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Rosing was the daughter of the well known acting couple

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between 1802 and 1811, and described as a personification of the new neo-Classical ideal of the time.Wilhemine Emilie Rosing
in Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon Formally employed as a chorist, she achieved such great success as an actor that she was given one leading role after another from the beginning of her debut. She was a controversial artist with her

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ous appearance, and often played boys'

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s. Her intelligence and original way of interpreting the often shallow roles she was given was highly debated. She remained a chorist in name, which was frustrating for her, and in 1811, she suffered a complete breakdown. The cause of death is given as cramps.

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Wilhemine Emilie Rosing
in Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosing, Emilie Danish stage actresses 19th-century Danish actresses 1783 births 1811 deaths