Märta Torén

Märta Torén was born on May 21, 1926 in Sweden. Märta Torén's big-screen debut came with Rospiggar directed by Schamyl Bauman in 1942. Märta Torén is known for Maddalena directed by Augusto Genina, Märta Torén stars as Maddalena and Gino Cervi as Don Vincenzo. The upcoming new movie Märta Torén plays is La puerta abierta which will be released on Mar 08, 1957.

From an early age her dream was to become an actress. Her first application for acting studies at The Royal Dramatic Theater in 1944 was unsuccessful. After additional dramatic coaching she was finally accepted in 1947. But screenwriter Edwin Blum arranged a screen test for RKO which eventually led to her being offered a contract with Universal Studios. It was a hard choice but she accepted and left her studies after one semester. In Hollywood she quickly made 10 movies, including Sirocco (1951) with Humphrey Bogart. From 1952 she accepted movie offers from Italy with more demanding roles. She married director Leonardo Bercovici on June 13, 1952, and gave birth to a daughter. In early 1957, she went back to Sweden for her stage debut in a play by J.B. Priestley. She died one month later, at the age of 30, of a brain hemorrhage.