Aino Lillalida Bergö (commonly spelled Aino Bergo in English-language publications) (1915 – July 1944) was a Swedish ballerina, opera singer and film actress.

Life

Bergö studied ballet in Stockholm. She performed ballet in Berlin and Munich and starred in operettas in Vienna. Bergö starred in the 1936 German film Das Frauenparadies and later relocated to England, where producer Irving Asher helped her land a starring role in Thistledown. In 1938 in Chelsea, London Bergö married Richard Fairey, the eldest son of Sir Charles Richard Fairey, an aircraft manufacturer. They were divorced in 1943.

Aino Bergö

Bergö was killed in July 1944 in a German flying bomb attack in southern England. Her death was registered in Kensington, London. Her services were held at the Swedish Church on Harcourt Street in London.

Aino Bergö

Filmography

1938, Thistledown (Note: the British Film Institute has listed this film as lost) 1936, Das Frauenparadies

Aino Bergö

References

External links

Aino Bergo Movie Cards

Swedish civilians killed in World War II

Swedish film actresses

Swedish stage actresses

Swedish ballerinas

1915 births

1944 deaths

20th-century Swedish actresses

20th-century Swedish women opera singers

Deaths by airstrike during World War II