Johanne Bruhn

Johanne Bruhn-Johnsen (8 May 1890 – 24 December 1921) was a Norwegian actress and was one of the leading actors at .

Early life and career Johanne Rosendahl was born on 8 May 1890 in Christiania. She was the older sister of actress Astrid Sommer. Afterwards, she was engaged by , where she had success as Neger-Gurina in Ungen. For two seasons, from 1914 to 1916, she was engaged at , but later returned to .

She had a small role as Øl-Ane in Oskar Braaten's . Bruhn also had a small role in by Olav Hoprekstad. One of her most popular roles was in , which she performed over 300 times. Bruhn portrayed Haldor's mother in , the first film to be directed by a Norwegian in Norway based on a Norwegian and the first to feature professional actors.

One of her last acting roles before her death was in Ludwig Thoma's Magdalena in March 1921.

Personal life and death Her first marriage was to Trondheim actor Birger Bruhn. They had a daughter, Anne Marie Bruhn. Bruhn married for the second time in 1921 to journalist and editor Erling Johnsen, and later that same year, in December 1921, their son Helge Støp Johnsen was born.

Bruhn died on 24 December 1921 at the age of 31 from puerperal fever due to the birth of their son.