Tord Bernheim

{{short description|Swedish actor}}

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| birth_date = 18 April 1914

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| death_date = {{d-da|23 July 1992|18 April 1914}}

| death_place = Råsunda, Sweden

| othername = Tord Georg Bernheim

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1933-1950 (film)

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Tord Georg Bernheim (born Tord Georg Andersson; 18 April 1914 – 23 July 1992), originally Andersson, was a Swedish singer, actor, and revue performer. He was born on 18 April 1914 in Kungsholms parish in Stockholm. He died on 23 July 1992 in Råsunda, Solna.Sveriges Dödbok 1901–2009, DVD-ROM, Version 5.00, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2010) {{Cite news|url=http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=59989|title=Tord Bernheim – The Swedish Film Database|access-date=2018-02-05}}

Tord Bernheim was the son of Georg Anshelm Andersson and his wife Hilma Signhild Elvira, née Bernheim.Rotemannen, CD-ROM, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund/Stockholms Stadsarkiv (2012) He debuted as a revue performer at Mosebacke in 1929 and was then active at various outdoor theaters in Stockholm. He was engaged by Folkan's theater director Ragnar Klange. Bernheim was considered a skilled imitator and worked in 20 different films. He imitated Karl Gerhard, among others.

Bernheim was married to the Norwegian singer Jeanita Melin (1911-1973){{Cite web|url=https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=10461|title=Jeanita Melin - dansk film database|website=www.danskefilm.dk|language=da|access-date=2018-02-05}} before marrying Mary Viktoria Lindström (1924-1979) in 1946. Mary was the daughter of Hjalmar Zephyrinus Lindström, a mechanic, and Syster Viktoria, née Boding.

He is buried at Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.{{Cite web|url=https://iservice.stockholm.se/open/Hittagraven/Pages/Search.aspx|title=Hittagraven|website=iservice.stockholm.se|language=en-us|access-date=2018-02-05}}

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.