Zelma Hedin
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Zelma Carolina Esolinda Hedin, née Bergnéhr, also called Zelma Kinmansson, (Stockholm 31 May 1827- Stockholm 11 February 1874), was a Swedish actor, regarded as one of the greatest stars on the stage of the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm during the 1840s and 1860s in the mid 19th century.
[edit] Biography and career
Hedin, whos father worked as a captain, became a student at Dramatens elevskola in 1840, debuted in 1842 and was given a contract as premier actor in 1845. She was described as beautiful, gracious and tasteful in her costume and made her greatest triumphs in so called French salon-comedys, a popular genre where she was seen as the successor of Emilie Högquist. She was regarded as the perhaps most famous female star in the theatre after Elise Jakobsson-Hwasser, but she has also ben taken as an example of the infected rivalry within her profession on the royal theatre.
Among her parts where Elisabet in "Doktor Wespe", Georgina in "Qväkaren och dansösen", Richelieu in "Richelieus första vapenbragd", Sofie Arnould in "Jag äter middag hos min mor", mrs de Nohan in "Den gifte mannen i staden och på landet", mrs Montjoye in "Montjoye"; she also performed as Rosaura in "Lifvet en dröm", Mossamor in "Marsk Stigs döttrar" and the "burlesuqe" part of mrs Godard in "En fattig ädling". She also sang at concerts, as in Åbo in 1857.
Hedin broke her leg in 1865, and retired after the 1867-68 season. She performed as a guset artist in the 1871-72 season. In 1873, she arranged a soare at the theatre Södra teatern, where she performed in Public for the last time.
She was married first to the actor Gustaf Kinmansson, they divorced after mutual agreement in 1853, and the year after, the both remarried; him with the actor Helfrid Torsslow, child of Sara Torsslow, and she with the accountant Hedin.
[edit] References
- http://runeberg.org/nfaf/0449.html
- http://runeberg.org/sbh/a0474.html
- Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990. (ISBN 91-87896-03-6)
- http://bibbild.abo.fi/musik/index2.htm

