Clara Pontoppidan

Clara Pontoppidan ( born April 23, 1883 in Copenhagen, † January 22, 1975 in Hellerup ) was a Danish stage and film actress.

Life

In 1892, she attended the ballet school of the Danish Royal Theatre Det Kongelige Teater. As an actress she made her debut there in 1901. Subsequent engagements have taken her to the Dagmarteatret, Det Ny Teater and Alexandra teatret. In 1902 she had her first film appearance, meanwhile as a ballet dancer; from 1910 onwards, increasingly, as an actress in Danish silent films.

1925 He returned to Det kongelige Teater, where they also had A Midsummer Night's Dream as a thespian on 21 December 1973 its anniversary gala for the 225 - year anniversary with Sprites epilogue of Shakespeare's their last appearance.

Other notable roles of theater actress, who participated also at international film productions such as witches were, among other things a woman Markmann in Kaj Munk doden 1966, the nurse in August Strindberg's Faderen (premiere on May 10, 1950), but also various roles in the contemporary Danish plays Kjeld Abell, who appreciated the "big voice" of Pontoppidan.

Clara Pontoppidan, who was married to her Schauspielerkollgen Carlo Wieth, is buried in the cemetery Ordruper

Filmography (selection)

Autobiography

• Eet live - live Udgivet mange. 4 volumes. Hasselbalch, Copenhagen 1949-1954.

Discography

• Clara Pontoppidan: CBS 88168