Johanne Cathrine Rosing, née Olsen (2 June 1756 â€" 15 January 1853),
was a Danish stage actress and ballet dancer, one of the most noted of
the era.Born in a poor home as the daughter of Herman Olsen and Gundel
Marie Abelgreen. She was a maid before she became a student of the
French Ballet company at the court theatre and, in 1772, of the Royal
Danish Ballet, when the court theatre became a part of the Royal
Danish Theatre. There, she was made an actress in 1773 and given an
education of a singer by the theatre. She never learned to read and
write. In 1777â€"79, she was a member of the academy Det Dramatiske
Selskab under the direction of Frederik Schwarz (1753-1838). She was
married the Norwegian actor Michael Rosing (1756-1818). They were the
parents of singer and stage actress Emilie Rosing (1783â€"1811).As an
actress, she had her great breakthrough in the 1780s, when she began
to play the part of mother: in the part of a "tender mother", she
personificated the new ideal of femininity of the time, which was
highlighted by the fact that she was often pregnant on stage. In these
roles, she gained great popularity. She retired in 1823.
was a Danish stage actress and ballet dancer, one of the most noted of
the era.Born in a poor home as the daughter of Herman Olsen and Gundel
Marie Abelgreen. She was a maid before she became a student of the
French Ballet company at the court theatre and, in 1772, of the Royal
Danish Ballet, when the court theatre became a part of the Royal
Danish Theatre. There, she was made an actress in 1773 and given an
education of a singer by the theatre. She never learned to read and
write. In 1777â€"79, she was a member of the academy Det Dramatiske
Selskab under the direction of Frederik Schwarz (1753-1838). She was
married the Norwegian actor Michael Rosing (1756-1818). They were the
parents of singer and stage actress Emilie Rosing (1783â€"1811).As an
actress, she had her great breakthrough in the 1780s, when she began
to play the part of mother: in the part of a "tender mother", she
personificated the new ideal of femininity of the time, which was
highlighted by the fact that she was often pregnant on stage. In these
roles, she gained great popularity. She retired in 1823.
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