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.

List of roles

1790s

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

1800s

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

1810s

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

192+s

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

References

Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon