Inger Stender

Inger Stender was a Danish actress of stage, film and television whose sophisticated elegance and classic beauty earned her the description of Denmarks version of Marlene Dietrich.

Inger Margueritha Stender, bornJune 1912 in Copenhagen, Denmark, was the daughter of a baker from Valby. She attended drama classes from 1929 to 1931 at the student schools for the Komediehuset and Det Ny Teater , then made her stage debut at Det Ny Teater onApril 1931 in the role of Flora in C.E. Soyas Kendt Navne. Beginning in the 1930s, Stender was an actress for several stage companies throughout Denmark, including the Riddersalen, Odense Theater, Apollo Theater, Aalborg Theater and Aarhus Theater. She was a prolific and versatile stage actress, playing roles in Uncle Toms Cabin, Tartuffe, and Henry IV as well as cabarets and comedies. In one season alone at the Odense Theater , Stender playedleading roles and received critical success as The Ships Boy in Alle Mand p Dk . Stender also became an operetta star when she sang the title role in Den Sknne Helene and was Zorina in Zorina.

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