''Jessie'' Nilsina Wessel (13 April 1894 – 23 August 1948) was a

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Biography

Wessel studied at the

Dramaten The Royal Dramatic Theatre (, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The theatre has been at its present lo ...

's school from 1914 to 1916, and made her debut during this period as Bertha in ''

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''. In 1928, she married the director and art collector Fritz H. Eriksson. She is buried in the

Bromma Bromma () is a Boroughs of Stockholm, borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the western part of Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Stockholm Municipality. Bromma is primarily made up of Bromma Parish and Västerled Parish. The fourth largest airpo ...

cemetery in Stockholm County.

Filmography

* 1920: ''Gyurkovicsarna'' * 1920: '' Thora van Deken'' * 1921: ''Högre ändamål'' * 1921: ''Vallfarten till Kevlaar'' * 1923: ''Hälsingar'' * 1924: ''

Flickan från Paradiset ''Flickan från Paradiset'' (''"The girl from paradise"'') is a 1924 Swedish drama film directed by Theodor Berthels. Synopsis Torkel Gudmundson is the proud owner of a beautiful farm, called Paradise. His wife Hilda, however, longs to move ba ...

'' * 1925: ''Två konungar'' * 1928: ''Stormens barn'' * 1928: '' The Poetry of Ådalen'' * 1930: ''Hjärtats röst''

External links

* https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921806/

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wessel, Jessie 1894 births 1948 deaths Swedish film actresses Swedish silent film actresses Swedish stage actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses Actors from Linköping Actresses from Östergötland County