Hester Sondergaard was an American actress.Born in Litchfield,
Minnesota, Sondergaard was the daughter of Hans T. Sondergaard, a
dairy instructor at a university, and the sister of actress Gale
Sondergaard. When she was a child, she played violin with Midwestern
Chautauqua companies. She attended the University of Minnesota, where
she was active in productions of the Masquers Club.Sondergaard's first
professional speaking part came in . After college, she acted with the
Wisconsin Players and in venues that included the Civic Repertory
Theater in New York. Her Broadway credits include Galileo (), My
Heart's in the Highlands (), Marching Song (), Bitter Stream (),
Mother (), and Black Pit ().On radio, Sondergaard was an organizer of
The American School of the Air. She also acted on Portia Faces Life,
Road of Life, Wendy Warren and the News, and We Love and Learn. An
article in the December issue of Radio and Television Mirror magazine
described Sondergaard as having "one of the largest repertories [sic]
of dialects of any actress", being able to sound authentic in roles
using any of accents.
Minnesota, Sondergaard was the daughter of Hans T. Sondergaard, a
dairy instructor at a university, and the sister of actress Gale
Sondergaard. When she was a child, she played violin with Midwestern
Chautauqua companies. She attended the University of Minnesota, where
she was active in productions of the Masquers Club.Sondergaard's first
professional speaking part came in . After college, she acted with the
Wisconsin Players and in venues that included the Civic Repertory
Theater in New York. Her Broadway credits include Galileo (), My
Heart's in the Highlands (), Marching Song (), Bitter Stream (),
Mother (), and Black Pit ().On radio, Sondergaard was an organizer of
The American School of the Air. She also acted on Portia Faces Life,
Road of Life, Wendy Warren and the News, and We Love and Learn. An
article in the December issue of Radio and Television Mirror magazine
described Sondergaard as having "one of the largest repertories [sic]
of dialects of any actress", being able to sound authentic in roles
using any of accents.
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