[1] She trained at the Royal Theatre School (1932–34) and made her debut in 1935 as Esther in Henri Nathansen Indenfor Murene (Inside the Walls) in 1936.
After a year with the Dagmarteater, she performed in Aalborg (1937–39) and Aarhus (1939–42) where she played Constance Leth in Kaj Munk's Egelykke.
[3] She returned to Copenhagen for the remainder of the German occupation, spending most of her time at the Folketeatret where she played Eliza in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.
From 1950 to 1956, she was engaged by the Frederiksberg Teater where she starred as Prudence in Kameliadamen and took the title roles in Anouilh's plays Jeanne d'Arc and Medea.
She staged Onkel Vanja at Allé Scenen and Nøgen at Riddersalen, also directing the latter as a TV production.