Susse Wold (born 17 November 1938) is a Danish actress whose career has spanned five decades. Born Lise Wold in

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, she is the daughter of actress Marguerite Viby. She quickly became a leading lady at Det Kongelige Teater (The

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). In addition to her many TV, film and stage roles, Wold has toured the world reading H. C. Andersen's works. She was married to the Danish actor

Bent Mejding Bent Mejding (14 January 1937 – 12 November 2024) was a Danish actor, stage director, and theatre manager. He won a Danish Film Academy Award in 1985 and 2007. He was married to actress Susse Wold. Life and career Mejding had his debut at ...

. After a hiatus, she has appeared in '' The Hunt'' in 2012. Wold was also a singer who (mostly in duo with Peter Sørensen) released more than a dozen albums and even more singles on the record labels Tono, Sonet Records and Pool Records, starting in 1959 and ending in the early 1990s.

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'', an acclaimed Danish TV series about a small city in Denmark during the 1930s and 1940s with all the accompanying drama of the occupation by neighboring

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. *Knighted in the

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by Queen

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. *Won the

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(Travel Award) in 1969.

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