Tove Tellback Explained

Tove Tellback
Birth Name:	Ruth Lilly Margareta Swanstrøm
Birth Date:	July 25, 1899
Birth Place:	Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
Death Place:	Oslo, Norway
Nationality:	Norwegian
Occupation:	Actress

Tove Tellback (née Ruth Lilly Margareta Swanstrøm, July 25, 1899 – January 20, 1986) was a Norwegian actress.^{[1] [2] [3]} She made her film debut in 1926 as Berit Glomgaarden in Carl Theodor Dreyer's Glomdalsbruden.

Family

Tove Tellback was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway as Ruth Lilly Margareta "Toppen" Swanstrøm, the daughter of Lars Magnus Swanstrøm (1868–1939) and Aagot Bjørnson (1872–1968). She married Johan Mølbach-Thellefsen (1897–1973) in 1922,^[4] and she performed under the stage name Tove Tellback while using the married name Toppen Mølbach-Thellefsen (a.k.a. Mølback Tellefsen).^{[5] [6] [7]} She married a second time in 1935, to Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert (1878–1964).^{[8] [9]}

Filmography

• 1926: Glomdalsbruden as Berit Glomgaarden^{[10] [11]}
• 1927: Troll-elgen as Ingrid Rustebakke^{[12] [13]}
• 1928: Cafe X as Lilly^[3]
• 1933: Vi som går kjøkkenveien as Ellen, Beck's daughter^[14]

External links

• • Tove Tellback at the Swedish Film Database
• Tove Tellback at Sceneweb
• Tove Tellback at Filmfront

Notes and References

1. News: Tynset komm. kino . November 13, 2022 . Østerdølen . 13 . February 14, 1928 . 3.
2. News: Film . November 13, 2022 . Nybrott . 131 . June 10, 1927 . 3.
3. Web site: Serigstad . Aleksander U. . Troll-elgen (1927) stumfilmkonsert på 16mm-festivalen . Filmjunkiene . November 11, 2022 . March 4, 2018.
4. News: Familien . November 14, 2022 . Nationen . 102 . May 3, 1922 . 2.
5. News: Filmpremieopgave . November 14, 2022 . Arbeider-Avisa . 299 . December 24, 1926 . 7.
6. News: Glomsdalsbruden i Koncert-Palæet imorgen . November 14, 2022 . Morgenavisen . 37 . February 13, 1926 . 5.
7. News: Den første store norske film . November 14, 2022 . Nordlandsposten . 220 . September 16, 1925 . 4.
8. News: Ekteskap . November 14, 2022 . Sandefjords Blad . 256 . November 5, 1935 . 4.
9. News: Ludvig C. M. Aubert . November 14, 2022 . Morgenbladet . January 25, 1964 . 14.
10. Book: St. Pierre . Paul Matthew . Cinematography of Carl Theodor Dreyer: Performative Camerawork, Transgressing the Frame . 2018 . Fairleigh Dickinson University Press . Vancouver . 156.
11. Book: Drum . Jean . Drum . Dale D. . My Only Great Passion: The Life and Films of Carl Th. Dreyer . 2000 . The Scarecrow Press . Lanham, MD . 307.
12. Book: Cowie . Peter . Buquet . Françoise . Pitkänen . Risto . Talboom . Godfried . Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-Makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden . 1992 . Tantivy Press . London . 201.
13. Book: Glödstaf . Kari . 1000 mykkäelokuvaa: Sirpaleita elokuvan kulta-ajalta . 2018 . Kustantamo Helmivyö . Turku . 372.
14. Encyclopedia: Tancred Ibsen . Store norske leksikon . Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo . Norwegian. November 13, 2022.