Leonora Selmer

Leonora Selmer
Born(1851-10-15)October 15, 1851
Kragerø, Norway
DiedFebruary 12, 1930(1930-02-12) (aged 78)
Oslo, Norway
Resting placeCemetery of Our Saviour
OccupationActor
SpouseJens Selmer
ChildrenUlf Selmer

Eleonora Josephine Selmer (née Nielsen, October 15, 1851 – February 12, 1930)[1] was a Norwegian theater actress.[2]

Leonora Selmer was born in Kragerø, the daughter of the printer Johan Peter Nielsen and Karoline Krøger. On January 25, 1873, she married her fellow actor Jens Selmer, and they were the parents of the actor and painter Ulf Selmer.[1][3]

According to Liv Jensson, she debuted at the New Christiania Norwegian Theatre (a.k.a. the Møllergaden Theater) between 1870 and 1873.[1] She had her first major role in the fall of 1870 as Alice de Rochegune in Ernest Legouvé's Par droit de conquête (Norwegian title: En Brud ved Erobring).[4]

She later worked at the Christiania Theater and after that at the National Theatre.[5][6] In the summer of 1899 she participated in the Christiania Tour (Norwegian: Christianiaturneen), in which she played the role of Mathilde in Hans Huckebein (Norwegian title: Damen fra Ostende) by Gustav Kadelburg and Oscar Blumenthal.[7]

Leonora Selmer is buried at the Cemetery of Our Saviour in Oslo.[8]

  1. ^ a b c Jensson, Liv (1981). Biografisk skuespillerleksikon: norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 151.
  2. ^ Wiers-Jenssen, Hans (1924). Nationalteatret gjennem 25 aar. Oslo: Gyldendalske bokhandel. p. 48.
  3. ^ Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn (1948). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 478. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Det norske Theater". Dagbladet. No. 210. September 10, 1870. p. 2. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "Leonora Selmer". Sceneweb. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  6. ^ "Leonora Selmer". Nationaltheatret. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  7. ^ "Theatret". Fredrikshalds Tilskuer. No. 70. June 20, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  8. ^ "Enkefru Eleonore Josefine Selmer". Gravferdsetaten. Oslo kommune. Retrieved February 17, 2021.