Gerda Lundequist
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| Born |
Gerda Carola Cecilia Lundequist 14 February 1871 , Sweden |
| Died | 23 October 1959 (aged 88) , Sweden |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1889–1955 |
| Spouse(s) | Alfred Dahlström |
Gerda Carola Cecilia Lundequist (14 February 1871 – 23 October 1959) was a Swedish stage actress, an Ibsen and Strindberg-thespian that in her time was known throughout Scandinavia as "The Swedish Sarah Bernhardt".
Lundequist was considered one of Scandinavia's leading tragediennes and dramatic stage actresses, and she originated many leading female parts in plays by Ibsen and Strindberg. She had a 60-year-long career as a professional actress (with debut 1889) before she made her last performance in 1949, as Julia Hylténius in the successful staging of the comedy The Barons Will by Hjalmar Bergman. She studied at The Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school 1886-1889 and in 1891 appeared as Queen Gertrude in Hamlet, a performance that established Lundequist at the top. In 1890, she originated the role of Anne-Marie in Ibsen's A Doll's House and in 1897 the role of Ella Rentheim in Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman.
Notable performances by Lundequist include the title role in Schiller's Maria Stuart (1910), Goneril in Shakespeare's King Lear (1908), Béline in Molière's The Imaginary Invalid (1897), the title role in Maeterlinck's Monna Vanna (at the 1912), the title role in Hjalmar Söderberg's Gertrud (1907; original staging), Tora in Paul Lange and Tora Parsberg by Bjørnson (1922), Mrs Alving in Ibsen's Ghosts (1938) and Mrs Dowey in The Old Lady Shows Her Medals by J.M. Barrie (1940). In 1923 she also staged and directed Eugene O'Neill's play Anna Christie at Helsingborg City Theatre, as one of Sweden's first female stage directors.
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