Grethe Sønck | |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1929 |
Birth Place: | Hjerm, Struer Municipality, Denmark |
Death Place: | Rågeleje, Denmark |
Yearsactive: | 1960-2006 |
Spouse: | Hjalmar Nicolausen (1952 - 1960) Sejr Volmer-Sørensen (1968 - 1982) |
Birth Name: | Grethe Ingeborg Nielsen Hald |
Grethe Sønck (born Grethe Ingeborg Nielsen Hald; 16 July 1929 - 12 February 2010)[1] was a Danish actress and singer.
She was born in Hjerm, near Struer. In 1946, she won a talent contest, and in 1947, she became a singer at the Restaurant Sommerlyst at Dyrehavsbakken. As a revue actress, she started in Cirkusrevyen at Dyrehavsbakken in 1962, and later came to Nykøbing Falster Revue.
Sønck first married Hjalmar Nicolausen from 1952 until 1960, then she married Sejr Volmer-Sørensen from 1968 until his death in 1982.
In 1968, she changed her surname to Sønck.
Grethe Sønck died on 12 February 2010 of natural causes at age 80, in her Rågeleje home.[2]