Svend Kornbeck (3 July 1869 – 30 October 1933)Kendtes gravsted
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Early life and career

Kornbeck was born in

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, the son of painter Johan Peter Kornbeck (1837–1894) and his wife Anna Nathalie Kornbeck (''née'' Trolle) (1849–1930). He was employed in various Copenhagen and provincial theaters; the Dagmar Theatre,

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and the Odense Teater. In 1912 he debuted as a film actor and then starred in some 30 films, all but one were with the

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'' The Saga of Gosta Berling'', directed by

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Personal life

Kornbeck was first married to Asta Johanne Fernanda Jørgensen (1872–1904) and then to actress Ellen Kornbeck (''née'' Pedersen).

Death

Kornbeck died in 1933 in

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, Denmark, at age 64 and is buried at Helsingør Cemetery in a closed tomb.

Selected filmography

*''Under mindernes træ'' (1913) *''Den hvide dame'' (1913) *''

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'' (1913) *''Under Blinkfyrets Straaler'' (1913) *''Det mørke punkt'' (1913) *''Hvem var forbryderen?'' (1913) *''Staalkongens Villie'' (1913) *''Arbejdet adler'' (1914) *''Eventyrersken'' (1914) *''Gar el Hama III'' (1914) *''Evangeliemandens liv'' (1915) *''Revolutionsbryllup'' (1915) *''Godsforvalteren'' (1915) *''Kvinden, han mødte'' (1915) *''En Skæbne'' (1915) *''Held i uheld'' (1915) *''Midnatssolen'' (1916) *''Kærlighedslængsel'' (1916) *''Børnevennerne'' (1916) *''Den hvide Djævel'' (1916) *''Den omstridte Jord'' (1916) *'' Himmelskibet'' (1918) *''Folkets Ven'' (1918) *''Skæbnesvangre Vildfarelser'' (1918) *''Lykkeper'' (1920) *''Kærlighedsvalsen'' (1920) *''Den flyvende Hollænder'' (I-IV) (1920) *''Vor fælles ven'' (1921) *'' The Saga of Gosta Berling'' (1924) *''Grænsefolket'' (1927)

References

External links

* * Svend Kornbeck a
Dansk Film og Teater
1869 births 1933 deaths Danish male actors Danish male stage actors Danish male film actors Danish male silent film actors 20th-century Danish male actors Male actors from Copenhagen {{Denmark-actor-stub