Grethe Sønck
Grethe Sønck (* July 16, 1929 in Hjerm, Region Midtjylland, † 12 February, 2010 Rågeleje, North Zealand ) was a Danish singer and actress.
Life
Grethe Sønck was born as Grethe Ingeborg Nielsen Hald in Hjerm, a small fishing village between Struer and Holstebro, in mid - Jutland. Since 1968 it was called Sønck, the name of her stepfather. Her father, an Italian singer, into which her mother had fallen in and was followed by Paris, had left his family before Søncks birth again.
At the age of 17 she won a singing competition in 1946 Hollænderbyen on the island of Amager. In 1947, she received her first engagement as a singer in the restaurant Sommerlyst in the Danish amusement park Dyrehavsbakken. In 1952 they released their first single with the two songs Sig hvorfor and Hvis s output. From 1958 Sønck took her career as a singer after her failed first marriage again. Between 1960 and 1964 she participated regularly at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the Danish Trials for Euro Vision Song Contest, in part. She sang the title Trækbasun & Vaskebræt (1960), Hjemme Hos Os ( 1961), a duet with Raquel Rastenni, and Verden He En Gammel Bekendt (1962). In 1964, she appeared there again, this time as a duet with Gustav Winckler, entitled Ugler i mosen on.
In May 2007 Sønck celebrated its 60th anniversary on stage as a singer. On this occasion, was released in 2007, the CD Ta ' mig som jeg it.
Sønck also worked as an actress. Her debut was in 1962 in the Revue Theatre Cirkusrevyen in the summer arena of Dyrehavsbakken. Later she appeared inter alia in the Nykøbing Revyen. Throughout her career, she has appeared in over 50 revues and musical theater pieces. Am Theater Amagarscenen in Copenhagen, she starred in the musical Cabaret.
Sønck was seen in the 1960s, also on Danish television and in several film productions. They often played in children 's and youth films. In 1966 she starred in the fairy tale The Beggar Prince. In 1968, she played Connie in the hit crime comedy The Olsen Gang. In 1991, she was seen as a woman Albertsen in the comedy Naughty as crumbs. In 1998, she starred in The (really) very last stroke of Olsenbande, the final closing point of the Olsen gang, the lead female role as Ruth. Your last film role was in the family -owned film Krummerne - Så det he jul 2006.
In 1993 she received the Oscar and Bakken 2002 Thor Leif Theatre Prize ( Årets Thorleif ) in recognition of her many years of ministry in the Danish musical theater.
Sønck was into old age still active as an artist. In summer 2009, she appeared in Rødvig på Stevns in small revue theater. In August 2009, she was seen at the Revyernes Revy.
Sønck was married from 1968 to his second wife with the Danish pianist, actor and theater director Sejr Volmer -Sørensen ( 1914-1982 ). After his death she lived alone in Rågeleje. On 12 February 2010 Sønck was found dead in her home.