Vicky von der Lancken | |
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![]() Vicky von der Lancken in 2013 | |
Born | Lillemor Lindberg 4 July 1942 Jönköping, Sweden |
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | Theater director |
Vicky Lillemor Birgitta von der Lancken (born Lillemor Lindberg, 4 July 1942) is a Swedish entertainment producer and theater director.
Von der Lanckens career started in 1971, she became involved in the Yrkestrubadurernas förening (YTF). [1] She has continued her career with stage productions, she worked with the production of Rhapsody in Rock, Hotelliggaren, Svensson, Svensson , Glenn Killing på Grand, Som om inget hade hänt, Maken till fruar, Lorry , Tältprojektet, Fångad på nätet, Lögn i helvete, Kvarteret Skatan at Rival in Stockholm. Since 1989, von der Lancken has concentrated her work on the musical and theater stage productions such as My Fair Lady , and the stage production of Rain Man . [2] She owns the entertainment production company Vicky Nöjesproduktion. [3] She is the co-owner of the Oscarsteatern in Stockholm. [4]
On 2 February 2011, she was awarded the Smilbandetpris for her work, she was given the award by the king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf. [5] On 8 August 2011, von der Lancken presenten an episode of Sommar i P1 on Sveriges Radio where she told about her life. [6]
On 6 March 2003, von der Lancken was sentenced to one year imprisonment for tax fraud. She served five months at an open low security prison in Sagsjön. [3]
Von der Lancken was born in Huskvarna to a couple that soon divorced. At age 8 months, she was adopted by another couple. Her adoptive mother died from cancer around the time Vicky was 8 years old and then she grew up with a single father until he remarried when she was 15. It was her stepmother who informed Vicky that she was adopted. [7]
She met Ernst von der Lancken in 1963 and married him in 1966, the couple divorced three years later. [8] They had a son, Johan, whom she raised as a single mother in Rågsved, Stockholm. [9] Johan von der Lancken is an entertainment producer currently working in his mother's business. [10]