About Peter Jerndorff
Lived 1842 – 1926 (aged 84). Peter Jerndorff was a Danish actor, autobiographer, physician, opera singer and composer.
Peter William Jerndorff (24 November 1842 – 23 December 1926) was a Danish stage actor and opera singer. Amongst the roles he created were Dr. Rank in Ibsen's 1879 play A Doll's House and Leonard in Carl Nielsen's 1906 opera Maskarade. Towards the end of his career he taught diction and acting and appeared in Carl Dreyer's 1922 silent film Der var engang (Once Upon a Time). His students included the Danish opera singers Lauritz Melchior and Vilhelm Herold. Jerndoff died in Copenhagen, the city of his birth, at the age of 84.
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Who was Peter Jerndorff?
Danish actor and autobiographer (1842-1926)
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Peter Jerndorff was born on 24 November 1842 in Copenhagen.
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Peter Jerndorff died on 23 December 1926 in Copenhagen.
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Peter Jerndorff was an actor, autobiographer, physician, opera singer and composer.
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Peter Jerndorff was Danish.
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