Clara Schønfeld

Biography

Clara Schønfeld was a Danish stage and film actress born Clara Julie Christensen in Roskilde, Zealand, on August 26, 1856. She made her stage debut at the Møllergatens Theater in Oslo, Norway in 1873 and later appeared in several theaters in Denmark and its provinces. She had notable roles in silent films, including Carl Theodor Dreyer's "Master of the House" (1925), and was married to theater director Hjalmar Otto Schønfeld until his death in 1924.