Eline (Ellen Marie) Heger, née ''Schmidt'' (13 December 1774 in

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– 6 June 1842 in Tårbæk), was a Danish stage actress. She was the daughter of Thomas Schmidt and Anne Reinsdorf. Her mother washed clothes for a living, and placed her a student in the ballet school of the

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in 1789. She debuted as an actress in 1793 and was employed in 1794. She was to be famed as a tragic heroine on stage. Among her admirers were

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and Henrich Steffen. Adam Oehlenschläger is considered to have used her as a role model for the Nordic heroine in his tragedies, and it is for her interpretations of his plays that she is most known. She retired after a stroke in 1832. Married to the actor Stephan Heger in 1797, she was the mother of Elise Holst, who replaced her in the same parts she used to play at the theatre after her retirement.

List of roles

1790s

* 1793 ''Den gode moder'' as Lucette * 1793 ''Emilie Galotti'' as Emilie Galotti * 1794 ''Han blander sig i alt'' as Charlotte * 1794 ''Pigen fra Marienborg'' as Cathinka * 1794 ''Vejen til ødelæggelse'' as Sophie Freelove * 1795 ''Barselstuen'' as Engelke Hattemagers * 1795 ''De aftakkede officerer'' as Lovise * 1795 ''De fire formyndere'' as Miss Nancy Lovely * 1795 ''De to søskende'' as Mariane * 1795 ''De to venner'' as Pauline * 1795 ''Den godmodige familie'' as Sophie * 1795 ''Gamle og nye sæder'' as Kirstine * 1795 ''Hekseri'' as Terentia * 1795 ''Juliane von Lindorak'' as Juliane von Lindorak * 1795 ''Kjolen fra Lyon'' as Constance von Birbak * 1795 ''Ringen'' as Komtesse Wildhelm * 1795 ''Ægteskabsskolen'' as Charlotte Silkeborg * 1796 ''Advokaterne'' as Fredericia * 1796 ''Armod og høimodighed'' as Lovise * 1796 ''Barselstuen'' as Engelke Hattemagers * 1796 ''Bortførelsen'' as Henriette * 1796 ''Den lykkelige familie'' as Clara * 1796 ''Den politiske kandestøber'' as Raadsherreinde * 1796 ''Den skarpe kniv kan let faa skaar'' as Wilhelmine * 1796 ''Det tyvende aars ægteskab'' as Marie Lønberg * 1796 ''Dyveke'' as Dyveke * 1796 ''Høstdagen'' as Amalila Fersen * 1796 ''Jøden'' as Elise * 1796 ''Kuren'' as Constane * 1796 ''Rejsen til byen'' as Salome * 1796 ''Ulysses von Ithacia'' as Pallas * 1796 ''Væddemaalet'' as Frøken Adelaide * 1796 ''Ægtefolkene fra landet'' as Karoline Bernhard * 1797 ''Armod og høimodig'' as Lovise * 1797 ''De fire formyndere'' as Miss Nancy Lovely * 1797 ''De noble passioner'' as Leonore * 1797 ''Den gode moder'' as Lucette * 1797 ''Den godmodige familie'' as Sophie * 1797 ''Den politiske kandestøber'' as Raadsherreinde * 1797 ''Den sanseløse'' as Isabella * 1797 ''Dyveke'' as Dyveke * 1797 ''Emilie Galotti'' as Emilie Galotti * 1797 ''Galejslaven'' as Amalia * 1797 ''Gamle og nye sæder'' as Kirstine * 1797 ''Han blander sig i alt'' as Charlotte * 1797 ''Ja eller nej'' as Julie / Antonette * 1797 ''Juliane von Lindorak as Juliane von Lindorak * 1797 ''Jægerne'' as Frederikke * 1797 ''Jøden'' as Elise * 1797 ''Kjolen fra Lyon'' as Constance von Birbak * 1797 ''Manden paa fyrretyve aar'' as Julie * 1797 ''Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris'' as Estrith * 1797 ''Pigen fra Marienborg'' as Cathinka * 1797 ''Sammensværgelsen mod Peter den Store'' as Cyrilla * 1797 ''Ægtefolkene fra landet'' as Karoline Bernhard * 1798 ''De to poststationer'' as Wilhelmine * 1798 ''Falsk undseelse'' as Wilhelmine * 1798 ''Gamle og nye sæder'' as Kirstine * 1798 ''Han blander sig i alt'' as Charlotte * 1798 ''Heckingborn'' as Lady Fletscher * 1798 ''Høstdagen'' as Amalila Fersen * 1798 ''Rejsen til byen'' as Salome * 1798 ''Ringen'' as Henriette von Darring * 1798 ''Skumlerne'' as Jenny * 1798 ''Ægteskabsskolen'' as Charlotte Silkeborg * 1799 ''Armod og høimodighed'' as Lovise * 1799 ''Barselstuen'' as Engelke Hattemagers * 1799 ''Bortførelsen'' as Henriette * 1799 ''Den forladte datter'' as Lovise * 1799 ''Den godmodige familie'' as Sophie * 1799 ''Emigranterne'' as Adelaide d'Arras

