Anne Dorthe Lund Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Anne Dorthe Lund Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Anna Dorothea Lund (died 29 October 1759) was a Danish stage actress.

She belonged to the pioneer generation of actors at the Royal Danish

Theatre, and was one of the leading members there for a decade after

its foundation.The background and parentage of Anna Dorothea Lund is

unknown, other than the fact that her original name was Holst. She

married the tobacco trader Asser Mortensen Lund (d. 1760) in 1749, but

evidently separated from him.In 1747, the belonged to the pioneer

group of actors who started to perform theater plays in Copenhagen

when the theater ban was lifted, and in 1748, she followed the actors

when a permanent theater building was provided them in the foundation

of the Royal Danish Theatre. She is listed as one of the highest paid

members of the staff. As a person, she was described as an intriguer

who was reprimanded by Holberg for trying to discredit her colleague

Madame Rosenkilde for being a courtesan while she was in fact rumored

to be one herself.Lund primarily performed soubrette roles, and has

been referred to as "one of the greatest soubrettes, the Danish stage

has ever owned".
Anne Dorthe Lund Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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