Emma Alice Thomsen née Lange (21 November 1863 â€" 15 January 1910)
was an attractive Danish actress who performed mainly in Vaudeville
productions at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. Described as
"the world's most beautiful women" by the Norwegian painter Christian
Krohg, she was given a wider repertoire than would normally have been
possible for an actress without formal training, thanks in part to her
sweet singing voice. She progressed over the years, performing in more
serious works, for example as Portia in Shakespeare's Merchant of
Venice and Elisabeth in Heiberg's Elverhøj.Born on 21 November 1863
in Copenhagen, Emma Alice Lange was the daughter of the translator
Carl Vilhelm Lange (1820â€"75) and Dorothea Stibolt (1833â€"98). In
1888, she married the actor Poul Nielsen (divorced in 1897) and in
1897 Captain Fritz Thomsen (1864â€"1935).She débuted in 1883 at the
Royal Danish Theatre in Jens Christian Hostrup's Eventyr paa
Fodrejsen, making such an impression with her attractive looks that
she was immediately engaged to play the roles of beautiful young women
in other Vaudeville works by Heisberg, including Abekatten, Køge
Huskors, Aprilsnarrene and Nej. Her major breakthrough came in
December 1900 when she took on a more mature role, playing Maria in
Edvard Brandes' Under Loven at Copenhagen's Folketeatret, with a
passion no one had expected of her.Among the most interesting of the
170 roles she played were Henriette in Skyldig â€" ikke skyldig, Maria
in Paa Storhove, Akulina in Mørkets Magt, the romantically desolate
Katuscha in Opstandelse and the gipsy artist in Johan Ulfstjerna.
Thereafter she felt increasingly threatened by the success of Betty
Nansen. Her last role was the Jewish women Gerda Sommer in Henri
Nathansen's Daniel Hertz.
was an attractive Danish actress who performed mainly in Vaudeville
productions at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. Described as
"the world's most beautiful women" by the Norwegian painter Christian
Krohg, she was given a wider repertoire than would normally have been
possible for an actress without formal training, thanks in part to her
sweet singing voice. She progressed over the years, performing in more
serious works, for example as Portia in Shakespeare's Merchant of
Venice and Elisabeth in Heiberg's Elverhøj.Born on 21 November 1863
in Copenhagen, Emma Alice Lange was the daughter of the translator
Carl Vilhelm Lange (1820â€"75) and Dorothea Stibolt (1833â€"98). In
1888, she married the actor Poul Nielsen (divorced in 1897) and in
1897 Captain Fritz Thomsen (1864â€"1935).She débuted in 1883 at the
Royal Danish Theatre in Jens Christian Hostrup's Eventyr paa
Fodrejsen, making such an impression with her attractive looks that
she was immediately engaged to play the roles of beautiful young women
in other Vaudeville works by Heisberg, including Abekatten, Køge
Huskors, Aprilsnarrene and Nej. Her major breakthrough came in
December 1900 when she took on a more mature role, playing Maria in
Edvard Brandes' Under Loven at Copenhagen's Folketeatret, with a
passion no one had expected of her.Among the most interesting of the
170 roles she played were Henriette in Skyldig â€" ikke skyldig, Maria
in Paa Storhove, Akulina in Mørkets Magt, the romantically desolate
Katuscha in Opstandelse and the gipsy artist in Johan Ulfstjerna.
Thereafter she felt increasingly threatened by the success of Betty
Nansen. Her last role was the Jewish women Gerda Sommer in Henri
Nathansen's Daniel Hertz.
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