Karen Jønsson
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Karen Jønsson (17 January 1909 - 2 December 1942) was a Danish
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Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 actress of Swedish descent. She was also a notable, gifted and popular singer, songwriter and composer. Throughout the 1930s she composed and recorded a number of catchy tunes and songs, often centered around her voice and refined stride-like piano playing, of which well over a handful still retain a certain recognition and popularity as evergreens, such as Hvorfor er Lykken så lunefuld, I Aften, Han kommer og banker, Din Melodi and Would You Miss One Little Kiss.
She also composed several filmscores, as well as a jazz rhapsody which was well received in Britain, all in between touring with her music and appearances on screen.

She died of pneumonia (at that time still a serious disease before the emergence of penicillin) at the age of 33.

Filmography

  • Frøken Møllers jubilæum - 1937
  • En fuldendt gentleman
    En fuldendt gentleman
    En fuldendt gentleman is a 1937 Danish family film directed by Lau Lauritzen, Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks.-Cast:* Osvald Helmuth - Mortensen* Lau Lauritzen, Jr...

    - 1937
  • Alarm
    Alarm
    An alarm device or system of alarm devices gives an audible or visual alarm signal about a problem or condition.Alarm devices include:* burglar alarms, designed to warn of burglaries; this is often a silent alarm: the police or guards are warned without indication to the burglar, which increases...

    - 1938
  • I dag begynder livet
    I dag begynder livet
    I dag begynder livet is a 1939 Danish family film directed by Lau Lauritzen, Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks.-Cast:* Sigfred Johansen - Peter Sommer* Berthe Qvistgaard - Korpigen Vera Holm* Eigil Reimers - Danseinstruktør Børge Ravn...

    - 1939

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