Dora Söderberg (10 November 1899 – 9 November 1990) was a
Swedish
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stage, film, and television
actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...
.
Daughter of the famous Swedish novelist and playwright
Hjalmar Söderberg
Hjalmar Emil Fredrik Söderberg (2 July 1869 – 14 October 1941) was a Swedish novelist, short story writer, playwright and journalist. His works often deal with melancholy and lovelorn characters, and offer a rich portrayal of contemporary Stoc ...
.
Dora Söderberg was a highly acclaimed character actress and a longtime member of Sweden's national stage, the
Royal Dramatic Theatre
The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages.
The the ...
-ensemble (1935–1986), where she acted in more than 80 productions. She trained at the
Royal Dramatic Training Academy
The Royal Dramatic Training Academy ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teaterns Elevskola, also known as ''Dramatens elevskola''), was the acting school of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and for many years (1787–1964) seen as the ...
from 1917 to 1919.
Dora Söderberg was married to Swedish theatre- and film director
Rune Carlstén.
Sometimes credited as ''Dora Carlstén'' or ''Dora Söderberg-Carlstén''.
Source and references
*Actors encyclopedia "Svenska konstnärer inom scen, musik och film"; Dora Söderberg; Bonniers; (1943) (Sweden)
*Om igen, herr Molander! by Ingrid Luterkort, Stockholmia Förlag, Borås, Sweden, 1998 (list; students at the
Royal Dramatic Training Academy
The Royal Dramatic Training Academy ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teaterns Elevskola, also known as ''Dramatens elevskola''), was the acting school of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and for many years (1787–1964) seen as the ...
)
Dora Söderberg - Rollboken - at Dramaten.se(list of stage credits at The Royal Dramatic Theatre).
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1899 births
1990 deaths
Swedish stage actresses
Swedish film actresses
Swedish silent film actresses
Swedish television actresses
Actresses from Stockholm
20th-century Swedish actresses
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