Betty Deland
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| Born |
Hedvig Kristina Elisabeth Deland 14 November 1831 Örebro, Sweden |
| Died | 1 April 1882 (aged 50) |
| Other names | Betty Almlöf |
| Spouse(s) | Knut Almlöf |
Hedvig Kristina Elisabeth "Betty" Deland, as married Almlöf, (14 November 1831 in Örebro – 1 April 1882 in ), was a Swedish child actresses, actress and principal at Dramatens elevskola. She is often mentioned as one of the most notable actors of her country's history in the Victorian age.
Betty was born into one of Sweden's most well known theatre families. Her parents were both actors; her father Pierre Deland was the leader of the famous Deland theatre company, her mother Hedvig Charlotta de Broen was the daughter of Isaac de Broen, director of Djurgårdsteatern and actor of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and she was also the niece of Louis Deland.
Betty Deland debuted as a child actor in the Royal Dramatic Theatre in a boy's breeches role at the age of five in 1836, and made success in child parts. After studies in dance and acting she debuted in an adult part in Uppsala in 1847, which started a new part of her career.
As a member of her father's troupe, she was to tour all over both Sweden and Finland during the 1850s. The Deland troupe (active 1833–1861) was one of the most prestigious in both of these countries; it performed in the theatres of the smaller cities, which did not have a permanent staff, and often performed the opening performances in new theatres.
They regularly performed in Åbo Svenska Teater and they were the first actors performing on the national stage of Finland, Swedish Theatre in Helsinki during the 1860–1861 season. In Stockholm, they often performed in Djurgårdsteatern. Of the five hundred well-known parts she did, she made three hundred of them in her father's troupe. In 1857, she married the actor Knut Almlöf, who was also from a theatre family, son of the actors Nils Almlöf and Brita Catharina Cederberg and stepson of Charlotta Almlöf, who were both well known actors at the stage of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
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