Johan August Warberg (5 May 1842 – 16 October 1915)[1] was a Swedish stage and film actor and theater director whose career spanned over fifty years.
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Born | Johan August Warberg (1842-05-05)5 May 1842 Glava, Arvika Municipality, Värmland, Sweden |
Died | 16 October 1915(1915-10-16) (aged 73) Stockholm, Sweden |
Occupation | Actor, theater director |
Years active | 1861–1915 |
Spouse(s) | Anna Sofia Charlotta Warberg (née Magnusson) |
Warberg made his stage debut as an actor in 1861.[1] During his long career as a stage actor and theater director, he worked the Vasateatern, Mindre teatern, Djurgårdsteatern, Södra teatern and the Svenska Teatern.[2]
He married stage actress Anna Sofia Charlotta "Lotten" Warberg (née Magnusson) in 1865 and the couple had three children.[2] Before his death at age 73 in 1915, he also appeared in a number of silent films. All but one, 1916's Edmond Hansen-directed Ålderdom och dårskap, were directed by Victor Sjöström.[1]
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