ArtistInfo

Ellen Gottschalch

voc, 1894-1981 DK
Singer / Composer of World, Pop and Soundtrack

Ellen Sofie Kathrine Gottschalch (2 May 1894 - 17 February 1981), was a Danish stage and filmactress.She worked in the Arhus Theatre in 1911 then the Det Ny Theater in Copenhagen from 1912 to 1928. She entered film in 1938. She was employed at the Royal Danish Theatre from 1941 to 1961 where she among roles played in Death of a Salesman and Mor Karen in Elverhøj by Johan Ludvig Heiberg.She was married to Christian Viggo Gottschalch 1915-1930 and later lived with the composer Kai Normann Andersen from 1932 to 1967. She died in 1981 and was buried at the Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård.

Genres

• World
• Pop
• Soundtrack
• Classical
• Folk