Louise Götz (1772-?), was a Swedish stage actress. She belonged to the elite of the pioneer generation actors of 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 ...

(1788-1805). She was the daughter of Louis Götz, who was a wig maker of the

Royal Swedish Opera Royal Swedish Opera () is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Location and environment The building is located in the centre of Sweden's capital, Stockholm, in the borough of Norrmalm (borough), Norrmalm, on the eastern si ...

. She married Gabriel Saint-Remy, a servant of the royal court, and was thus known as Louise Saint-Remy until her divorce, when she called herself Mrs Götz. As many other of the pioneer generation of actors at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Louise Götz was engaged as an actress at the theater of Adolf Fredrik Ristell, which was founded in 1787, and transferred to the staff of the Royal Dramatic Theatre when the Ristell theatre when bankrupt and was transformed to the Royal Dramatic Theatre, which was founded in 1788. Louise Götz belonged to the more famed of the actors of the theater. Described as pretty and sensual, she was hugely popular in

soubrette A soubrette is a female minor stock character in opera and theatre, often a pert lady's maid. By extension, the term can refer generally to any saucy or flirtatious young woman. The term arrived in English from Provençal via French, and means " ...

- and

breeches role In theater, a breeches role or breeches part (also pants role, pants part, trouser role, trouser part, and Hosenrolle) is a role in which a female actor performs in male clothing. Breeches, tight-fitting knee-length pants, were a standard male ...

s and received one of the highest salaries of the theater.Nordensvan, Georg, Svensk teater och svenska skådespelare från Gustav III till våra dagar. Förra delen, 1772-1842, Bonnier, Stockholm, 1917 In 1803, a French theater company was engaged by king

Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was List of Swedish monarchs, King of Sweden from 1792 until he Coup of 1809, was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Fin ...

to perform in Stockholm, and Louise Götz reportedly married one of its members and accompanied him when the French theater company left Sweden again in 1805.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goetz, Louise 1772 births Year of death unknown 18th-century Swedish actresses 19th-century Swedish actresses Swedish stage actresses