Eline Heger

Eline (Ellen Marie) Heger, née Schmidt (13 December 1774 in Copenhagen – 6 June 1842 in Tårbæk), was a Danish stage actress.

She was the daughter of Thomas Schmidt and Anne Reinsdorf. Her mother washed clothes for a living, and placed her a student in the ballet school of the Royal Danish Theatre in 1789. She debuted as an actress in 1793 and was employed in 1794. She was to be famed as a tragic heroine on stage.

Among her admirers were Knud Lyne Rahbek and Henrich Steffen. Adam Oehlenschläger is considered to have used her as a role model for the Nordic heroine in his tragedies, and it is for her interpretations of his plays that she is most known. She retired after a stroke in 1832.

Married to the actor Stephan Heger in 1797, she was the mother of Elise Holst, who replaced her in the same parts she used to play at the theatre after her retirement.

1790s

 * 1793	Den gode moder as Lucette
 * 1793	Emilie Galotti as Emilie Galotti
 * 1794	Han blander sig i alt as Charlotte
 * 1794	Pigen fra Marienborg as Cathinka
 * 1794	Vejen til ødelæggelse as Sophie Freelove
 * 1795	Barselstuen as Engelke Hattemagers
 * 1795	De aftakkede officerer as Lovise
 * 1795	De fire formyndere as Miss Nancy Lovely
 * 1795	De to søskende as Mariane
 * 1795	De to venner as Pauline
 * 1795	Den godmodige familie as Sophie
 * 1795	Gamle og nye sæder as Kirstine
 * 1795	Hekseri as Terentia
 * 1795	Juliane von Lindorak as Juliane von Lindorak
 * 1795	Kjolen fra Lyon as Constance von Birbak
 * 1795	Ringen as Komtesse Wildhelm
 * 1795	Ægteskabsskolen as Charlotte Silkeborg
 * 1796	Advokaterne as Fredericia
 * 1796	Armod og høimodighed as Lovise
 * 1796	Barselstuen as Engelke Hattemagers
 * 1796	Bortførelsen as Henriette
 * 1796	Den lykkelige familie as	Clara
 * 1796	Den politiske kandestøber as Raadsherreinde
 * 1796	Den skarpe kniv kan let faa skaar as Wilhelmine
 * 1796	Det tyvende aars ægteskab as Marie Lønberg
 * 1796	Dyveke as Dyveke
 * 1796	Høstdagen as Amalila Fersen
 * 1796	Jøden as Elise
 * 1796	Kuren as Constane
 * 1796	Rejsen til byen as Salome
 * 1796	Ulysses von Ithacia as Pallas
 * 1796	Væddemaalet as Frøken Adelaide
 * 1796	Ægtefolkene fra landet as Karoline Bernhard
 * 1797	Armod og høimodig as Lovise
 * 1797	De fire formyndere as Miss Nancy Lovely
 * 1797	De noble passioner as Leonore
 * 1797	Den gode moder as Lucette
 * 1797	Den godmodige familie as Sophie
 * 1797	Den politiske kandestøber as Raadsherreinde
 * 1797	Den sanseløse as Isabella
 * 1797	Dyveke as Dyveke
 * 1797	Emilie Galotti as Emilie Galotti
 * 1797	Galejslaven as Amalia
 * 1797	Gamle og nye sæder as Kirstine
 * 1797	Han blander sig i alt as Charlotte
 * 1797	Ja eller nej as Julie / Antonette
 * 1797	Juliane von Lindorak' as Juliane von Lindorak
 * 1797	Jægerne as Frederikke
 * 1797	Jøden as Elise
 * 1797	Kjolen fra Lyon as Constance von Birbak
 * 1797	Manden paa fyrretyve aar as Julie
 * 1797	Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris as Estrith
 * 1797	Pigen fra Marienborg as Cathinka
 * 1797	Sammensværgelsen mod Peter den Store as Cyrilla
 * 1797	Ægtefolkene fra landet as Karoline Bernhard
 * 1798	De to poststationer as Wilhelmine
 * 1798	Falsk undseelse as Wilhelmine
 * 1798	Gamle og nye sæder as Kirstine
 * 1798	Han blander sig i alt as Charlotte
 * 1798	Heckingborn as Lady Fletscher
 * 1798	Høstdagen as Amalila Fersen
 * 1798	Rejsen til byen as Salome
 * 1798	Ringen as Henriette von Darring
 * 1798	Skumlerne as Jenny
 * 1798	Ægteskabsskolen as Charlotte Silkeborg
 * 1799	Armod og høimodighed as Lovise
 * 1799	Barselstuen as Engelke Hattemagers
 * 1799	Bortførelsen as Henriette
 * 1799	Den forladte datter as Lovise
 * 1799	Den godmodige familie as Sophie
 * 1799	Emigranterne as Adelaide d'Arras

