Gerda Gilboe (5 July 1914 – 11 April 2009) was a Danish actress and singer. She appeared in 18 films between 1943 and 2003.

Life

Gilboe was born in 1914. She was the daughter of a blacksmith, Gilboe started her career in musical theatre and

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s in Aarhus before she moved to

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to work at different theatres. Her national breakthrough came, when she accepted the role as Eliza in ''

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'' at Falkoner Teatret at short notice in 1960. Although she was then in her mid-40s and had only five days to learn the part, the production was a huge success. In the following years she took on more and more non-singing roles, and besides her theatre career she took a degree in rhetoric. Later in her life she started teaching rhetoric and drama. She appeared in several films, receiving particular acclaim for her appearance as Esther in ''Carlo & Esther'', a 1994 film. She plays a woman in her 70s who catches the attention of Carlo who has a wife with Alzheimer's disease. Rides on his motorbike lead to an affair.Carlo and Ester
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Death

Gilboe died on 11 April 2009 at an actors' home in

, aged 94.

Filmography

* '' A Time for Anna'' (2003) * '' Kærlighed ved første hik'' (1999) * '' Dybt vand'' (1999) * '' Possessed'' (1999) * ' (1999) * ' (1995) * ' (1995) * ' (1994) * '' Lad isbjørnene danse'' (1990) * '' Isolde'' (1989) * ' (1987) * ' (1986) * '' Pas på ryggen, professor'' (1977) * ' (1975) * ' (1974) * '' Lise kommer til Byen'' (1947) * ' (1945) * '' Moster fra Mols'' (1943)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilboe, Gerda 1914 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Danish actresses 20th-century Danish women singers Danish film actresses Danish musical theatre actresses People from Aarhus Place of birth missing Place of death missing