Louise Phister

Louise Petrine Amalie Phister, née Petersen, (1816–1914) was a Danish stage actress.

Phister grew up in poverty; on her father's death, she applied to become a chorister at the Royal Danish Theatre.

The theatre, discerning her talent for acting, instead enrolled her to study as an actress, and she became the maid and student of Anna Nielsen in 1829.

She was decorated with the medal in service for actors, Fortjenstmedaljen, in gold in 1885, and broke a record when she retired in 1895 after sixty seasons on the stage.

She was married in 1846 to the actor Joachim Ludvig Phister.

Louise Phister in the 1840s.
Bust by Theobald Stein , 1886
Louise Phister as etatsrådinde Prip in When the Spaniards Were Here
Louise Phister in 1885–90 in the part of Else Skolemesters in Barselstuen , Royal Danish Library .