Karen Berg (actress)

Karen Berg
Karen Berg
Born	May 28, 1906; Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	November 15, 1995 (aged 89); Charlottenlund, Denmark
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1940–1983
Spouse(s)	Svend Jørgensen

Karen Else Caroline Berg (28 May 1906 in Copenhagen – 15 November 1995 in Charlottenlund) was a Danish actress.[1]

Theatrical career

She was educated at first the ballet school and then the theatrical school at Det Kongelige Teater[2]

She had her debut on Det Kongelige Teater in 1927, and stayed there until 1978. She became known in a late age for character and karikatur-play in plays like Sparekassen 1963, Den Stundesløse (The Fidget) in 1967, and Den politiske kandestøber (The Political Tinker) in 1972.[3]

She appeared in more than 20 Danish feature films.[4] Some of them are:

Sommer Glæder (1940) - Mrs. Rasmussen
Lucky Journey (1947) - Rasmussen
Historien om Hjortholm (1950) - Wife of the old count
Det var paa Rundetaarn (1955) - Mrs. Hald
Baronessen fra benzintanken (The Baroness from the Gas Station) (1960) - Astrid von Pleum, governess
Dronningens vagtmester (1963) - Mette Gyde
Kampen om Næsbygård (1964) - Helene
The Heir to Næsbygaard (1965) - Helene
Krybskytterne på Næsbygård (1966) - Helene
Magic in Town (Danish: Min søsters børn vælter byen) (1968) - Auntie Alma

She was honoured as a Knight of the Dannebrog, Knight 1st Class.[1]

She is mentioned in Kraks Blå Bog ('Krak's Blue Book').[5]

gollark: Oh yes, vocative, I forgot about that.

gollark: Greetings, ducko! Heavserver.

gollark: There are something like 5 important cases and weird bad ones like locative on top of that.

gollark: * natural human languages

gollark: ALL languages are overly complicated.

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Jakob Steen Olsen; Alette Scavenius (red.). "Karen Berg". denstoredanske.dk (in Danish). Gyldendal. Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
"Karen Barg". Danish Film Database. Danish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
"Find Bio - Krak's Blå Bog". blaabog.dk (in Danish). Gads Forlag. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

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