Tove Maës

Tove Maës (30 April 1921 – 31 December 2010) was a

Career

Maës was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on 30 April 1921. She studied with the Danish actor Albert Luther and, in 1942, was "discovered" by Theater Director Helge Rungwald who employed Maës at the Odense Theater.^[1] Shortly thereafter, Maës played the lead in Selma Lagerlöf's Dunungen. Maës sought an apprenticeship at the Royal Danish Theatre after appearing there in Carl Erik Soya's Natteherberget, but was turned down. Instead, she worked at the Riddersalen theater, performing in a series of roles.

In 1946, Maës made a critically acclaimed screen debut as Ditte Godpige in the filmatization of

Oh, I'm not something of an innocent baby girl -- I just look like it.

— Tove Maës, translated from Ekstra Bladet, 1946[2]

Maës focused again on her stage work during the 1960s with several performances at the

Maës married Danish actor, writer and director Carl Ottosen in 1942. They were subsequently divorced and Maës married a second time to press photographer Jesper Gottschalch with whom she had a son in 1952.^[4]

She died in her home on 31 December 2010 at age 89.^[4][5][6]

Filmography

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