Throwback Thursday and Jenny Hasselquist
Born on July 31, 1894 in Stockholm,
Sweden, Jenny Matilda Elisabet Hasselquist was a dancer and actress in silent
movies. She received her training from the Swedish Opera’s ballet school. She
went on to perform with the Royal Ballet and in 1913 Michel Fokine noticed her
and she then began performing soloist roles in ballets like La Sylphide. In 1915 she became a prima
ballerina. The Link of the Day below
shows her performing The White Rose,
a solo strikingly similar to The Dying
Swan made famous by Pavlova.
She made her movie debut in the 1916
film Balettprimadonnan. She
also acted in the movies Sumurun (1920),
Johan (1921), The Saga of Gösta
Berling (1924) with Greta Garbo, and The Hell Ship (1923).
Unfortunately, like so many other actors of the silent film era, the advent of “talking
pictures” marked the end of her career in film.
In the 1930s she had her own school in
Stockholm and she also taught for the Stockholm Opera’s ballet academy.
She died on June 8, 1978.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Secret #308:
“Jenny Hasselquist was a ballerina and film actress.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“Hope is
not about everything turning out okay; it is about being okay no matter how
things turn out.”
- Carol
Kodish-Butt
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