Emil Poulsen

Emil Poulsen (9 July 1842 - 8 June 1911) was a Danish actor and stage director.

Poulsen was born out of wedlock on 9 July 1842 to Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe (1804–94) and Pouline Sophie Henckell (1819–88).

[1] Poulsen had his debut on 16 April 1867 at the Royal Danish Theatre as Erasmus Montanus.

On 17 August 1871, he was married to Anna Augusta Dorothea Winzentine Margrethe Næser (1849–1934).

She was the daughter of captain in the Royal Danish Navy Johan August Kjerulff N. (1795–1857) and Winzentine Henriette Benedictine Albertine Kirkerup v. Schønberg (1809–83).

Emil Poulsen
Emil and Anna Poulsen, painted by Peder Severin Krøyer
Bust of Emil Poulsen by Louis Hasselriis