Gerda Amalie Holst Christophersen (1870â€"1947) was a Danish stage and
film actress, singer, theatre director and writer. From 1911, she
starred in numerous early Danish films, including 15 from Nordisk
Film.Born Gerda Amalie Holst Christophersen on 1 March 1870 in
Copenhagen, Gerda Amalie Holst Christophersen was the daughter of the
opera singer Harald Edvard Christensen and his wife Ernesta Felicita
Simonsen, who also came from a family of musicians. Christophersen
began her career as a stage actress in 1889 at the Casino Theatre,
also taking small parts at the Royal Danish Theatre until the late
1990s.Her singing career began in 1894 when her father took her on an
operatic concert tour in which she sang excerpts from Faust. From 1897
to 1900 she toured with Albert Helsengreen's theatre company, gaining
fame by singing the leads in Frøken Nitouche and Den skønne Galathea
as well as Adele in Die Fledermaus.
film actress, singer, theatre director and writer. From 1911, she
starred in numerous early Danish films, including 15 from Nordisk
Film.Born Gerda Amalie Holst Christophersen on 1 March 1870 in
Copenhagen, Gerda Amalie Holst Christophersen was the daughter of the
opera singer Harald Edvard Christensen and his wife Ernesta Felicita
Simonsen, who also came from a family of musicians. Christophersen
began her career as a stage actress in 1889 at the Casino Theatre,
also taking small parts at the Royal Danish Theatre until the late
1990s.Her singing career began in 1894 when her father took her on an
operatic concert tour in which she sang excerpts from Faust. From 1897
to 1900 she toured with Albert Helsengreen's theatre company, gaining
fame by singing the leads in Frøken Nitouche and Den skønne Galathea
as well as Adele in Die Fledermaus.
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