Gerda Christophersen

Gerda Amalie Holst Christophersen (1 March 1870 – 13 March 1947) was a Danish stage and film actress, singer, theatre director and writer. From 1911, she starred in numerous early Danish films, including 15 from Nordisk Film.

Biography
Born Gerda Amalie Holst Christophersen on 1 March 1870 in Copenhagen, Gerda Amalie Holst Christophersen was the daughter of the opera singer Harald Edvard Christensen and his wife Ernesta Felicita Simonsen, who also came from a family of musicians. Christophersen began her career as a stage actress in 1889 at the Casino Theatre, also taking small parts at the Royal Danish Theatre until the late 1890s.

Her singing career began in 1894 when her father took her on an operatic concert tour in which she sang excerpts from Faust. From 1897 to 1900 she toured with Albert Helsengreen's theatre company, gaining fame by singing the leads in Frøken Nitouche and Den skønne Galathea as well as Adele in Die Fledermaus.

Filmopgraphy

 * 1911	Den farlige alder as Enkegrevinde Elsie von Lindtner
 * 1911	Gøglerblod as Miranda, gøgler
 * 1914	Gyldne lænker as Mercedes, Cartwright's, niece
 * 1915	Det evige had as Jens' mother
 * 1915	Helten fra Østafrika
 * 1915	Hjertefejlen as	Fru Holm
 * 1915	To mand frem for en enke as Enkefru Fager
 * 1916	Den hvide djævel as	Asia
 * 1916	Doktor Gar el Hama IV as Grevinde Sinclair
 * 1916	Ene i verden as Komtesse Luigi, svindlerske
 * 1916	Hvem er hun? as	Fru Taylor
 * 1916	Letsindighedens løn as Rosa, oberstens datter
 * 1916	Paraplyen as Fru Holm
 * 1917	Askepot
 * 1917	Handlen med menneskeliv as Fru Gillemot
 * 1917	Hvor sorgerne glemmes	Fyrstinde as Sara von Staffenfeldt
 * 1939	Genboerne as Madame Schmidt

Theatre roles

 * Casino


 * 1905	Dukken	Fru Hilarius
 * 1906	Yduns æbler as	Freia
 * 1916	Flagermusen as Rosalinde, Einsteins hustru


 * Dagmar Theatre
 * 1928	Wien as Wien - oh Josephine


 * Royal Danish Theatre
 * 1897	John Gabriel Borkman as Maid


 * Det Lille Teater
 * 1922	Flamme as Ferdinand's mother


 * Friluftsteatret i Dyrehaven
 * 1910	En skærsommernatsdrøm as Hippolita


 * GERDA CHRISTOPHERSEN TOURNEEN:
 * 1927	Cirkusprinsessen


 * Odense Theatre
 * 1899	Frøken Nitouche as Denise
 * 1899	Pernilles korte frøkenstand
 * 1923	Madame D'Ora as	Madame D'Ora


 * Scala Theatre
 * 1926	Adieu Mimi as Generaldirektørens kone
 * 1923	Madame D'Ora as	Madame D'Ora
 * 1927	Cirkusprinsessen as	Carla Schlumberger, hotelejer


 * Aarhus Theatre
 * 1900	Prinsessen på ærten as Prinsesse
 * 1901	Agnes Jordan as	Agnes Jordan
 * 1901	Elverhøj as Elisabeth Munk
 * 1901	Frøken Nitouche as Denise
 * 1911	Madame Sans Gene as Catherine
 * 1911	Cornevilles klokker as Serpolette
 * 1911	Elverhøj as	Mor Karen
 * 1911	Frøken Nitouche as Denise

Director

 * Odense Theatre
 * 1931	Geisha
 * 1932	I begyndelse var ordet


 * Skovbakkens Sommerteater
 * 1936	Aalborg Sommerrevy