Nina Pens Rode

Danish actress (1929–1992)

Mogens Lind (1952–59)^[1]^[2]
Ebbe Rode (1959–1981)^[1]

Nina Pens Rode (22 May 1929 – 22 July 1992) was a Danish stage and film actress. She is best known for her performance in the title role in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1964 film Gertrud.^[3]^[4]

Born Nina Pens as the daughter of Svend Thorkild Pens and Rigmor Restorff,^[1] she received her actor's education at the Odense Teater.^[4] Appearing both in film and on television, her first notable role was in Erik Balling's 1956 Kispus.^[4] After divorcing her first husband Mogens Lind, she married actor Ebbe Rode in 1959, with whom she had a son, actor Martin Rode.^[4] Together with her husband, she performed in Carl Theodor Dreyer's last film, the 1964 Gertrud, in a role which had originally been intended for Bodil Kjer.^[3]

Filmography (selected)

1951: Dorte
1952: Husmandstøsen
1952: Kærlighedsdoktoren
1954: Arvingen
1956: Kispus
1964: Gertrud

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Nina Pens". Det Danske Filminstitut (in Danish). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ Lindtner, Niels Christian, ed. (1964). Vor tids Hvem skrev hvad,1914-1964. Vol. 1. Politikens forlag. p. 100.
^ ^a ^b Jean Drum; Dale D. Drum (2000). My Only Great Passion: The Life and Films of Carl Th. Dreyer. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 245 ff. ISBN 978-0-8108-3679-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ebbe Rode". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 23 October 2023.