Betty Deland

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Betty Deland
Born Hedvig Kristina Elisabeth Deland
14 November 1831
Örebro, Sweden
Died 1 April 1882 (aged 50)
Stockholm, Sweden
Other name(s) Betty Almlöf
Spouse(s) Knut Almlöf

Betty (Hedvig Kristina Elisabeth) Deland, as married Almlöf, (14 November 1831 in Örebro - 1 April 1882 in Stockholm), was a Swedish child actor, actor and principal at Dramatens elevskola. She is often mentioned as one of the most notable actors of her countrys history in the Victorian age.

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Betty was born in to one of Sweden's most well known theatre-families. Her parents were both actors; her father Pierre Deland was the leader of the famous Deland theatre company, and Hedvig Charlotta de Broen was the daughter of Isaac de Broen, actor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and director of Djurgårdsteatern, her uncle was Louis Deland.

Betty Deland debuted as a child actor in the Royal Dramatic Theatre in a boy's breeches role at the age of five in 1836, and made success in child parts. After studies in dance and acting she debuted in an adult part in Uppsala in 1847, which started a new part of her career. As a member of her father's troupe, she was to tour all over both Sweden and Finland during the 1850s. The Deland troupe (active 1833-1861), was one of the most prestigious in both of these countrys, performed in the theatres of the smaller cities, which did not have a steady staff, and often performed the opening performances in new theatres; they regularly performed in Åbo Svenska Teater and, and they were the first actors performing on the national stage of Finland, Swedish Theatre in Helsinki during the 1860-1861 season. In Stockholm, they often performed in Djurgårdsteatern. Of the fice hundred well-known parts she did, she made three hundred of them in her fathers troupe. In 1857, she married the actor Knut Almlöf, who was also from a theatre-family, son of the actors Nils Almlöf and Brita Catharina Cederberg and stepson of Charlotta Almlöf, which were both well-known actors at the stage of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

In 1861, Betty deland was employed with her husband in first Mindre teatern in Stockholm and in 1863 by the Royal Dramatic Theatre, from 1866 as a premier-actor. Both she and her husband was to became regarded as two of their countrys most notable actors.

She was recommended for her expressive mimic, her nuances of voice, her character interpretations and natural way of acting, though among her most popular parts were often girl's parts and comedies.

Among her parts were Madame de Maintenon in »Ludvig den fjortonde och markisinnan Maintenon», Mrs Serpentier in »Den gifta mannen i staden och på landet», Emilia in »Othello», Änkedrottningen in »Carl den elfte», Belise in »Lärdt folk i stubb», Mrs Dupuis in »Ett hem», Fadette in »Syrsan», Dorine i »Tartuffe», the Duchess of Marlborough in »Ett glas vatten», Frosine in »Den girige», Madam Rundholmen in »De ungas förbund» and the Duchess in »Sällskap där man har tråkigt».

Between 1874 and 1877 she was an instructor and a principal at Dramatens elevskola jointly with her husband. She kept her position as actor at the theatre until her death in 1882.

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NAME Deland, Betty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Deland, Hedvig Kristina Elisabeth
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH 14 November 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Örebro, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH 1 April 1882 (aged 50)
PLACE OF DEATH Stockholm, Sweden
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