Henrik Malberg

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Henrik Malberg (right) with Valdemar Møller in Ludvig Holberg's Jeppe på bjerget (1918)

Henrik Malberg (born December 4, 1873 in Aarhus as Henrik Martin Marinus Malberg , † September 28, 1958 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish theater and film actor.

life and career

Henrik Malberg initially worked as a mechanic for a few years, but then switched to the acting profession and made his stage debut in 1896. For a few years he traveled across Denmark with a wandering drama group before he became a permanent member of the Aarhus Teater ensemble between 1902 and 1905 . Then the then famous comedy actor Olaf Poulsen guided him to the Dagmar Theater in Copenhagen, where Malberg was allowed to play numerous leading roles. In 1910 he left the Dagmar Theater temporarily and became the head of his own drama troupe, but in 1912 he returned to the Dagmar Theater. In later years the theater actor, who was very prominent in his time in Denmark , was engaged at the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen.

In 1910 Malberg made his film debut in Dorian Grays Portræt , the first film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Portrait of Dorian Gray . More silent film roles for Malberg followed, several times also directed by George Schnéevoigt . He has also appeared in two films by the comedian duo Pat & Patachon . In 1931 Malberg played the leading role in the crime film Præsten i Vejlby , which is considered Denmark's first sound film and was based on a work by Steen Steensen Blicher . Today's viewers know Malberg primarily from his leading role as the farmer Morten Borgen in Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic film Das Wort (1955). For Malberg, who was already 80 years old, Das Wort was his last film, but in the years that followed it was regularly on stage until his death. He also attended school classes to introduce them to acting. He died in 1958 after falling from a ladder, around two months before his 85th birthday.

He was married to his wife Anna Augusta Hansenmeyer from 1906 until his death in 1958. Their daughter was the actress Ellen Malberg (1907-1983).

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personal data
SURNAME Malberg, Henrik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malberg, Henrik Martin Marinus (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Aarhus
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1958
Place of death Copenhagen