Johanne Dybwad

Johanne Dybwad, native Johanne Juell, ( born August 2, 1867 in Christiania, Norway, † March 4, 1950 in Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian actress and film director.

Life

Your originating from Bergen parents Johanne and Mathias Juell were also well-known actors.

Her debut as an actress, she gave in 1887 at the theater Den Nationale Scene in Bergen. Subsequently, she earned from 1888 to 1899 a large repertoire at Christiania Theater in Oslo. As the Nationaltheatret was opened in the Norwegian capital on September 1, 1899, she moved there, she was already one of the leading actresses of the country. Great success they had, among others, as Ibsen interpreter. She embodied all the great female roles of the poet, such as the title role in the emancipation drama Nora and the part of Mrs. Alving in Ghosts.

Since 1891 Johanne Dybwad was married to the writer and lawyer Vilhelm Dybwad.

In 1908 she was on tour in Berlin and Hamburg, 1937 in Paris. After numerous guest appearances in the entire Scandinavian region for decades defended the reputation of being the most significant actress of the North to be. Until her career end, she appeared in no less than 165 different roles alone at Nationaltheatret.

She made a name for himself as the director of classic theater texts such as Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and King Lear. As groundbreaking were their rehearsals antique pieces such as Medea ( by Euripides ) and Lysistrata ( by Aristophanes ).

1947, she was awarded the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary service the Grand Cross of St. Olav Order. In the same year she was the last time ( as a mother Aase in Peer Gynt ) on stage. Before Nationaltheatret since 1962, is a situation created by sculptor Per Ung statue of the artist. The square in front of the theater is named after her since 1989.