Maria Gustafsson (writer)
Maria Gustafsson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 Boden, Sweden |
| Died | (aged 78) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Spouse | Miguel Lluch |
Maria Gustafsson (1946 – 23 March 2025), also known as Britt, was a Swedish actress, television producer and author[1] who worked in Spain from the 1960s to the 1990s.[2][3]
Background
Gustafsson was born in Boden, Sweden in 1946.[3]
She was married to Spanish director Miguel Lluch, with whom she had two children.[3]
Gustafsson died in Stockholm on 23 March 2025, at the age of 78.[3]
Career
Gustafsson moved to Spain in the late 1960s to pursue an acting career.[2] She returned to Sweden in the 1990s.[3]
Acting
Gustafsson's early career as a model and actress culminated with the popular Spanish quiz show, Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez in 1972 and 1973.[4][3] She also had minor roles in several films in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Television production
After studying TV Direction and Production at New York University Gustafsson worked on Barrio Sésamo, the Spanish co-production of Sesame Street, and was the International Coordinator of 3, 2, 1 Contact,[5] both coproduced with Children's Television Workshop. She was a screenwriter for Lápices de Colores (1986)[3] and Dinamo (1986),[3][6] a youth TV program showing pop/rock musicians doing extreme sports, broadcast by TVE. Later, she became Program Director at Canal 10, the first private TV channel in Spain.[3]
As Manager and Executive Producer at The Missing Piece, she produced the long-running series Apaños and Viejos oficios for the different autonomous TV channels in Spain and co-produced the youth series Torch with BBC and Czechoslovak TV, and Griot, a documentary series shot entirely in Senegal and the Ivory Coast.
Writing
Gustafsson published five books: the trilogy about Klara Andersson, a Swedish interpreter recruited by the Military Secret Service, Den vidunderliga utsikten, Huset på Carrera 10 and Absintängeln (2013).[3] She participated in an anthology, Liv och död i Stockholm, and co-authored a novel under a pseudonym.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof | [7] | |
| 1969 | Blood in the Bullring | [3] | |
| 1969 | Cemetery Without Crosses | [7] | |
| 1970 | No desearás al vecino del quinto | [7] | |
| La última señora Anderson | [7] | ||
| Crónicas de un pueblo | [7] | ||
| El niño y el potro | [7] |
| Year | Work | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Lápices de Colores | Screenwriter | [3] |
| 1986 | Dinamo (TVE) | Screenwriter | [3] |
References
- ^ "Maria Gustafsson". Norrbottensförfattare. December 2006. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Muere a los 78 años Maria Gustafsson 'Britt', mítica azafata del 'Un, dos, tres...' de RTVE". Vertele (in Spanish). 26 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Muere la actriz y guionista sueca Maria Gustafsson, azafata conocida como 'Britt' en el 'Un, dos, tres'". El País (in Spanish). 26 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ "Un, dos, tres... Responda otra vez". IMDb. 24 April 1972.
- ^ "3-2-1 Contact". IMDb. 14 January 1980.
- ^ "Dinamo (TV Series 1985–1986) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ a b c d e f "Muere una querida actriz y presentadora, inolvidable en un programa mítico de TVE". En Blau (in Spanish). 25 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.