Ellen Hartman

Ellen Hartman (born Helena Elisabeth Florentina Hedlund, 31 July 1860 in Stockholm – 4 January 1945 in Stockholm), was a Swedish actress. She was one of the greatest stars of the stage in Stockholm during the 1880s and 1890s. She was awarded the Litteris et Artibus.

Ellen Hartman
Ellen Hartman, 1880-1890s
Born
Helena Elisabeth Florentina Hedlund

(1860-07-31)31 July 1860
Stockholm, Sweden
Died4 January 1945(1945-01-04) (aged 84)
Stockholm, Sweden
Other namesEllen Hartman-Cederström
OccupationActress
Years active1877 – 1920s
Spouse(s)Victor Laurentius Hartman (1881)
Baron Carl Gustaf Bror Cederström (1898)

Biography

Ellen Hartman made her debut on the stage in 1877. She was a student of Dramatens elevskola in Stockholm 1878–80. Among her teachers were Bertha Tammelin. She was employed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1880–90, from 1886 as a premier actress.

She made a scandal when she eloped from her contract to Paris with her fiancé Gustaf Reinhold von Rosen. After this, she was active in Paris, and took part in the tour of Coquelin to Russia and Scandinavia. In 1893–94, she was employed at Théâtre Vaudeville in Paris.

She was active at the Royal Dramatic Theatre again in 1894–98.

In 1924, she participated in the film The Saga of Gosta Berling, starring Greta Garbo and Lars Hanson, in which Hartman portrayed Märta Dohna.

She was married to the actor Victor Laurentius Hartman in 1881, and to Baron Carl Gustaf Bror Cederström in 1898.

She is sometimes credited as Ellen Hartman-Cederström.

Filmography

References

Ellen Hartman at IMDb

Further reading
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