Anna Hofman-Uddgren
Anna Maria Viktoria Hofman-Uddgren , née Hammarström (also: Hoffman and Hofmann ; born February 23, 1868 in Stockholm , Sweden ; died June 1, 1947 in Bromma , Stockholm, Sweden), was a Swedish actress and cabaret singer, Music hall and revue artist as well as theater and film director. She was the first female film director in Sweden.
Life
Anna Hofman-Uddgren was allegedly the illegitimate daughter of the Swedish King Oskar II . That was a widespread rumor in his day in Stockholm. The French artist Cleo de Merode , who was engaged as a guest at Hofman-Uddgren, said of this rumor: “It was alleged that she was the biological daughter of King Oscar. That may be because she was remarkably confident. ”However, this rumor was never confirmed. Anna Hofman-Uddgren herself forbade the press to mention any biographical information about her, apart from what was written about other artists. An instruction that was respected by the press.
In her own unpublished memoir, she stated that she was invited to the royal palace with her mother during her childhood. There she was presented to the king privately. He is said to have asked if there was anything he could do for her. When she was 17 years old, Oscar II financed her a trip to Paris, where she stayed for eight years and studied the French language and singing. She made her debut at charity concerts in Paris and took part in the artistic life there.
In 1892 Anna Hofman-Uddgren returned to Stockholm, where she made her debut with her repertoire of French songs as a chanteuse in Stockholm's Tivoli in Djurgården .
In 1900 she married the journalist Gustaf Uddgren (1865–1927). With him she had five daughters and one son: Viola Uddgren (1891–1957), wife of the inventor Otto Wellton ; Alice Eklund (1896-1983); Ellen Hederström (1901-1997); Ingeborg Eriksson (1902-1993); Anna Nyman (1904–1993) and Olle Uddgren (1913–1989).
Hofmann-Uddgren was the director of the popular Kristallsalongen revue theater in Stockholm. In the decade around 1900 she was called the "Queen of Entertainment" in Stockholm.
She made her debut as a film actress as well as a film director in the silent film Stockholmsfrestelser (1911). She also directed the films after August Strindberg's plays Fadren (1912) and Fröken Julie (1912). In 1911 and 1912 she produced six films. After Alice Guy-Blaché, she is the second female film director in the world.
Filmography
Director
- Stockholmsfrestelser (1911)
- Stockholmsdamernas älskling (1911)
- Blott en dröm (1911)
- Fadren (1912)
- Froken Julie (1912)
- Systrarna (1912)
play
- Stockholmsfrestelser (1911)
- Systrarna (1912)
- De landsflyktige (1921)
- Vallfarten till Kevlaar (1921)
script
- Blott en dröm (1911)
- Fröken Julie (1911)
Web links
- Anna Hofman-Uddgren in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Marika V. Lagercrantz: En oavslutad advises. Om varietéstjärnan Anna Hofmann. In: Kulturellt reflektioner i Erling Bjurströms anda . Linköping University Electronic Press, Linköping 2009, ISBN 978-91-7393-549-4 , pp. 186−193 , urn : nbn: se: liu: diva-20370 (Swedish).
- ↑ Sveriges Släktforskarförbund / Stockholms Stadsarkiv (ed.): Rotemannen (CD-ROM) . 2012 (Swedish).
- ↑ Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (ed.): Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009 (DVD-ROM, version 5.00) . 2010 (Swedish).
- ↑ Hans Dahlgren: Hundra år i Sverige. Krönika över ett dramatizes sekel . Albert Bonniers förlag, 1999, ISBN 978-91-34-51990-9 (Swedish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofman-Uddgren, Anna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hofman-Uddgren, Anna Maria Viktoria (full name); Hofman-Uddgren, Hammarström (maiden name); Hoffman, Anna; Hofmann, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish actress and cabaret singer, music hall and revue artist, and theater and film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1947 |
| Place of death | Bromma , Stockholm, Sweden |