- Worked for the Secret Intelligence Service during WW2
- Never gave interviews or attended premieres
- One half of the famous woman-on-woman kiss in "Queen Christina"
- Would threaten studio heads with the possibility of moving back to Sweden if something was not to her liking
- Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984, had a mastectomy and given the all clear three months later
- Demanded closed sets while doing her close ups. "When people are watching, I'm just a woman making faces for the camera. It destroys the illusion. If I am by myself, my face will do things I cannot do with it otherwise."
- Remedied her personal depression with Eastern philosophy and healthy eating
- Through her work in the SIS, helped Danish physicist Niels Bohr and King Gustav V of Sweden meet up, resulting in the rescue of Danish Jews
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