Elvina Teresia "Elly" Kjølstad (née Nielsen, October 3, 1850 – August 30, 1930) was a Norwegian stage actress.

Family

Elly Kjølstad was the daughter of the journeyman Niels Christian Nielsen and Marte Elisabeth Olsen (Larsen). She was the sister of the actress

Mathilde Nielsen Mathilde Nielsen (26 October 1858 – 11 September 1945) was a Danish actress in the theatre and in Danish cinema. She was known as a figure of matriarchy in Danish film. Selected filmography *'' Hævnens nat'' 1916 *'' Prästänkan'' 1920 *'' ...

. On August 31, 1873, she married the orthopedist and lawyer Thorvald Nils Gotfrid Essendrop Kjølstad (1832–1910). Their daughter

Snefrid Aukland Snefrid Erika Aukland (née Kjølstad, October 5, 1884 – January 14, 1977) was a Norwegian actress. Family Snefrid Aukland was the daughter of the orthopedist and lawyer Thorvald Nils Gotfrid Essendrop Kjølstad (1832–1910) and the actress ...

(a.k.a. Erika Warnecke) was also an actress. An older daughter, Svanhild, died in 1885.

Career

Elly Kjølstad was a pupil of the Danish theater director Frederik Adolph Cetti in her hometown of Bergen. She made her stage debut with Cetti's company in the autumn of 1870 in the play ''Syv militære Piger''. She followed Cetti in the 1870–1871 season in Bergen and Trondheim. She made her Christiania debut on March 27, 1873, at the Christiania Theatre, in the role of Helen in ''Slægtningene''. She was employed at this theater for a few years, after which she was associated with the

Carl Johan Theater The Carl Johan Theater ( no, Carl Johan Teatret) was a theater in Oslo, Norway. It was initially located in the Christiania Tivoli amusement park in Oslo from 1893 to 1895, where it was led by Olaf Mørch Hansson. It staged performance of works suc ...

for a period. In the fall of 1900, she went on tour with the production ''Nordstrandrevyen''. In 1910 she took part in

Bjørn Bjørnson Bjørn Bjørnson (15 November 1859 – 14 May 1942) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director. Biography He was born in Christiania, the son of author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and his wife Karoline Bjørnson. In 1876, he was admitted ...

's tour in Denmark, where she played Malla in the play ''

Geografi og Kærlighed ''Geografi og Kærlighed'' (Geography and Love) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. It was written in 1885 and it premiered at the Christiania Theatre on October 21, 1885. Bjørnson later reworked the last act of the play ...

''. She also took part in the same tour in Norway the following year.

Selected roles

*Helen in ''Slægtningene'' by Henriette Nielsen (Christiania Theater, 1873) *Ulrikke in ''Unsere Frauen'' (Norwegian title: ''Vore Koner'') by

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and Franz von Schönthan (Fredrikshalds Teater, 1882) *The bride in the vaudeville monologue ''Bruden paa Staburet'' by

Hans Schulze Hans Schulze (25 August 1911 – 26 January 1992) was a German water polo player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he was part of the German team which won the silver medal. He played all ...

(1883) *The merchant's wife in ''Ein geadelter Kaufmann'' (Norwegian title: ''Børsbaronen'') by

Karl August Görner Karl or Carl August Görner (29 January 1806, in Berlin – 9 April 1884, in Hamburg) was a German actor, director and playwright. 1806 births 1884 deaths German male stage actors German theatre directors Male actors from Berlin Writers fro ...

(Carl Johan Theater, 1893) *Nille in '' Jeppe paa Bierget'' by Ludvig Holberg (Trondheim, 1896) *Malla in ''

'' by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (Denmark, 1910)

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