{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1873–1945)}} {{Infobox person |name = Hilda Fredriksen |image = Hilda Fredriksen.jpg |image_size = |caption = Hilda Fredriksen in the late 1890s |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|12|10|mf=y}} |birth_place = Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway |death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|6|30|1873|12|10|mf=y}} |death_place = Oslo, Norway |resting_place = |occupation = Actress |awards = | spouse = | children = | mother = | father = | relatives = Ragnhild Fredriksen }}
'''Hilda Fredriksen''' (December 10, 1873 – June 30, 1945) was a Norwegian stage and film actress.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jensson |first1=Liv |title=Biografisk skuespillerleksikon: norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet |date=1981 |publisher=Universitetsforlaget |location=Oslo |page=56}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Aarseth |first1=Asbjørn |title=Den Nationale scene, 1901-31 |date=1969 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |page=109}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wiers-Jenssen |first1=Hans |last2=Nordahl-Olsen |first2=Johan |title=Den Nationale scene: de første 25 aar |date=1969 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |page=421}}</ref>
==Family== Hilda Fredriksen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, as the daughter of the police officer Carl Fredriksen (1847–1902) and Maren Gustava Gulliksen (1848–1924). She was the sister of the actress Ragnhild Fredriksen (1882–1963), who married the actor Ingolf Schanche.<ref name="NBL">{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Arent |first1=Hans-Christian |title=Ingolf Schanche |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ingolf_Schanche |access-date=April 5, 2023 |year=2022 |language=no}}</ref> Hilda Fredriksen was unmarried.
==Life and work== Hilda Fredriksen was performing in an itinerant Danish theater when she made her stage debut in Arendal in 1891.<ref name="Wiers-Jenssen">{{cite book |last1=Wiers-Jenssen |first1=Hans |title=Nationalteatret gjennem 25 aar |date=1924 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Kristiania |pages=49–50}}</ref> Between 1897 and 1899, she participated in productions at the Christiania Theater, including as Ane in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's ''Geografi og Kærlighed'' in 1898.
In the 1890s she also played at the Eldorado Theater, the Carl Johan Theater in Christiania's Tivoli district, and Harald Otto's Norwegian theater company.<ref name="Wiers-Jenssen"/> In the 1900–1901 season, she was at the National Theater in Oslo, and then at the National Theater in Bergen from 1901 to 1912. After her stay in Bergen, she returned to her hometown of Kristiania and the Central Theater.
From the 1920s onward, Hilda Fredriksen mostly performed as a film actress.
==Theater roles== * Ane in ''Geografi og Kærlighed'' by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (Christiania Theater, 1898) * Regine in ''Ghosts'' by Henrik Ibsen (Eldorado Theater) * Emilia in ''Othello'' by William Shakespeare (Eldorado Theater) * Councilor Mørk in ''Korsvei'' by Helene Dickmar (National Theater, Bergen) * Madam Hoppestad in ''Faddergaven'' by Peter Egge (National Theater, Bergen) * Lucia in ''Cavalleria rusticana'' by Pietro Mascagni (National Theater, Bergen)<ref>{{cite news |title=Teatret |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_arbeidet_null_null_19100311_18_63_1 |access-date=April 10, 2023 |work=Arbeidet |issue=63 |date=March 11, 1910 |page=2}}</ref> * Madame Brocard in ''Gri-Gri'' (Central Theater, 1914)<ref>{{cite news |title=Central Teatret 'Gri-Gri' |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_socialdemokraten_null_null_19141027_31_250_1 |access-date=April 10, 2023 |work=Social-Demokraten |issue=250 |date=October 27, 1914 |page=4}}</ref> * Mrs. Cornichon in ''Papas lille pike'' (Chat Noir, 1919)<ref>{{cite news |title=Chat Noir Teater |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_middagsavisen_null_null_19191013_12_235_1 |access-date=April 10, 2023 |work=Middagsavisen |issue=235 |date=October 13, 1919 |page=2}}</ref>
==Filmography== {{colbegin}} *1926: ''Baldevins bryllup'' as Miss Bertelsen *1927: ''Madame besøker Oslo'' as Albert's wife *1927: ''Syv dage for Elisabeth'' as Henriette Kaspar *1931: ''Den store barnedåpen'' as a woman *1931: ''Lika inför lagen'' as the chief warden *1933: ''En stille flirt'' as Maja, a costume assistant *1933: ''I kongens klær'' as Krestian's wife *1933: ''Vi som går kjøkkenveien'' as Laura, Beck's cook *1937: ''By og land hand i hand'' as the woman from Ullern *1937: ''To levende og en død'' as the boarding house keeper *1938: ''Bør Børson Jr.'' as the hotel keeper *1940: ''Tørres Snørtevold'' as Aunt Sofie *1941: ''Hansen og Hansen'' as an offended lady *1942: ''Den farlige leken'' {{colend}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0292997|name=Hilda Fredriksen}} * [https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/19719 Hilda Fredriksen] at Sceneweb * [https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=59410 Hilda Fredriksen] at the Swedish Film Database * [https://filmfront.no/aktor/50976/hilda-fredriksen Hilda Fredriksen] at Filmfront
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