Svend Kornbeck (3 July 1869 â€" 30 October 1933) was a Danish stage
and film actor.Kornbeck was born in Copenhagen, the son of painter
Johan Peter Kornbeck (1837â€"1894) and his wife Anna Nathalie Kornbeck
(née Trolle) (1849â€"1930). He was employed in various Copenhagen and
the provincial theaters; the Dagmar Theatre, Det Ny Teater and the
Odense Teater. In 1912 he debuted as a film actor and then starred in
some 30 films, all but one were with the Nordisk Film company. One of
Kornbeck's more memorable film roles is that of Christian Berg in the
1924 Swedish silent film The Saga of Gosta Berling, directed by
Mauritz Stiller.Kornbeck was first married to Asta Johanne Fernanda
Jørgensen (1872â€"1904) and then to actress Ellen Kornbeck (née
Pedersen).Kornbeck died in 1933 in Helsingør, Denmark, at age 64 and
is buried at Helsingør Cemetery in a closed tomb.
and film actor.Kornbeck was born in Copenhagen, the son of painter
Johan Peter Kornbeck (1837â€"1894) and his wife Anna Nathalie Kornbeck
(née Trolle) (1849â€"1930). He was employed in various Copenhagen and
the provincial theaters; the Dagmar Theatre, Det Ny Teater and the
Odense Teater. In 1912 he debuted as a film actor and then starred in
some 30 films, all but one were with the Nordisk Film company. One of
Kornbeck's more memorable film roles is that of Christian Berg in the
1924 Swedish silent film The Saga of Gosta Berling, directed by
Mauritz Stiller.Kornbeck was first married to Asta Johanne Fernanda
Jørgensen (1872â€"1904) and then to actress Ellen Kornbeck (née
Pedersen).Kornbeck died in 1933 in Helsingør, Denmark, at age 64 and
is buried at Helsingør Cemetery in a closed tomb.
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