Avi Sagild

Avi Sagild ( born February 22, 1933, Pittsburg, USA, † September 19, 1995 in Copenhagen) was a born in the United States, living in Denmark actress and avowed socialist, with a penchant for the former GDR.

Life

Sagild was the daughter of the director of the film company RKO Richard Helweg Lange and spent five years as a child actress in the United States before the age of 18 in 1951 and settled in Denmark. They quickly learned the Danish language and in 1958 a drama at the Det Kongelige Teaters elevskole ( acting school of the Royal Theatre ) on. After that, she was even at the Det Kongelige Teater active and joined as a theater actress in various leading roles, such as, among others, in the play Indenfor Murene ( within the walls ). Afterwards she worked on Comediehuset, Det Danske Teater and the Fiolteatret in Copenhagen.

As a film actress, she starred in several Danish film and television productions. In the Danish television, she had her best known appearances in the television series Fiskerne ( Fishermen, after a novel by Hans Kirk), The people of Korsbæk ( Matador ) in Kald mig Liva and Charlot og Charlotte ( Charlot and Charlotte). The German public was particularly known for her role in the Danish film adaptation of Henry Miller's novel Quiet Days in Clichy in 1970.

After her death, she was buried at the old cemetery of Frederiksberg (Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård ).

Filmography (selection)

Criticism

According to Danish Film Institute ( DFI) Avi Sagild " surprised as Jens Jørgen Thorsen Mara Henry Miller Quiet Days in Clichy film with a strong, yet sensual and mysterious aura. Here she makes with her characterful beauty and their strong sense of strength her ​​performance one of the highlights of the film. "

Private

Sagild was married to the Danish musician Niels Jørgen Steen. The couple had two children together, the actress Paprika Steen and the musician and actor Nikolaj Steen. She is also the mother of musician Kim Sagild.