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1999Oct, 24

Berthe Qvistgaard

Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (b. 1910)
Berthe Qvistgaard (11 August 1910 – 23 October 1999) was a Danish stage and film actress, and winner of the prestigious Tagea Brandt Rejselegat award in 1965.

She was a rector of the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance for a period of her life.

She died from Alzheimer's disease which she suffered from throughout the 1990s.

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