1800s

* 1800 ''Advokaterne'' as Fredericia * 1800 ''Beverley'' as Henriette, Beverley's soster * 1800 ''De aftakkede officerer'' as Lovise * 1800 ''De noble passioner'' as Leonore * 1800 ''Emilie Galotti'' as Emilie Galotti * 1800 ''Fredsmægleren'' as Lucilie * 1800 ''Herman von Unna'' as Sophie * 1800 ''Korsikanerne'' as Ottilia * 1801 ''Armod og højmodighed'' as Lovise * 1801 ''Barselstuen'' as Dame * 1801 ''Den forladte datter'' as Lovise * 1801 ''Den værdige fader'' as Sophie * 1802 ''Armod og høimodighed'' as Lovise * 1802 ''Den forladte datter'' as Lovise * 1802 ''Herman von Unna'' as Sophie * 1802 ''Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris'' as Estrith * 1802 ''Octavia'' as Octavia * 1802 ''Onkelrollen'' as Louise * 1802 ''Væddemaalet'' as Frøken Adelaide * 1803 ''Barselstuen'' as Dame * 1803 ''De aftakkede officerer'' as Lovise * 1803 ''De noble passioner'' as Leonore * 1803 ''Den forladte datter'' as Lovise * 1803 ''Dyveke'' as Dyveke * 1803 ''Eugenie'' as Eugenie * 1803 ''Falsk undseelse'' as Wilhelmine * 1803 ''Heckingborn'' as Lady Fletscher * 1803 ''Ringen'' as Ubekendt * 1804 ''Advokaterne'' as Fredericia * 1804 ''Barselstuen'' as Dame * 1805 ''Barselstuen'' as Dame * 1805 ''Den forladte datter'' as Lovise * 1805 ''Heckingborn'' as Lady Fletscher * 1805 ''Juliane von Lindorak'' as Juliane von Lindorak * 1805 ''Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris'' as Estrith * 1805 ''Selim, prins af Algier'' as Irena * 1806 ''Armod og høimodighed'' as Lovise * 1806 ''Den politiske kandestøber'' as Raadsherreinde * 1806 ''Emilie Galotti'' as Emilie Galotti * 1806 ''Ægtefolkene fra landet'' as Karoline Bernhard * 1807 ''Barselstuen'' as Dame * 1807 ''Herman von Unna'' as Sophie * 1807 ''Kjolen fra Lyon'' as Constance von Birbak * 1807 ''Tvekampen'' as Laura * 1808 ''Den forladte datter'' as Lovise * 1808 ''Falsk undseelse'' as Wilhelmine * 1809 ''Advokaterne'' as Fredericia * 1809 ''Han blander sig i alt'' asCharlotte

1810s

* 1810 ''Armod og højmodighed'' as Lovise * 1810 ''Den forladte datter'' as Lovise * 1810 ''Heckingborn'' as Lady Fletscher * 1810 ''Menneskehad og anger'' as Eulalia * 1810 ''Ringen'' as Ubekendt * 1810 ''Snedkeren i Lifland'' as Eudoxia Mazeppa * 1812 ''Advokaterne'' as Fredericia * 1812 ''Den forladte datter'' as Lovise * 1814 ''General Schlenzheim og hans familie'' as Sophie * 1816 ''Armod og Høimodighed'' as Lovise * 1816 ''Balders død'' as Nanna * 1817 ''Sammensværgelsen mod Peter den Store'' as Natalia * 1819 ''Menneskehad og anger'' as Eulalia

192+s

* 1820 Herman von Unna Sophie * 1821 ''Falsk undseelse'' as Fru Heldmand * 1822 ''Barselstuen'' as Dame * 1823 ''Embedsiver'' as Hofraadinde Rosen * 1823 ''Skumlerne'' as Emilie * 1824 ''Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris Jutta'' * 1826 ''Dyveke'' Sigbrit * 1826 ''Hamlet'' as Gertrud * 1826 ''Myndlingerne'' as Madame Drave * 1827 ''Emilie Galotti'' as Claudia Galotti * 1828 ''Romeo og Julie'' as Fru Capulet * 1829 ''Hamlet'' as Ofelia * 1829 ''Jøden'' as Madame Rathcliffe * 1829 ''Ringen'' as Fru von Darring * 1830 ''De muntre koner i Windsor'' as Margaret Page * 1832 ''Magt og list''

References

Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heger, Eline 19th-century Danish actresses Danish stage actresses 1774 births 1842 deaths 18th-century Danish actresses