Anna Maria Viktoria Hofman-Uddgren ( 23 February 1868 â€" 1 June 1947)
née Hammarström; also known as Hoffman and Hofmann, was a Swedish
actress, cabaret singer, music hall and revue artist, theatre
director, and film director. Until 2016, she was referred to as the
first woman to become a film director in Sweden.Anna Hofman-Uddgren
was born in Hedvig Eleonora parish on Östermalm in Stockholm, Sweden.
She was the daughter of Emma Hammarström (1849â€"1910) and was
alleged to have been the illegitimate daughter of King Oscar II of
Sweden. This was a often-repeated rumor in Stockholm at the time. The
French artist Cléo de Mérode, who was engaged as a guest artist by
Hofman-Uddgren, referred to these rumors: "It was said of her that she
was the natural daughter of King Oscar, which is possible as she had a
noted confidence." This rumor was never confirmed, however: as Anna
Hofman-Uddgren banned the press from mentioning any biographical
information about her, an instruction that was respected by the press,
despite the fact that biographical information was otherwise
customarily provided about artists in the press.In her unpublished
memoirs, Hofman-Uddgren stated that during her upbringing she was
taken to Stockholm Palace by her mother, where she was introduced in
private to the king, and that he asked her if there was anything he
could do for her. When she was seventeen, Oscar II financed a trip to
Paris, where she remained for eight years, studying the French
language and singing. She debuted as a singer in charity concerts in
Paris and participated in the artistic life there.
née Hammarström; also known as Hoffman and Hofmann, was a Swedish
actress, cabaret singer, music hall and revue artist, theatre
director, and film director. Until 2016, she was referred to as the
first woman to become a film director in Sweden.Anna Hofman-Uddgren
was born in Hedvig Eleonora parish on Östermalm in Stockholm, Sweden.
She was the daughter of Emma Hammarström (1849â€"1910) and was
alleged to have been the illegitimate daughter of King Oscar II of
Sweden. This was a often-repeated rumor in Stockholm at the time. The
French artist Cléo de Mérode, who was engaged as a guest artist by
Hofman-Uddgren, referred to these rumors: "It was said of her that she
was the natural daughter of King Oscar, which is possible as she had a
noted confidence." This rumor was never confirmed, however: as Anna
Hofman-Uddgren banned the press from mentioning any biographical
information about her, an instruction that was respected by the press,
despite the fact that biographical information was otherwise
customarily provided about artists in the press.In her unpublished
memoirs, Hofman-Uddgren stated that during her upbringing she was
taken to Stockholm Palace by her mother, where she was introduced in
private to the king, and that he asked her if there was anything he
could do for her. When she was seventeen, Oscar II financed a trip to
Paris, where she remained for eight years, studying the French
language and singing. She debuted as a singer in charity concerts in
Paris and participated in the artistic life there.
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