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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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