Pauline Brunius

Who was Pauline Brunius?

Pauline Brunius, née Emma Maria Pauline Lindstedt was a Swedish stage and film actor, screenwriter and film and theatre director. She was the managing director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1938 to 1948.

Brunius became a ballet student in 1891, but ended her ballet studies in favor of spoken drama. She was engaged at the theatre Olympiateatern in 1902. Jointly with her spouse and colleague, Gösta Ekman, she was the managing director of the theatre Oscarsteatern in 1926–1932. In 1938, she was engaged as the managing director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

Married 1909–1935 with actor John W. Brunius. Mother of actress Anne-Marie Brunius and actor Palle Brunius.