Astrid Holm (born Astrid Vilhelmine Rasmussen, 29 March 1893 â€" 29
October 1961) was a Danish theater and film actress whose career began
on the stage and in the early silent film era.Born Astrid Vilhelmine
Rasmussen in Sønder Bjerge Sogn, Sorø Municipality, Zealand, she was
the daughter of hotelier Hans Peter Rasmussen and his wife Maren Sofie
Rasmussen (née Larsen). She studied at the Royal Danish Ballet, but
left in 1910 to pursue a career as a stage actress. During the World
War I years, she performed at Det Ny Teater in the capital city of
Copenhagen. During the early 1920s, she was engaged at the Royal
Danish Theatre for four seasons by request of theater director
Johannes Poulsen. From 1927 to 1940 she was engaged at several
theaters throughout Denmark and often left the theater to live abroad.
In the early 1940s she was engaged at the Frederiksberg Theatre under
direction of Svend Melsing and then the Allé-Scenen Theatre under
direction of Svend Rindom. From the mid-1940s she rarely appeared on
stage, but occasionally performed in radio theater.Astrid Holm made
her screen debut for Dansk Filmfabrik in 1917's Søstrene Morelli (The
Sisters Morelli) and the following year was under contract to Nordisk
Film. Her first film for Nordisk was a role in the 1918
Holger-Madsen-directed Folkets Ven (The People's Friend), opposite
Gunnar Tolnæs and Svend Kornbeck. This was followed by several
popular films for Emanuel Gregers. One of her most popular roles was
as Sister Edith in the 1921 Victor Sjöström-directed Swedish silent
Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage). The film was based on the 1912
novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! by Nobel prize-winning Swedish
author Selma Lagerlöf. In 1925 she starred opposite Johannes Meyer in
the Carl Theodor Dreyer-directed drama Du skal ære din hustru (Thou
Shalt Honor Thy Wife). This would be Holm's last film role for many
years.
October 1961) was a Danish theater and film actress whose career began
on the stage and in the early silent film era.Born Astrid Vilhelmine
Rasmussen in Sønder Bjerge Sogn, Sorø Municipality, Zealand, she was
the daughter of hotelier Hans Peter Rasmussen and his wife Maren Sofie
Rasmussen (née Larsen). She studied at the Royal Danish Ballet, but
left in 1910 to pursue a career as a stage actress. During the World
War I years, she performed at Det Ny Teater in the capital city of
Copenhagen. During the early 1920s, she was engaged at the Royal
Danish Theatre for four seasons by request of theater director
Johannes Poulsen. From 1927 to 1940 she was engaged at several
theaters throughout Denmark and often left the theater to live abroad.
In the early 1940s she was engaged at the Frederiksberg Theatre under
direction of Svend Melsing and then the Allé-Scenen Theatre under
direction of Svend Rindom. From the mid-1940s she rarely appeared on
stage, but occasionally performed in radio theater.Astrid Holm made
her screen debut for Dansk Filmfabrik in 1917's Søstrene Morelli (The
Sisters Morelli) and the following year was under contract to Nordisk
Film. Her first film for Nordisk was a role in the 1918
Holger-Madsen-directed Folkets Ven (The People's Friend), opposite
Gunnar Tolnæs and Svend Kornbeck. This was followed by several
popular films for Emanuel Gregers. One of her most popular roles was
as Sister Edith in the 1921 Victor Sjöström-directed Swedish silent
Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage). The film was based on the 1912
novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! by Nobel prize-winning Swedish
author Selma Lagerlöf. In 1925 she starred opposite Johannes Meyer in
the Carl Theodor Dreyer-directed drama Du skal ære din hustru (Thou
Shalt Honor Thy Wife). This would be Holm's last film role for many
years.
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