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and beautiful figure", and critics claimed that she attracted attention more for her appearance than for her ability and characterized her popular romantic roles as a "hallow declamation". She was however recognized as "an excellent utility, en rare representative of the socialite ladies of the finer French comedy, a terrific
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in "Richelieus första vapenbragd" (The first bravery of
Richelieu) by Bayard, Sofie Arnould in "Jag Àter middag hos min mor" (I will be having dinner with my mother), mrs de Nohan in "Den gifte mannen i staden och pÄ landet" (The married man in the city and in the country), and Mrs. Montjoye in
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was cancelled because Hedin, after having learned the role of Portia, suddenly refused to play it the night of the premier, and no other actress had the time to study the part.
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Zelma Hedin made a success in the French salon comedies, a very popular and fashionable genre of the time, in which she was seen as the successor of
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Elisabet in "Doktor Wespe" (Doctor Wespe), Georgina in "QvÀkaren och dansösen" (The Quaker and the dancer) by Scribe,
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