnish-born Swedish actress,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theiapolis.com/actress-G64E/viveca-serlachius/ |title=Viveca Serlachius: Finnish actress |publisher=Theiapolis |date= |accessdate=27 April 2017}}</ref> best known as the first actress to play Pippi Longstocking on film, ''Pippi Longstocking'' in 1949, when she was aged 26 portraying a 9-year-old girl.<ref>{{cite web|last=Frazzle |first=Miss |url=http://bookerpillar.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/great-pippi.html |title=the bookerpillar: The Great Pippi!! |publisher=Bookerpillar.blogspot.co.uk |date=22 May 2010 |accessdate=27 April 2017}}</ref>

She was married to Torbjörn Olsson from 1954 until her death in 1993.

==Selected filmography== * ''The Journey Away'' (1945) * ''The Night Watchman's Wife'' (1947) * ''I Love You Karlsson'' (1947) * ''Pippi Longstocking'' (1949) * ''Playing Truant'' (1949) * ''Fiancée for Hire'' (1950) * ''The Motor Cavaliers'' (1950) * ''Teacher's First Born'' (1950) * ''Defiance'' (1952)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0785231|name=Viveca Serlachius}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Serlachius, Viveca}} Category:1923 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Actresses from Helsinki Category:20th-century Swedish actresses Category:Finnish emigrants to Sweden