Portrait of Essy Persson

Essy Persson

Acting

Biography

Essy Ingeborg Vilhelmina Persson is a Swedish stage and film actress most noted for her role in "I, a Woman" (1965). She started out on the theatre before being discovered by Swedish film director and cinematographer Mac Ahlberg. Later American producer Radley Metzger offered Essy a string of parts in international erotic films. She studied at the Art Academy Valand and Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts and Designs, from 1981 to 1984 and became an artist.

Born: June 15, 1941

Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Sweden

Filmography

1983
Profitörerna

as Fahlén's wife

1980
1971
1970
Cry of the Banshee

as Lady Patricia Whitman

1968
1968
Vibration

as Eliza

1967
1967
Devil's Girls

as Betty Williams

1966
1965
1965