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Dora Söderberg (10 November 1899 – 9 November 1990) was a Swedish stage, film, and television
actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. Daughter of the famous Swedish novelist and playwright
Hjalmar Söderberg Hjalmar Emil Fredrik Söderberg (2 July 1869 – 14 October 1941) was a Swedish novelist, short story writer, playwright and journalist. His works often deal with melancholy and lovelorn characters, and offer a rich portrayal of contemporary Stoc ...
. Dora Söderberg was a highly acclaimed character actress and a longtime member of Sweden's national stage, the
Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre (, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The theatre has been at its present lo ...
-ensemble (1935–1986), where she acted in more than 80 productions. She trained at the
Royal Dramatic Training Academy The Royal Dramatic Training Academy (, also known as ''Dramatens elevskola''), was the acting school of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and for many years (1787–1964) seen as the foremost theatre school and drama education ...
from 1917 to 1919. Dora Söderberg was married to Swedish theatre- and film director
Rune Carlsten Rune Carlsten (2 July 1890 – 12 October 1970) was a Swedish actor, screenwriter and film director. Biography Carlsten studied at Stockholm University from 1908 to 1910, was involved with Einar Fröberg's theater company from 1910 to 1912, at ...
. Sometimes credited as ''Dora Carlsten'' or ''Dora Söderberg-Carlsten''.


Source and references

*Actors encyclopedia "Svenska konstnärer inom scen, musik och film"; Dora Söderberg; Bonniers; (1943) (Sweden) *Om igen, herr Molander! by Ingrid Luterkort, Stockholmia Förlag, Borås, Sweden, 1998 (list; students at the
Royal Dramatic Training Academy The Royal Dramatic Training Academy (, also known as ''Dramatens elevskola''), was the acting school of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and for many years (1787–1964) seen as the foremost theatre school and drama education ...
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Dora Söderberg - Rollboken - at Dramaten.se
(list of stage credits at The Royal Dramatic Theatre).


External links

* * 1899 births 1990 deaths Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses Swedish silent film actresses Swedish television actresses Actresses from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish actresses {{Sweden-screen-actor-stub