Hilda Fredriksen (December 10, 1873 – June 30, 1945) was a

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stage and film actress.

Family

Hilda Fredriksen was born in

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(now Oslo),

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, as the daughter of the police officer Carl Fredriksen (1847–1902) and Maren Gustava Gulliksen (1848–1924). She was the sister of the actress Ragnhild Fredriksen (1882–1963), who married the actor

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. Hilda Fredriksen was unmarried.

Life and work

Hilda Fredriksen was performing in an itinerant Danish theater when she made her stage debut in

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in 1891. Between 1897 and 1899, she participated in productions at the

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, including as Ane in

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's '' Geografi og Kærlighed'' in 1898. In the 1890s she also played at the Eldorado Theater, the Carl Johan Theater in Christiania's Tivoli district, and Harald Otto's Norwegian theater company. In the 1900–1901 season, she was at the National Theater in Oslo, and then at the National Theater in

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from 1901 to 1912. After her stay in Bergen, she returned to her hometown of Kristiania and the Central Theater. From the 1920s onward, Hilda Fredriksen mostly performed as a film actress.

Theater roles

* Ane in '' Geografi og Kærlighed'' by

(

, 1898) * Regine in ''

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'' by

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( Eldorado Theater) *

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in ''

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'' by

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(Eldorado Theater) * Councilor Mørk in ''Korsvei'' by Helene Dickmar ( National Theater, Bergen) * Madam Hoppestad in ''Faddergaven'' by Peter Egge (National Theater, Bergen) * Lucia in ''

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'' by

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(National Theater, Bergen) * Madame Brocard in ''Gri-Gri'' ( Central Theater, 1914) * Mrs. Cornichon in ''Papas lille pike'' (

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, 1919)

Filmography

*1926: '' Baldevins bryllup'' as Miss Bertelsen *1927: '' Madame besøker Oslo'' as Albert's wife *1927: '' Syv dage for Elisabeth'' as Henriette Kaspar *1931: ''

Den store barnedåpen ''Den store barnedåpen'' (The Great Christening) is a 1931 Norway, Norwegian comedy film. It was directed by Tancred Ibsen and featured Einar Sissener, Aase Bye and Unni Torkildsen. It was the first feature-length Norwegian sound film. It wa ...

'' as a woman *1931: ''

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'' as the chief warden *1933: ''

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'' as Maja, a costume assistant *1933: '' I kongens klær'' as Krestian's wife *1933: ''

Vi som går kjøkkenveien ''Vi som går kjøkkenveien'' (We Who Enter Through the Kitchen) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1933. The film was a joint production between the Norwegian and Swedish film industries, and it was shot in parallel with a Swedish version titled ' ...

'' as Laura, Beck's cook *1937: ''

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'' as the woman from Ullern *1937: '' To levende og en død'' as the boarding house keeper *1938: '' Bør Børson Jr.'' as the hotel keeper *1940: '' Tørres Snørtevold'' as Aunt Sofie *1941: '' Hansen og Hansen'' as an offended lady *1942: '' Den farlige leken''

References

External links

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