Gio Petré
Birthday: 1937-11-01 Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Synopsis
Ann-Mari Birgitta Bengtsdotter Petré is a Swedish actress. She made her acting debut at 18, in "Flottans muntergökar" (1955). She was born into a family of artists. Gio Petré studied for a year at Gösta Terserus theatre school in Stockholm. In 1956 she was accepted at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School and graduated in 1959. The character she portrayed on the silver screen was often the sensual, provocative and dangerous blonde. Some of her more famous role interpretations in films are as "Mannequin" in "Vaxdockan", "Diana" in "Diana går på jakt" and as "Inger" in "Den onda cirkeln". Gio Petré has, up till now, appeared in 27 feature films and television productions.
Acting
One Swedish Summer
A young, shy and inexperienced man travels back to Sweden, to spend the summer at his mother's house. He meets a number of women with whom he has sexual relations.
The Doll
A lonely nightwatchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store's mannequins. He soon steals her and takes her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life...
Mannequin in Red
A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa Hillman is employed as a model and discovers that several people had motives to kill her.
Gorilla
In this adventure, set deep within the Belgian Congo, a local witch doctor decides the only way to stop a rampaging gorilla from terrorizing his people is to sacrifice a new-born baby. Meanwhile a local game warden and a journalist researching a story on the natives team up to stop the crazed simian.
