Lily Weiding

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Lily Weiding , 1966

Lily Weiding (born October 22, 1924 in Copenhagen - † June 15, 2021 ) was a Danish film and theater actress .

Career

Weiding took ballet lessons at an early age . In 1942 she made her debut in Frederiksberg at the Frederiksberg Teater (Camp X Aveny) as Emily in the play Vor By . From 1943 to 1945 she received training at Det kongelige Teater elevskole (School of the Royal Theater) and then worked for a few years at this theater.

From 1958 to 1966 she took on various engagements at the Riddersalen Theater and Det kongelige Teaters , where she appeared in various successful productions. Lily Weiding also appeared in several leading roles at the Odense Teater , Husets Teater , Bristol Music Centers Teater and Betty Nansen Teatret . She had great success as a stage actress in the drama American Buffalo , which premiered on November 23, 1975 at the Goodman Theater in Chicago and was awarded the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award , as well as being nominated for other awards. Weiding also played as an actress in many Danish film and television productions . She died in mid-June 2021 at the age of 96.

Awards

Weiding was made a knight of the Dannebrog . In addition, she received many other awards:

  • 1950: Gösta Ekman Prize (Gösta Ekman awards)
  • 1956: Theater trophies
  • 1956: Holger Gabrielsens æreslegat
  • 1961: Frederik Schybcrgs minelegat
  • 1963: Läkerol's Kulturpris
  • 1964: Bodil Ipsen-legatet
  • 1966: Henkel Prize ( Henkel prizes , today Lauritzen Prize)
  • 1970: Tagea Brandts Rejselegat
  • 1970: Ingrid Jespersen's legacy
  • 1973: Olaf Poulsen-legate

family

She was the daughter of the Danish bass player Paul Weiding and his wife Marie F. Gaarsdal.

In 1945 she married the actor Sigfred Johansen (1908–1953). After his death, she married actor Mogens Wieth (1919–1962), with whom she had two daughters, Xenia Wieth and the Danish actress Julie Wieth . From 1965 until his death in 2018, Lily Weiding lived with the actor Morten Grunwald ; they married in 1980. Their daughter Tanja Grunwald is also an actress.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1942: tyrants fald
  • 1942: Ladies med de lyse handsker
  • 1945: De kloge og vi gale
  • 1946: Billet mrk.
  • 1947: October Roses
  • 1947: Swedenhielm families
  • 1948: Tre år efter
  • 1948: Kristinus Bergman
  • 1956: Aunt Tut fra Paris
  • 1957: De røde tjørne
  • 1957: Be kind to me (Ingen tid til kærtegn)
  • 1959: Tre må man være
  • 1964: 2 × 2 in a four-poster bed (Halløj i himmelsengen)
  • 1967: Martha (Martha)
  • 1971: Tjærehandleren
  • 1974: The (presumably) last prank of the Olsen Gang (Olsen-bandens sidste bedrifter)
  • 1991: End of October
  • 1993: Det forsønte forår
  • 1997: Hænderne op
  • 1999: Morten Korch - Ved stillebækken (TV series)
  • 2001: Trækfugle
  • 2003: Danish delicacies (De grønne slagtere)
  • 2008: Anja & Viktor - I medgang and modgang

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Skuespiller Lily Weiding er død - 96 år gammel. In: berlingske.de . June 16, 2021, accessed June 16, 2021 (Danish).
  2. ↑ Morten Grunwald is dead. In: Der Spiegel . November 15, 2018, accessed June 16, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Weiding, Lily
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish film and theater actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 2021