- Retired on the French Riviera. (1996)
- Children: Henrik S. Järrel, 'Helén Järrel' and adoptive son Bengt Järrel.
- Voice of Grumpy in the Swedish adaptation of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
- Thanks to his photographic memory, he just had to read his lines once to remember them.
- He was admitted as a drama student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's Royal Dramatic Training Academy in Stockholm, and worked later for actor Gösta Ekman.
- Järrel retired in the 1980s and moved to the French Riviera.
- His most popular screen comedy part is probably his Little Märta in Hasse Ekman's 1945 film comedy Fram för lilla Märta, in which Järrel poses as a woman in the Swedish parliament.
- He performed as an actor at various Swedish theatres and was a frequent guest on radio and television.
- Known as a self-imposed perfectionist among colleagues, he was otherwise in his native Sweden above all recognized as a magnificent comedian and revue artist on stage. Most of his parts on film are comedy parts as well.
- Stig Järrel was a Swedish actor, film director and revue artist.
- He made his debut in a 1936 film with actor Edvard Persson called Larsson i det andra giftet. Järrel was notably productive with an average participation of six films per year (often appearing in large supporting roles or leading ones), making a total of 131 film roles during his career.
- He worked with the leading revue producers in Sweden, and in one show developed the much popular character Fibban Karlsson, a choleric old man who reflected on the everyday life in monologues in his own little ways.
- Järrel was one of the most popular actors in Sweden during his career, and also one of the most productive, participating in a total of 131 films.
- He entered Dramaten's student school in 1929 after playing excerpts from I Rom and Othello. Georg Rydeberg, Gunnar Olsson, Olof Widgren, Bror Bügler, Märta Dorff, Hjördis Petterson, Sten Hedlund, Solveig Hedengran, Sven Magnusson, Stina Ståhle and Sonja Sjöstrand were in the same year.
- In the 1980s he retired and settled in Roquebrune on the French Riviera .
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