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Ane Grethe Antonsen (1855–1930) was a Danish actress from Jutland. After training under Lauritz Eckardt, she made her debut in May 1880 at the Royal Danish Theatre as Ulrikka in Carsten Hauch's Søstrene paa Kinnekullen (The Sisters at Kinnekullen). She continued as a stage actress performing in the repertoire at the Royal Theatre for almost 30 years. In 1910, she turned to the cinema, acting in silent films, the first of which was Elskovsbarnet.




Biography


Born on 25 June 1855 in Over Barrit near Juelsminde, Ane Grethe Antonsen was the daughter of the farmer Anton Rasmussen (1819–1894) and his wife Ellen Rasmusdatter (1821–1902). Despite little schooling, she moved to Copenhagen where she quickly became interested in the theatre. Making great efforts to lose her provincial accent, she was instructed by Lauritz Eckardt.
Antonsen made her debut at the Royal Theatre on 6 May 1880 as Ulkikka in Hauch's Søstrene paa Kinnekullen. After taking a number of tragic roles with limited success, she went on to perform solid, sometimes comic female roles such as Gina in Ibsen's Vildanden (1884), Kristine Linde in his Et Dukkehjem, and Ane, the confused maid, in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's Geografi og Kærlighed (1895). In more traditional repertoire roles, she played Gedske Klokkers in Holberg's Barselstuen and Madam Rar in Johan Ludvig Heiberg's Aprilsnarrene. In 1910, after playing Frk. Fenger in Hjalmar Bergstrøm's Dame-The, she retired from the Royal Theatre. The same year she performed in the silent films Elskovsbarnet and Et gensyn and later in Det falske spil (1911) and Pigen fra det mørke København (1912). Thereafter she made occasional appearances on the stage at the Dagmar Teatret and Folketeatret.
Ane Grethe Antonsen died in Sorø on 9 January 1930. As she had no heirs, she created a foundation for old performing artists.




Filmography


1910 Elskovsbarnet as Vicomtens kone
1910 Et gensyn as Professorens hustru
1911 Dæmonen as Grevinde Frida von Falkenstein
1912 Pigen fra det mørke København




Theatre roles






= Royal Danish Theatre

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1879 En skærsommernatsdrøm as Hippolita
1880 Søstrene paa Kinnekullen as Ulrikka
1882 En skærsommernatsdrøm as Hippolita
1884 Den stundesløse as Ane, kokkepige
1884 Den politiske kandestøber as Arianke Grovsmeds
1884 Hamlet as Dronningen
1884 Ulysses von Ithacia as Penelope, Ulysses gemalinde
1887 Hamlet as Dronningen
1887 Maskerade as Kone i maskeradeklæder
1888 Barselstuen as Gedske Klokkers
1888 Det lykkelige skibbrud as Frue
1888 Scapins skalkestykker as Nerine, Hyacinthes amme
1891 Hedda Gabler as Berte
1895 Lille Eyolf as Rottejomfruen
1900 Naar vi døde vaagner as Dikonisse
1901 Ulysses von Ithacia as Pallas
1903 Bygmester Solness as Aline Sollness
1904 Opstandelse as Matrøna
1908 Bygmester Solness Aline Solness




= Aarhus Theatre

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1917 Geografi og kærlighed as Malla




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