Lila Lykke-Seest

Lila Lykke-Seest
Born
Anna Fredrikke Andersen

(1883-09-26)September 26, 1883
Fredrikshald (now Halden), Norway
DiedMarch 19, 1954(1954-03-19) (aged 70)
Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s)Actress and writer
SpousePeter Lykke-Seest
ChildrenEsben Lykke-Seest

Anna Fredrikke "Lila" Lykke-Seest (née Andersen, September 26, 1883 – March 19, 1954)[1] was a Norwegian actress and writer.[2][3]

Family

Lila Lykke-Seest was the daughter of the warehouse worker Jens Martin Andersen (1841–1917) and Andrine Fredrikke Johnsen (1842–1913). In 1903 she married the writer, film producer, and film director Peter Lykke-Seest (1868–1948).[4] They were the parents of the actor Esben Lykke-Seest (1905–1988).[5]

Career

Lykke-Seest published two children's books in 1906, Lulli and Vetle-Kari, under the pseudonym Lila. Her debut work Lulli is a story from Kristiania, a so-called Backfischroman (teenage girl novel) about teenage life and flirting.[6] The story in Vetle-Kari, which was published later the same year, takes place in the countryside.[7]

She later appeared in two of her husband's silent films. She played the lead role in the 1918 film Lodsens datter, and the following year she played a minor role in Æresgjesten as Edvard's mother in the third of the so-called "Esben films". Her son Esben Lykke-Seest played the role of Edvard in the film.[8] She also played the mother in the film Historien om en gut.

Bibliography

  • 1906: Lulli (Copenhagen: Gyldendalske boghandel)
  • 1906: Vetle-Kari – Barnedagene (Copenhagen: Gyldendalske boghandel)

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Meldte dødsfall". Arbeiderbladet. No. 68. March 22, 1954. p. 10. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  2. ^ Nachtrag: Die Bücher des Jahres. Oslo: Gunnar Stenersens Forlag. 1942. pp. 149, 166.
  3. ^ "Anna Frederikke Lykke-Seest (f. 1883)". Dansk Forfatterleksikon. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Sæther, Steinar A. (2016). Expectations Unfulfilled: Norwegian Migrants in Latin America, 1820–1940. Leiden: Brill. p. 105.
  5. ^ Iversen, Gunnar. "Peter Lykke-Seest". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "Lulli. af Lila". Dagbladet. No. 340. December 14, 1906. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "Vetle-Kari af Lila". Tromsø Stiftstidende. No. 340. December 23, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  8. ^ "Norsk film og norske filmere". Jarlsberg og Larviks Amtstidende. No. 189. August 14, 1919. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  9. ^ Engberg, Marguerite (1986). Schiave bianche allo specchio: le origini del cinema in Scandinavia (1896–1918). Pordenone: Studi Tesi. p. 485.
  10. ^ "Historien om en gut". Norsk filmografi. Nasjonalbiblioteket. Retrieved September 21, 2022.