Else Frölich Explained
Else Frölich (August 31, 1880 – September 15, 1960), was a Norwegian-Danish star of silent film.[1]
Biography
She was born Eli Marie Thaulow to a Danish mother, Ingeborg Charlotte Gad (1852–1908), and a Norwegian father, the impressionist painter Frits Thaulow.[2] Her paternal grandfather was the wealthy Norwegian pharmacist Harald Thaulow (1815-1881). Her brother was the Norwegian author Harald Thaulow (1887-1971), who wrote under the pseudonym John Hell.
She often acted for the Danish Nordisk Film company, starring alongside Danish actor Valdemar Psilander.[3]
Personal life
On June 9, 1903 she married Danish opera singer Louis de la Cruz Frölich (1872 -1952), an internationally known interpreter of the works of Wagner.[4]
Notes and References
- Book: Fullerton, John . Celebrating 1895: The Centenary of Cinema . National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television (Great Britain) . 1998 . 9781864620153 . xvi.
- Web site: Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927 . Familysearch.org.
- Book: Niver, Kemp R. . Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912 . University of California Press . 2023 . 978-0-520-33410-6 . Berkley, California . en.
- Hiort . Ivar . 1 October 1910 . Yore Landsmænd i Udlandet: Louis Frölich . Masken . 1 . 1 . 169 . Internet Archive.
- "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:683H-58VZ), Entry for Louis de La Cruz Frølieh and Eli Marie Thaulow, 9 June, 1903. [4] They had one daughter, Ingeborg, in 1904, and divorced after only being married for a year. In 1916 she married Danish film director and screenwriter A. W. Sandberg (1887-1938), and they, too, divorced.
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