Lars Hanson

Lars Hanson (July 26, 1886 - April 8, 1965) was a highly successful Swedish film and stage actor mostly remembered for his motion picture roles during the silent film era.

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July 26 - 1886 - April 8 - 1965 - Swedish - Actor - Silent film

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Born Lars Mauritz Hanson in Göteborg, Sweden, Hanson began his career on the stages of Sweden after studying drama in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm as a Shakespearean actor, appearing in such classics as Othello and Hamlet. Hanson made his film debut in the 1915 film Dolken, directed by Mauritz Stiller, and his popularity as a leading man in his homeland grew with ensuing roles.

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Göteborg, Sweden - Helsinki, Finland - Othello - Hamlet - 1915

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While already a well established popular actor in Sweden and much of continental Europe, Lars Hanson gained greater international recognition for his role as the title character in the 1923 Stiller film The Atonement of Gosta Berling, which featured a young Mauritz Stiller protegé named Greta Garbo in one of her first major appearances on screen. At the request of American actress Lillian Gish, Hanson arrived in Hollywood, California in 1926 (the same year as Garbo) to star opposite Gish in the film version of The Scarlet Letter.

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The Atonement of Gosta Berling - Mauritz Stiller - Greta Garbo - Lillian Gish - Hollywood, California - 1926 - The Scarlet Letter

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Lars Hanson married Swedish actress Karin Molander in 1922. The couple remained married until Hanson's death in 1965.

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Karin Molander - 1922

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Hanson's Hollywood career as an actor steadily grew momentum during the 1920s and he was paired with Greta Garbo in two more motion pictures; MGM's 1927 box-office hit Flesh and the Devil, which also starred Garbo's offscreen lover, the enormously successful film actor John Gilbert, and 1928's The Divine Woman, directed by fellow countrymen Victor Sjöström. By the end of the 1920s however, the era of the silent film was waning, and seeing that his heavy Swedish accent might be a liability in American films, Lars Hanson returned to Europe. Hanson continued to star in may Swedish language talkies. Hanson's last performance was in the 1951 film Dårskapens hus (The Nuthouse).

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MGM - 1927 - John Gilbert - 1928 - Victor Sjöström - 1920s - Talkies - 1951

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Lars Hanson passed away in Stockholm, Sweden in 1965 after a short illness at the age of 79.

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