1800s

 * 1800	Advokaterne as Fredericia
 * 1800	Beverley as Henriette, Beverley's soster
 * 1800	De aftakkede officerer as Lovise
 * 1800	De noble passioner as Leonore
 * 1800	Emilie Galotti as Emilie Galotti
 * 1800	Fredsmægleren as Lucilie
 * 1800	Herman von Unna as Sophie
 * 1800	Korsikanerne as Ottilia
 * 1801	Armod og højmodighed as Lovise
 * 1801	Barselstuen as Dame
 * 1801	Den forladte datter as Lovise
 * 1801	Den værdige fader as Sophie
 * 1802	Armod og høimodighed as Lovise
 * 1802	Den forladte datter as Lovise
 * 1802	Herman von Unna as Sophie
 * 1802	Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris as Estrith
 * 1802	Octavia as Octavia
 * 1802	Onkelrollen as Louise
 * 1802	Væddemaalet as Frøken Adelaide
 * 1803	Barselstuen as Dame
 * 1803	De aftakkede officerer as Lovise
 * 1803	De noble passioner as Leonore
 * 1803	Den forladte datter as Lovise
 * 1803	Dyveke as Dyveke
 * 1803	Eugenie as Eugenie
 * 1803	Falsk undseelse as Wilhelmine
 * 1803	Heckingborn as Lady Fletscher
 * 1803	Ringen as Ubekendt
 * 1804	Advokaterne as Fredericia
 * 1804	Barselstuen as Dame
 * 1805	Barselstuen as Dame
 * 1805	Den forladte datter as Lovise
 * 1805	Heckingborn as Lady Fletscher
 * 1805	Juliane von Lindorak as Juliane von Lindorak
 * 1805	Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris as Estrith
 * 1805	Selim, prins af Algier as Irena
 * 1806	Armod og høimodighed as Lovise
 * 1806	Den politiske kandestøber as Raadsherreinde
 * 1806	Emilie Galotti as Emilie Galotti
 * 1806	Ægtefolkene fra landet as Karoline Bernhard
 * 1807	Barselstuen as Dame
 * 1807	Herman von Unna as Sophie
 * 1807	Kjolen fra Lyon as Constance von Birbak
 * 1807	Tvekampen as	Laura
 * 1808	Den forladte datter as Lovise
 * 1808	Falsk undseelse as Wilhelmine
 * 1809	Advokaterne as Fredericia
 * 1809	Han blander sig i alt asCharlotte

1810s

 * 1810	Armod og højmodighed as Lovise
 * 1810	Den forladte datter as Lovise
 * 1810	Heckingborn as Lady Fletscher
 * 1810	Menneskehad og anger as Eulalia
 * 1810	Ringen as Ubekendt
 * 1810	Snedkeren i Lifland as Eudoxia Mazeppa
 * 1812	Advokaterne as Fredericia
 * 1812	Den forladte datter as Lovise
 * 1814	General Schlenzheim og hans familie as Sophie
 * 1816	Armod og Høimodighed as Lovise
 * 1816	Balders død as Nanna
 * 1817	Sammensværgelsen mod Peter den Store as Natalia
 * 1819	Menneskehad og anger as Eulalia

192+s

 * 1820	Herman von Unna	Sophie
 * 1821	Falsk undseelse as Fru Heldmand
 * 1822	Barselstuen as Dame
 * 1823	Embedsiver as Hofraadinde Rosen
 * 1823	Skumlerne as Emilie
 * 1824	Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris	Jutta
 * 1826	Dyveke	Sigbrit
 * 1826	Hamlet as Gertrud
 * 1826	Myndlingerne as Madame Drave
 * 1827	Emilie Galotti as Claudia Galotti
 * 1828	Romeo og Julie as Fru Capulet
 * 1829	Hamlet as Ofelia
 * 1829	Jøden as Madame Rathcliffe
 * 1829	Ringen as Fru von Darring
 * 1830	De muntre koner i Windsor as Margaret Page
 * 1832	Magt og list