Isa Quensel Biography

Swedish singerIsa Quensel

Isa Quensel (21 September 1905 – 3 November 1981) was a Swedish actress and operatic soprano who appeared in over 50 films, plays, operas, TV and radio shows. In 1939 she created the *le role in the world premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Die Kathrin at the Royal Swedish Opera.

Partial filmography

  • The Million Dollars (1926) - Journalist
  • Kärlek måste vi ha (1931) - Cora
  • The Love Express (1932) - Detective's Niece
  • Jolly Musicians (1932) - Margit, his daughter
  • House Slaves (1933) - Greta
  • Pettersson & Bendel (1933) - Elsa Wallin
  • Love and Dynamite (1933) - Rosa
  • False Greta (1934) - Lisa
  • Äventyr på hotell (1934) - Elly
  • Raggen (1936) - Maria alias Raggen
  • Min svärmor - dansösen (1936) - Sylvia
  • The Girls of Uppakra (1936) - Elsa Brummell
  • En flicka kommer till sta'n (1937) - Ulla Frank
  • Happy Vestköping (1937) - Ann-Marie Brandt
  • Wanted (1939) - Ulla Ståhle
  • Marianne (1953) - Marianne's Mother
  • The Chieftain of Göinge (1953) - Black-Elsa
  • The Gl* Mountain (1953) - Luiza Cabral
  • The Unicorn (1955) - Harriet's Mother
  • Moon Over Hellesta (1956) - Emmy Anckarberg
  • Gårdarna runt sjön (1957) - Mathilde
  • A Guest in His Own House (1957) - Stepmother
  • Seventeen Years Old (1957) - Agnes Bentick
  • The Lady in Black (1958) - Cecilia von Schilden
  • The Koster Waltz (1958) - Doris Fågelström
  • Playing on the Rainbow (1958) - Björn's Mother
  • The Phantom Carriage (1958) - Maria
  • Laila (1958) - Elli Logje
  • Do You Believe in Angels? (1961) - Louise Günther
  • Two Living, One Dead (1961) - Miss Larousse
  • Pärlemor (1961) - Gertrude Odenstam
  • Sällskapslek (1963) - Agda Stjernesten
  • To Love (1964) - Märta
  • Swedish Wedding Night (1964) - Hilma Palm
  • Loving Couples (1964) - Fredrika von Strussenhjelm
  • The Cats (1965) - Tora
  • Woman of Darkness (1966)- Grave-Karna
  • Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist på nya äventyr (1966, TV Movie) - Hilda Krikonblad
  • Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga (1972) - Krösa-Maja (voice, uncredited)
  • Emil and the Piglet (1973) - Krösa-Maja (voice)
  • Agaton Sax och Byköpings gästabud (1976) - Aunt Tilda (voice)

Further reading

  • Isa Quensel at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon

External links

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