# Eva Henning
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{{Short description|Swedish actress (1920–2016)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Eva Henning
| image = EvaHenning.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Henning circa 1940s
| birth_name = Eva Wetlesen
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|05|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Newark](/source/Newark%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), US
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|04|18|1920|05|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Oslo](/source/Oslo), Norway
| alma_mater = [Royal Dramatic Theatre](/source/Royal_Dramatic_Theatre)
| other_names = Eva Maurstad
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1940–1972
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* Jochum Beck-Friis {{marriage||1943|1946|end=divorce}}
[Hasse Ekman](/source/Hasse_Ekman) {{marriage||1946|1953|end=divorced}}
* [Toralv Maurstad](/source/Toralv_Maurstad) {{marriage||1954|1970|end=divorced}}[{{cite web |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Toralv_Maurstad/utdypning |work=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon) |title=Toralv Maurstad |access-date=27 November 2015 |language=no}}]
}}
| children = [Fam Ekman](/source/Fam_Ekman)
Peder Maurstad
Momse Maurstad
| parents = Edgar Wetlesen (father)
Ragni Frisell (mother)
| relatives = [Uno Henning](/source/Uno_Henning) (step-father)
}}
'''Eva Henning''' (born '''Eva Wetlesen'''; 10 May 1920 – 18 April 2016) was a Swedish stage and movie actress.
== Career ==
Born in [Newark](/source/Newark%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), US, Henning was trained at the [Royal Dramatic Theatre](/source/Royal_Dramatic_Theatre)'s acting school (1938–40) in Sweden and made her film debut the same year in [Ragnar Arvedson](/source/Ragnar_Arvedson)'s ''Gentleman att hyra''. The big breakthrough came in [Åke Ohberg](/source/%C3%85ke_Ohberg)'s ''[Elvira Madigan](/source/Elvira_Madigan_(1943_film))'' (1943).[{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/skadespelerskan-eva-henning-dod/ |newspaper=[Dagens Nyheter](/source/Dagens_Nyheter) |title=Skådespelerskan Eva Henning död |trans-title=Actress Eva Henning has died |agency=TT |date=21 April 2016 |access-date=21 April 2016 |language=Swedish}}] She is most famous for her leading roles in many of husband Hasse Ekman's films in the 1940s and 50s.
== Family and personal life ==
Eva Wetlesen was born to Edgar Wetlesen and Ragni Wetlesen (née Frisell; later Henning). Henning is a step-daughter to the Swedish stage actor [Uno Henning](/source/Uno_Henning). She was married three times: from 1943 to 1946 to Jochum Beck-Friis, from 1946 to 1953 to Swedish actor [Hasse Ekman](/source/Hasse_Ekman) and from 1954 to 1970 to Norwegian actor [Toralv Maurstad](/source/Toralv_Maurstad). She had one daughter from her second husband: children's author and illustrator [Fam Ekman](/source/Fam_Ekman). She had two sons from her third husband: Peder Maurstad and Momse Maurstad (who died at six months).[{{Cite web|title=Family tree of Eva Wetlesen (Henning)|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/karosenius?lang=en&n=wetlesen+henning&oc=0&p=eva|access-date=21 October 2020|website=Geneanet|language=en}}] Henning died on 18 April 2016 in [Oslo](/source/Oslo), Norway.