Amanda Fredrika Rylander (14 October 1832,
Jäder,
Södermanland – 15 October 1920,
Kvillinge,
Östergötland
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) was a Swedish stage actress. She was a noted actress in Sweden in the late 19th-century.
She was born to the inspector Johan Rylander and the sister of the actresses
Ottilia Littmarck
Ottilia Sofia Littmarck (22 June 1834– 14 July 1929) was a Swedish actress and theatre director. She was a noted actress in Sweden in the late 19th century.
Biography
She was born in the parish of Jäder in Södermanland to inspector Johan Rylan ...
and
Clara Björlin
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.
She was active at the
Anders Selinder theater company in 1857–59, the
Pierre Deland
Pierre Joseph Deland (13 December 1805 – 13 November 1862) was a Swedish stage actor and theatre director. He was the director of the Deland Theater Company in 1833-1861, a travelling theater famous in both Sweden and Finland, and as such an in ...
theater in 1859–62, before she was employed at the
Swedish Theatre in
Helsinki in
Finland in 1863. She was finally to be one of the most well known actors in
Gothenburg
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, where she was active in 1870–90.
Rylander was popular within comedies. Her most noted roles were Fadette in ''Syrsan'' and Opportune in ''Fregattkaptenen''. Her way of acting was described as warm and jolly.
See also
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References
* Torsten Dahl, ''Svenska män och kvinnor, nr 6''
Swedish men and women. Book 6'
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1832 births
1920 deaths
19th-century Swedish actresses
Swedish stage actresses