Mauritz Pousette (1 July 1824 – 27 February 1883) was a Swedish actor.
Biography Mauritz Constantin Pousette was the son of the jeweler Carl Anders Pousette (1792–1873) and Carolina Sophia Sundberg (1794–1859).Mauritz Constantin född 1824-07-01 - Födda, delar av Sverige
Pousette was hired by court secretaries Berggren, P. Deland and Stjernström. He had his own company together with Oscar Andersson and Wilhelm Åhman 1863–1867 in the countryside and at Humlegårdsteatern in Stockholm. He was involved with the Mindre teatern in Stockholm and the New Theater in Gothenburg 1867–1874 and at the New Theater in Stockholm 1874–1883. Among the roles he played are Carl IX in Bartholomeinatten, Ingomar in Skogens son, Posa in Don Carlos, Narcisse Rameau, Erasmus Montanus, Carl II in Don Cesar de Bazano and Gaston in Klädeshandlaren och hans måg.Mauritz Constantin Pousette i Svenskt porträttgalleri / XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister (biografier af Adolf Lindgren & Nils Personne) / p 89 (1895-1913).
He was first married to the actress Charlotte Pousette (1832–1877) and then to the actress Johanna Vilhelmina “Mina” Hagelin (1849–1929). He had a daughter Cecilia Constance Amalia Sofia Pousette (1863–1928), who became a teacher, and a son Mauritz Ingemar Pousette (1881–1952), who became an engineer.
He died on 27 February 1883 in Hedvig Eleonora Parish in Stockholm.
Theater Roles (incomplete) Year Role Production Theater 1875 Byggmästare Jacobsen En fallit Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Swedish Theater Gil Perez Farinelli eller Kungen och sångaren Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Auguste Pittaud de Forges och Adolphe de Leuven Swedish Theater Tadelskolan Richard Brinsley Sheridan Swedish Theater Peder Stolpe Siri Brahe och Johan Gyllenstierna Gustav III Swedish Theater 1876 Axel Oxenstierna Drottning Christina Jeanette Stjernström Swedish Theater Gustav II Adolf Regina von Emmeritz Zacharias Topelius och August Söderman Swedish Theater Informatorn Amors genistreck Henrik Hertz Swedish Theater Amtmannen De nygifta Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Swedish Theater I Sverige 1676 Louise Stjernström Swedish Theater 1877 Kapten Örn De oförsonlige Ernst Lundquist Swedish Theater Doktor Tholosan Många vänner, lite vänskap Victorien Sardou Swedish Theater
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