Charlotte Pousette (; 23 January 1832 – 28 April 1877) was a Swedish stage actress. She was a star attraction of Swedish theatre in the 1850s and 1860s and enjoyed widespread fame. Charlotte Pousette was a student of the

Royal Dramatic Training Academy The Royal Dramatic Training Academy (, also known as ''Dramatens elevskola''), was the acting school of Sweden's national stage, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and for many years (1787–1964) seen as the foremost theatre school and drama education ...

. She was engaged at the theatre company of

Edvard Stjernström Carl Edvard Stjernström (11 October 1816 – 10 February 1877) was a Swedish stage actor and theater director. In 1833, he was accepted as a student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. From 1842 to 1850, he was employed at Nya Teatern. He was th ...

in 1852–63. As such, she was active at the ''

Mindre teatern Mindre teatern (''The Smaller Theatre''), Nya teatern (''The New Theatre''), Lindeberska teatern (''The Lindeberg Theatre''), was a Swedish theatre at Kungsgatan in Stockholm, active 1842–1863. The building was used as localities for the Royal ...

'' in Stockholm (1854–63), and performed in Finland (where the Stjernström company had theatre monopoly in 1850–53); on 15 September 1859, she performed a main role in the inauguration of the ''

Stora Teatern Stora Teatern (popularly known as Storan) is a musical theater in the Lorensberg district of Gothenburg, Sweden. Inaugurated in 1859, it is situated in Kungsparken park south of Kungsportsplatsen. It was originally founded to replace the ''Sege ...

'' in

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. She was a member of the theatre company of Wilhelm Åhman and her spouse Mauritz Pousette in 1863–74 (and a such engaged at the ''

'' in

in 1869–74), and finally at the

Swedish Theatre The Swedish Theatre () is a Swedish-language theatre in Helsinki, Finland, and is located at the Erottaja () square, at the end of Esplanadi (). It was the first national stage of Finland. History The first theatre in Helsinki, '' Engels Te ...

in Stockholm in 1874–77. In 1887, was described in retrospect: :"Her ability, always well tuned, often shining, shifted in different phases; in the historical play (marquise Pompadour in " Narcisse Rameau", Elisabeth of Valois in "

Don Carlos ''Don Carlos'' is an 1867 five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the 1787 play '' Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Fried ...

"), in the romantic play (Parthenia in "Ingomar eller skogens son", Helena in "Konungens läkare"), in the work of Shakspeare (the wetnurse in "

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

", Karin in "Så tuktas en argbigga"), in the work of

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

(Toinette i "Den inbillade sjuke" and Dorine in "

Tartuffe ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theat ...

"), in the work of

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(the Hostess in "Gröna lund" and

Ulla Winblad Ulla Winblad is a semi-fictional character in many of Carl Michael Bellman's musical works. She is at once an idealised rococo goddess and a tavern prostitute, and a key figure in Bellman's songs of '' Fredman's Epistles''. The juxtaposition of e ...

i "Johan Fredman"), in the burgher drama (Fru Mohrin in "Familjen Mohrin"), in the

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...

(Regina in "De löjliga mötena" and Maria in "Den ondes besegrare"), in

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...

(Armantine in "Hofvet i Biberack"), in the new French comedy by

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, Augier and

Sardou Sardou is a surname, and may refer to: * Saint Sacerdos of Limoges, also known as Saint Sardou * Victorien Sardou, French dramatist :* Victorien Sardou was also the basis for naming Eggs Sardou, which is a part of Creole cuisine. * Fernand Sardou ...

(duchess de Langeais in "Kärlek och vänskap", mrs Lecoutellier in "Notarien Guérin" and marquise d’Auberive in "Moderna vinglare" as well as '' Seraphine'' in the play of that name, among others. In the latest mentioned role, which was given at the ''

'' in 1869, her art was on the point of its culmination; the masterful relief, which she gave the terrifying image of piousness and indulgence, given of the Second Empire by the writer of ''Seraphine'', was lively admired by the critics of that time."Charlotte Pousette in Arvid Ahnfelt, ''Europas konstnärer'' (1887)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pousette, Charlotte 1832 births 1877 deaths 19th-century Swedish actresses Swedish stage actresses Actresses from Stockholm