Tove Tellback

Norwegian actress (1899–1986)

Tove Tellback
Born	Ruth Lilly Margareta Swanstrøm (1899-07-25)July 25, 1899 Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
Died	January 20, 1986(1986-01-20) (aged 86) Oslo, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Actress

Tove Tellback (née Ruth Lilly Margareta Swanstrøm, July 25, 1899 – January 20, 1986) was a Norwegian actress.^[1]^[2]^[3] She made her film debut in 1926 as Berit Glomgaarden in Carl Theodor Dreyer's Glomdalsbruden.

Family

Tove Tellback was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway as Ruth Lilly Margareta "Toppen" Swanstrøm, the daughter of Lars Magnus Swanstrøm (1868–1939) and Aagot Bjørnson (1872–1968). She married Johan Mølbach-Thellefsen (1897–1973) in 1922,^[4] and she performed under the stage name Tove Tellback while using the married name Toppen Mølbach-Thellefsen (a.k.a. Mølback Tellefsen).^[5]^[6]^[7] She married a second time in 1935, to Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert (1878–1964).^[8]^[9]

Filmography

1926: Glomdalsbruden as Berit Glomgaarden^[10]^[11]
1927: Troll-elgen as Ingrid Rustebakke^[12]^[13]
1928: Cafe X as Lilly^[3]
1933: Vi som går kjøkkenveien as Ellen, Beck's daughter^[14]

References

^ "Tynset komm. kino". Østerdølen. No. 13. February 14, 1928. p. 3. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ "Film". Nybrott. No. 131. June 10, 1927. p. 3. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Serigstad, Aleksander U. (March 4, 2018). "Troll-elgen (1927) stumfilmkonsert på 16mm-festivalen". Filmjunkiene. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ "Familien". Nationen. No. 102. May 3, 1922. p. 2. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
^ "Filmpremieopgave". Arbeider-Avisa. No. 299. December 24, 1926. p. 7. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
^ "Glomsdalsbruden i Koncert-Palæet imorgen". Morgenavisen. No. 37. February 13, 1926. p. 5. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
^ "Den første store norske film". Nordlandsposten. No. 220. September 16, 1925. p. 4. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
^ "Ekteskap". Sandefjords Blad. No. 256. November 5, 1935. p. 4. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
^ "Ludvig C. M. Aubert". Morgenbladet. January 25, 1964. p. 14. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
^ St. Pierre, Paul Matthew (2018). Cinematography of Carl Theodor Dreyer: Performative Camerawork, Transgressing the Frame. Vancouver: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 156.
^ Drum, Jean; Drum, Dale D. (2000). My Only Great Passion: The Life and Films of Carl Th. Dreyer. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press. p. 307.
^ Cowie, Peter; Buquet, Françoise; Pitkänen, Risto; Talboom, Godfried (1992). Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-Makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. London: Tantivy Press. p. 201.
^ Glödstaf, Kari (2018). 1000 mykkäelokuvaa: Sirpaleita elokuvan kulta-ajalta. Turku: Kustantamo Helmivyö. p. 372.
^ "Tancred Ibsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved November 13, 2022.