Susse Wold (born 17 November 1938) is a stage and screen

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whose career has spanned five decades. Born Lise Wold in

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, she is the daughter of actress

Marguerite Viby Marguerite Viby (25 June 1909 – 8 April 2001) was a Danish actress of stage, film and television. Considered one of the great comedy actresses of Danish cinema, Viby received honorary Bodil and Robert Awards in 2000 for lifetime achieve ...

. She quickly became a leading lady at Det Kongelige Teater (The

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). In addition to her many TV, film and stage roles, Wold has toured the world reading H. C. Andersen's works. She is married to the Danish actor

Bent Mejding Bent Mejding (born 14 January 1937) is a Danish actor, stage director and theatre manager. He won a Danish Film Academy Award in 1985 and 2007. He is married to the actress Susse Wold. Career Mejding had his debut at Folketeatret Folketeate ...

. After a hiatus, she has appeared in '' The Hunt'' in 2012. Wold was also a singer who (mostly in duo with Peter Sørensen) released more than a dozen albums and even more singles on the record labels Tono, Sonet Records and Pool Records, starting in 1959 and ending in the early 1990s.

Career highlights

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'', an acclaimed Danish TV series about a small city in Denmark during the 1930s and 1940s with all the accompanying drama of the occupation by neighboring

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. *Knighted in the Order of the Dannebrog by Queen

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. *Won the

Tagea Brandt Rejselegat The Tagea Brandts ''Rejselegat'' (Travel Scholarship) is a Danish award to women who have made a significant contribution in science, literature or art. The grant, which is given without application, was created and endowed by Danish industrialist ...

(Travel Award) in 1969.

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* * * * 1938 births Living people Danish film actresses Danish television actresses Best Supporting Actress Bodil Award winners People from Frederiksberg Sonet Records artists {{Denmark-actor-stub