From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Anna Lena Elisabet Nyman 23 May 1944 4 February 2011 was a Swedish film and stage actress Having had her first film roles in 1955 Nyman had a role in Vilgot Sjömans 491 1964 and got her breakthrough in his I Am Curious Yellow 1967 where she in pseudodocumentary fashion played a character of the same name as herself and its sequel I Am Curious Blue 1968 She later participated in many of the films and stage productions of Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson such as Release the Prisoners to Spring 1975 and The Adventures of Picasso 1978 Nyman costarred with Ingrid Bergman and Liv Ullmann in Ingmar Bergmans Autumn Sonata 1978 In 2004 Nyman received the royal medal Litteris et Artibus and in 2006 she was the recipient of the Eugene ONeill Award Nyman died on 4 February 2011 aged 66 after a long battle with several illnesses including cancer COPD and GuillainBarré syndrome