Max Von Sydow Net Worth, Age, Wife, Cause Of Death, Bio
Max von Sydow Net Worth
Max von Sydow, a Swedish-French actor had an estimated net worth of $16 million at the time of his death.
Profile Summary
| Net Worth | $16 million |
| Name | Max von Sydow |
| Full Name | Carl Adolf von Sydow |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | April 10, 1929 |
| Age | 90 (at the time of his death on March 8, 2020) |
| Place of Birth | Lund, Sweden |
| Died | March 8, 2020 |
| Place of Death | Provence, France |
| Nationality | Swedish-French |
| Parents | Father: Carl Wilhelm von Sydow Mother: Baroness Maria Margareta Rappe |
| Wife | First Wife: Christina Inga Britta Olin Second Wife: Catherine Brelet (married in 1997) |
Max von Sydow Biography
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Max von Sydow, a Swedish-French actor, was born as Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929, in Lund, Sweden. His father, Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, was an ethnologist and professor, while his mother, Baroness Maria Margareta Rappe, was a schoolteacher. Max had both German and Pomeranian ancestry and was raised as a Lutheran but later became an agnostic.
Max von Sydow Age
Max von Sydow lived a long life, passing away on March 8, 2020, in Provence, France, at the age of 90.
Max von Sydow Education
He attended Lund Cathedral School, where he learned English at a young age. Originally, he was expected to pursue a career in law but became interested in acting after seeing a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream during a class trip to Malmö. This led him to establish an amateur theatrical group with his school friends.
Parents and Family
Max von Sydow's father, Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, was an ethnologist and professor, while his mother, Baroness Maria Margareta Rappe, was a schoolteacher. Max had both German and Pomeranian ancestry.
Career
Max von Sydow had a remarkable 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre.
He appeared in over 150 films and various television series in multiple languages. His versatile acting skills allowed him to portray a wide range of characters, from stoic protagonists to sardonic artists and menacing villains.
Notable films in his career include The Seventh Seal (1957), where he played the 14th-century knight Antonius Block, and The Exorcist (1973).
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He also portrayed Jesus Christ in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and appeared in popular films like Three Days of the Condor (1975), Flash Gordon (1980), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).
Max von Sydow Death
Max von Sydow passed away on March 8, 2020, at his home in Provence, France, at the age of 90. He is survived by his wife and four sons.
Max von Sydow Wife and Children
Max von Sydow married actress Christina Inga Britta Olin in 1951, and they had two sons, Clas and Henrik. After their divorce in 1979, he married French documentarian Catherine Brelet in 1997 and adopted her two adult sons, Cédric and Yvan, from her previous marriage.
Legacy
In 1968, Curt Bergfors named his chain of international restaurants Max Hamburgers in honour of Max von Sydow.
