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Asseline Rolfine Absalonsen (10 March 1864 – 9 July 1933) was a Norwegian actress and prompter.
Rolfine Absalonsen | |
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 Rolfine Absalonsen in 1886/1887 | |
| Born | Asseline Rolfine Absalonsen 10 March 1864 Bergen, Norway |
| Died | 9 July 1933 (aged 69) Bekkelagshøgda, Aker, Norway |
| Spouse |
Hans Henrik Mørch (m. 1886) |
| Children | 5 |
Early and personal life
editAsseline Rolfine Absalonsen was born on 10 March 1864 in Bergen to master cooper Absalon Julius Absalonsen (1836–1898) and Karen Lucie Christiansen (1837–1897). On 2 October 1891, she married actor Hans Henrik Mørch. They had 5 children together.[1][2][3]
Career
editOn 31 March 1886, Absalonsen made her debut with at the Den Nationale Scene in the play En Omvej. Her debut was well received and after the fall of the curtain she was "called with a lot of life".[3][4]
From 1886 to 1887, she toured with Jenny Widgren-Norrby's theatre company. The company consisted of mostly amateur actors associated with the Victoria Theatre (Centralteatret) in Akersgaten. The tour took the company from Bergen, on through the small towns along the coast, to Christiania (now Oslo). From there, the journey continued to Sweden, where the company finally dissolved.[1][3]
Absalonsen also performed at the Olympen Theatre, as well as performing in Lillestrøm and Drammen. Later, she was employed as a prompter at the Den Nationale Scene, along with her husband, who later stated "I would not wish my worst enemy to become a prompter".[1][3]
Death
editAbsalonsen died on 9 July 1933 in Bekkelagshøgda, at the age of 69.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet (in Norwegian). Universitetsforl. p. 13. ISBN 8200056228.
- ^ Bergerud, Inger Louise (1996). I slektens fotspor : med røtter i slektene Eckhoff, Hagemann og Moss samt bondeslekter fra Nordfjord, Hosanger og Fana (in Norwegian). I.L. Bergerud. p. 51.
- ^ a b c d e Bergerud, Inger Louise (1996). I slektens fotspor : med røtter i slektene Eckhoff, Hagemann og Moss samt bondeslekter fra Nordfjord, Hosanger og Fana (in Norwegian). I.L. Bergerud. pp. 126–128.
- ^ Bergens tidende 1886.04.01 (in Norwegian). Hordaland, Bergen. 1 April 1886.
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