Margaretha Krook Swedish Character Actress in Film, TV

Margaretha Krook, 75, Swedish character actress who appeared in more than 85 film and television productions over her half-century career, died Monday in Stockholm.

Her most recent role was in last year’s motion picture “Gossip.” In 1996 she portrayed Gertrude Stein in a television docudrama titled simply “Gertrude Stein.”

Krook began her career with the 1949 film “Only A Mother,” and made a rare appearance in an American film as a governess in the 1951 “Miss Julia.”

Working primarily in Scandinavian or German productions, Krook aged from roles as the ingenue to professional doctors or lawyers and eventually mothers or aunts. Among her many films were “Adam and Eve,” “Swedish Wedding Night,” “Peas and Whiskers” and “The Best Intentions.” Her television programs included “Nina” and “The Avaricious.”