Anna Bloch

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Anna Bloch in 1904

Anna Kirstine Bloch (born Lindemann; February 2, 1868 in Horsens - November 25, 1953 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish actress .

Early life

Anna Lindemann's mother Bodil Margrethe Gylding (1838–1875) died when she was seven years old. Her father Johan Sørensen Lindemann (1825–1909) was a doctor in Horsens. She was privately tutored and always showed an enthusiasm for the theater. Her father, however, considered acting an unsuitable profession, but eventually allowed her to join Det Kongelige Teater after speaking with its general manager Edvard Fallesen.

Career

Anna Lindemann was a student of Emil Poulsen at the Royal Theater. She made her debut in 1885 as Titania in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream . Between her first two roles, she was tutored by her future husband, William Bloch. Together they wrote Frk. Nelly in 1886 , in which she later played the leading role. After their marriage in the summer of 1887, she took her husband's surname.

Anna Bloch's breakthrough came in 1888 as Trine in Aprilsnarrene by Johan Ludvig Heiberg . The literary historian Peter Hansen ascribes the "phenomenal series of 31 performances" to this modernized revival of the original from 1826. Another early role was Hilde in Ibsen's The Woman from the Sea in 1889.

In 1910 Bloch received the Royal Danish Order for Outstanding Achievement in Science and Art Ingenio et arti . This was the 25th anniversary year of her first role, and in a commentary for Politiken, Danish writer Emma Gad says that Bloch could make a normally insignificant role seem important, like with the “brilliant and peculiar humor” of her portrayal of the “noble slut “( Adelstøs ) Eugenia in Ludvig Holberg's Don Ranudo de Colibrados . For Gad, her most memorable appearance was that of the farmer Anjutha in Tolstoy's The Power of Darkness , in which she was “seized by a fear” that was so wild that “her mysterious horror ran like a shower from row to row into the auditorium Line."

Bloch left the Royal Theater in 1918 but returned for one season as a guest actress and from 1922 to 1925. She was typified as a young girl or a young woman and even played 14-year-old Hedwig in Ibsen's Die Wildente in 1921 at the age of 53 . She was only really at home in the theater of the 19th century and couldn't find suitable roles in the new era after the First World War. She was overtaken by naturalism in theatrical art, which she had pioneered. However, she continued to appear on small stages as well as at the Betty Nansen Teatret. It can be heard in a scene from Jens Christian Hostrup's Genboerne ( The Neighbors across the street ) recorded in 1938 .

The Danish literary critic Johannes Riis describes Bloch as the “leading nature actress” of the Royal Theater of his time. Although she never appeared in films, she was a role model for Danish actress Clara Pontoppidan, according to Riis .

Bloch wrote the one-act play Saadan Veksler ( Such Bills ), a comedy. The Royal Theater presented him with Bloch in the lead role in 1923, and the play was released in 1924. She also wrote two radio plays, Epilogue in 1934 and Veni, vidi, vici in 1935.

Anna Bloch is buried in the Vestre Kirkegård cemetery in Copenhagen.

Publications

  • Anna Bloch: Fra en anden Tid, Erindringer . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1930, OCLC 468994427 (Danish).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Elin Andersen: Anna Bloch . In: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon . Rosinante , 2000, ISBN 87-7357-976-9 (Danish, full text ).
  2. ↑ a b Anna Kirstine Bloch. In: Kendtes Gravsted. Retrieved June 10, 2019 (Danish).
  3. ↑ a b Peter Hansen: Den danske skueplads; illustrerei theaterhistoire . tape 3 . Ernst Bojesen, Copenhagen 1896, p. 357–359 (Danish, full text ).
  4. ^ Det Kongelige Teater: The Lady from the Sea. In: All About Henrik Ibsen. National Library of Norway, archived from the original on June 23, 2015 ; accessed on June 10, 2019 . With a picture of Anna Bloch as Hilde.
  5. ↑ For videos and art medals Ingenio et arti. In: Litterære priser, medaljer, legater mv. Retrieved June 10, 2019 (Danish).
  6. ↑ Denmark. In: World Orders and Medals. ordersandmedals.net, accessed June 10, 2019 (Danish). Shows images of the front and back with the ribbon of the Ingenio et arti medal awarded to Anna Bloch in 1910.
  7. ^ A b Emma Gad: Anna Bloch, 1885 1910. In: Politiken . September 4, 1910, accessed on June 10, 2019 (Danish): “ … grebet af en Angst saa vild, saa rædselsfuld i en Mordnat for hende gaadefulde Gru, at den forplantede sig helt ned til Tilskuerpladsen og løb som en Gysen fra Bænk til Bænk. "
  8. ↑ a b C. Behrens: Bloch, Anna . In: Salmonsens konversationsleksikon . tape III . Schultz, Copenhagen 1915, p. 424 (Danish, full text ).
  9. ↑ a b Robert Neiiendam: Bloch, AK In: Salmonsens konversationsleksikon . tape XXVI . Schultz, Copenhagen 1930, p. 137 (Danish, full text ).
  10. ↑ Franco Perrelli: Protoregia o della complessità dei processi . In: Prove di Drammaturgia . tape XIII , no. 2 , 2007, p. 18–22 (Italian, full text [PDF]).
  11. ↑ Anna Bloch: Genboerne - Scene mellem Malle og Rikke . In: Teaterliv 1923–1957 . Danica, 1984, page 2, lane 3 (Danish, DLP 8050 1-2, listed 1938-03-14).
  12. ^ A b Johannes Riis: Naturalist and Classical Styles in Early Sound Film Acting . In: Cinema Journal . Spring 2004, 2004, p. 3-17 , JSTOR : 3661106 (English).
  13. ↑ Jytte Wiingaard, Robert Neiiendam: Anna Bloch . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech (Ed.): Dansk Biografisk Leksikon . 3. Edition. Gyldendal, 1979 (Danish, full text ).
  14. ↑ Saadan veksler Anna Bloch: Interiør. WorldCat, accessed June 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bloch, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bloch, Anna Kirstine (full name); Lindemann, Anna (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Horsens , Denmark
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1953
Place of death Copenhagen