Anna Fredrikke "Lila" Lykke-Seest (née Andersen, September 26, 1883 – March 19, 1954)[1] was a Norwegian actress and writer.[2][3]
Lila Lykke-Seest | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anna Fredrikke Andersen September 26, 1883 Fredrikshald (now Halden), Norway |
| Died | March 19, 1954 (aged 70) Oslo, Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Actress and writer |
| Spouse | Peter Lykke-Seest |
| Children | Esben Lykke-Seest |
Family
editLila 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
editLykke-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
edit- 1906: Lulli (Copenhagen: Gyldendalske boghandel)
- 1906: Vetle-Kari – Barnedagene (Copenhagen: Gyldendalske boghandel)
Filmography
edit- 1918: Lodsens datter as the pilot's daughter, Anna[9]
- 1919: Historien om en gut as Esben's mother[10]
- 1919: Æresgjesten
References
edit- ^ "Meldte dødsfall". Arbeiderbladet. No. 68. March 22, 1954. p. 10. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ Nachtrag: Die Bücher des Jahres. Oslo: Gunnar Stenersens Forlag. 1942. pp. 149, 166.
- ^ "Anna Frederikke Lykke-Seest (f. 1883)". Dansk Forfatterleksikon. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ Sæther, Steinar A. (2016). Expectations Unfulfilled: Norwegian Migrants in Latin America, 1820–1940. Leiden: Brill. p. 105.
- ^ Iversen, Gunnar. "Peter Lykke-Seest". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ "Lulli. af Lila". Dagbladet. No. 340. December 14, 1906. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- ^ "Vetle-Kari af Lila". Tromsø Stiftstidende. No. 340. December 23, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- ^ "Norsk film og norske filmere". Jarlsberg og Larviks Amtstidende. No. 189. August 14, 1919. p. 2. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- ^ Engberg, Marguerite (1986). Schiave bianche allo specchio: le origini del cinema in Scandinavia (1896–1918). Pordenone: Studi Tesi. p. 485.
- ^ "Historien om en gut". Norsk filmografi. Nasjonalbiblioteket. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
External links
edit- Lila Lykke-Seest at IMDb
- Lila Lykke-Seest at Filmfront