Maria Kristina Franck was a Swedish actress and drama teacher.
17 Facts About Maria Franck
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Maria Franck was a member of the pioneer generation of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and belonged to the first stars of the theater.
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Maria Franck has been referred to as her country's first native dramatic tragedienne.
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Maria Franck was the principal of the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1819 to 1823.
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Maria Franck was the daughter of a bricklayer journeyman, Johan Franck, and Brita Lundstrom.
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In 1788, Maria Franck was contracted as a "First actress" of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, which was founded that year.
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Maria Franck was as such a member of the actors board of directors, which managed the theater until 1803.
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Maria Franck achieved great success foremost as a tragedienne, and as such, she has been referred to as the most important link between her mentor, the tragedienne Marie Louise Marcadet, and the famous tragedienne of the 19th-century Swedish theater, Sara Torsslow.
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Maria Franck did occasionally play comedy as well, and one of her most acclaimed roles was as Mrs Dorsan in Den svartsjuka hustrun by Desforges.
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Maria Franck performed an occasional minor singing part at the opera, as the staff of the Royal theaters was formally available for both stages.
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Maria Franck is known to have made occasional tours in the country.
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Maria Franck reportedly acted with a deep feeling and intensity, and a control over her mimic, which was never melodramatic.
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Maria Franck had, in parallel with her acting career, given lessons in declamation, and in 1819, the year following her retirement from the stage, she was engaged as the principal of the Royal Dramatic Training Academy, a position she kept until 1823.
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Maria Franck is known as the mentor of Sara Torsslow and Charlotta Eriksson.
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In 1808, at the age of thirty-nine, Maria Franck married the eleven years younger engraver Johan Gustav Ruckman.
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Maria Franck became the mother of the painter Maria Ruckman.
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Maria Franck's most noted performances was Thilda in Oden, Celestina and the Abess in Korsfararne by Kotzebue, and the leading parts in Virginia by Paykull, Johanna af Montfaucon by Kotzebue and Mrs Dorsan in Den svartsjuka hustrun ; the latest one was considered to be her greatest triumph.