Jenny Hasselquist
Jenny Hasselquist, Jenny Hasselqvist ( born July 31, 1894 in Stockholm, † June 8, 1978 ibid ) was a Swedish actress and dancer.
Life and work
She received ballet training during childhood and made a career as a prima ballerina at the Royal Opera House. In 1916 she won the director Mauritz Stiller for a movie called Balettprimadonnan with her in the title role.
After a long break, it was the German film director Ernst Lubitsch, the Hasselquist for his work Sumurun in the role of the beloved of the sultan brought to Berlin. After that, they still participated in a number of German and Swedish productions, including lead roles in Mauritz Stiller's Johan (1921) and Gösta Berling (1924 ) and Victor Sjöström's Who for? (1922 ). Under Edvin Adolphson and Julius Jaenzon she took a minor role in the first sound film Swedish lucky melody ( 1929). In 1930 she retired into private life.