Ellen Gottschalch

Danish actress (1894–1981)

Ellen Gottschalch

Born	(1894-05-02)2 May 1894 Asaa, Brønderslev Municipality, Denmark
Died	17 February 1981(1981-02-17) (aged 86) Frederiksberg, Denmark
Years active	1932–1972

Ellen Sofie Kathrine Gottschalch (2 May 1894 – 17 February 1981), was a Danish stage and film actress.^[1]

She worked in the Arhus Theatre in 1911 then the Det Ny Theater in Copenhagen from 1912 to 1928.^[2] She entered film in 1938. She was employed at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1941 to 1961 where she among roles played in Death of a Salesman and Mor Karen in Elverhøj by Johan Ludvig Heiberg.^[3]

She was married to Christian Viggo Gottschalch 1915–1930 and later lived with the composer Kai Normann Andersen from 1932 to 1967.^[2] She died in 1981 and was buried at the Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård.

Filmography

Champagnegaloppen – 1938
En desertør [da] – 1940
Jeg har elsket og levet – 1940
Sommerglæder [da] – 1940
Far skal giftes – 1941
En pige uden lige – 1943
Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd [da] – 1943
Billet mrk. [da; sv] – 1946
Ta', hvad du vil ha' [da; fr] – 1947
Hvor er far? [da; fr] – 1948
Berlingske Tidende [da] – 1949
Historien om Hjortholm [da] – 1950
Susanne – 1950
Familien Schmidt [da] – 1951
Fra den gamle købmandsgård [da] – 1951
Mød mig på Cassiopeia – 1951
Bag de røde porte [da] – 1951
Vi arme syndere – 1952
Ta' Pelle med [da; it] – 1952
The Crime of Tove Andersen – 1953
Tante Tut fra Paris [da] – 1956
Englen i sort – 1957
Tre må man være – 1959
Løgn og løvebrøl [da] – 1961
Lykkens musikanter – 1962
Tine – 1964

Awards

Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actress, 1948^[4]
Teaterpokalen, (English: The Teatre Trophy), 1949.^[3]
Ingenio et Arti, 1950^[3]
Tagea Brandts Rejselegat, 1951

References

^ Morten Piil (2006). Danske filmskuespillere (in Danish). Copenhagen, Denmark: Gyldendal. p. 125-. ISBN 978-87-02-02104-2.
^ ^a ^b Ellen Gottschalch (1894–1981) Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon, retrieved 13 April 2013 (in Danish)
^ ^a ^b ^c Ellen Gottschalch Gyldendals Teaterleksikon, via Den Store Danske, retrieved 13 April 2013 (in Danish)
^ 1948 Archived 30 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine bodilprisen.dk, retrieved 13 April 2013