Pauline Brunius

Pauline Brunius, née Emma Maria Pauline Lindstedt (10 February 1881 in Stockholm – 30 March 1954 in Stockholm) 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.

Biography
Born in 1881, 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 (John W. Brunius) and colleague, Gösta Ekman (senior), 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.

As a theater manager, she was known for her tough attitude and determination among the gentlemen in the male-dominated entertainment industry, at least in the managerial positions. As director of the Oscar Theater, she managed to negotiate financial support from Ivar Kreuger, among others. As director of the Dramaten, she was both praised and criticized. Among other things, she was criticized for a number of play choices during the Second World War and for a guest performance by Dramaten in Berlin in 1941. However, she was also praised for her deliberately strong investment in Riksteatern and for taking the initiative to build a second stage, Lilla scenen, to increase the competitiveness and capacity of the national stage. She resigned as director of Dramaten in 1948 due to illness.

Married 1909–1935 with actor John W. Brunius. She was the mother of actress Anne-Marie Brunius and actor Palle Brunius.

Selected filmography

 * Thora van Deken (1920)
 * Gyurkovicsarna (1920)
 * A Wild Bird (1921)
 * The Eyes of Love (1922)
 * The Blizzard (1923)
 * Charles XII (1925)
 * Gustaf Wasa (1928)
 * The Doctor's Secret (1930)
 * Charlotte Löwensköld (1930)
 * False Greta (1934)