83:. She made a remarkable success during her short time in Stockholm: poems where dedicated to her in the papers and the theatre direction was met with demands to have her repeat the role so that everyone may have the time to see her before she left the city when her spouse announced that they would be leaving. Apparently, she made a great impression upon the public, and she is frequently described by her critics as extraordinary beautiful.
86:
From
December 1786 to May 1787, the Spinacuta couple toured the Swedish country side with a group of actors from the Stenborg Theatre and her brother Johan: she acted, while her spouse performed dance, acrobatics and sang. They are last mentioned in Sweden 5 May 1787, are likely to have left the
102:
Her spouse was a member of the
Masonic Lodge in Philadelphia, and in 1807, she applied to the Lodge for assistance for the sake of herself and her children, who were destituted after the death of her husband. She returned to Sweden in 1810. From 1814 onward, she lived in
57:
In 1784, she married the
Italian artist Spinacuta, who performed as a guest artist at the theatre and who was at that time one of the most appreciated entertainers in Sweden. In the spring of 1786, the couple performed in
124:"Olympians of the Sawdust Circle: A biographical dictionary of the nineteenth century American circus Compiled and Edited by William L. Slout Copyright © 2005 by William L. Slout. All rights reserved"
163:
Olympians of the
Sawdust Circle: A biographical dictionary of the nineteenth century American circus Compiled and Edited by William L. Slout Copyright © 2005 by William L. Slout. All rights reserved.
158:
Fredrik August
Dahlgren: Förteckning öfver svenska skådespel uppförda på Stockholms theatrar 1737-1863 och Kongl. Theatrarnes personal 1773-1863. Med flera anteckningar
213:
79:
42:
Helena
Spinacuta was born Ellna Persdotter, daughter of Per Mårtensson and Karna Persdotter. Her father was an employee of the cathedral of Gothenburg.
99:
in USA. In 1796, she performed a two-horse Roman riding act, which was referred to as "never before attempted by any woman in this country"
162:
123:
223:
193:
77:: she was engaged by the theatre as an actor, he as an acrobat to perform in the pauses. She performed in the part of Susanna in
228:
233:
238:
198:
50:
Her brother Johan
Pettersson was an actor, and she herself was engaged as a stage actor at the Gothenburg theatre
188:
157:
218:
167:
Johan
Flodmark: Stenborgska skådebanorna: bidrag till Stockholms teaterhistoria, Norstedt, Stockholm, 1893
31:
183:
208:
203:
8:
127:
243:
74:
67:
177:
96:
95:
In 1795, she was engaged with her spouse by the
Ricketts company cirkus in
51:
73:
On August 23, 1786, Helena
Spinacuta debuted as an actor in Stockholm at
54:
in 1783–1785. Before her marriage, she called herself Helena Pettersson.
104:
23:
27:
22:(Gothenburg, 1766 – Trelleborg, 1846), was a Swedish stage actress,
63:
30:
artist. She was married to the famous Italian (Venetian) acrobat
152:
Stenborgska skådebanorna. Bidrag till Stockholms teaterhistoria.
59:
107:
with her sister Karna, who was married to a baker there.
16:
Swedish actress, acrobat and tightrope artist (1766–1846)
70:
in Sweden, followed by a performance in Copenhagen.
214:Swedish expatriate actresses in the United States
175:
90:
176:
13:
14:
255:
154:Stockholm. Norstedt & söner.
66:, where they released the first
45:
224:18th-century circus performers
194:18th-century Swedish actresses
116:
1:
144:
91:Circus career and later life
32:Antonio Bartolomeo Spinacuta
7:
10:
260:
229:Swedish female equestrians
234:Swedish circus performers
239:18th-century sportswomen
110:
199:Swedish stage actresses
37:
189:Women stunt performers
219:Gustavian era people
87:country thereafter.
184:Tightrope walkers
150:Flodmark, Johan:
80:Susanna i Babylon
251:
170:
139:
138:
136:
135:
126:. Archived from
120:
75:Stenborg Theatre
68:hot air balloons
20:Helena Spinacuta
259:
258:
254:
253:
252:
250:
249:
248:
174:
173:
168:
147:
142:
133:
131:
122:
121:
117:
113:
93:
48:
40:
17:
12:
11:
5:
257:
247:
246:
241:
236:
231:
226:
221:
216:
211:
206:
201:
196:
191:
186:
172:
171:
165:
160:
155:
146:
143:
141:
140:
114:
112:
109:
92:
89:
47:
44:
39:
36:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
256:
245:
242:
240:
237:
235:
232:
230:
227:
225:
222:
220:
217:
215:
212:
210:
207:
205:
202:
200:
197:
195:
192:
190:
187:
185:
182:
181:
179:
166:
164:
161:
159:
156:
153:
149:
148:
130:on 2013-03-18
129:
125:
119:
115:
108:
106:
100:
98:
88:
84:
82:
81:
76:
71:
69:
65:
61:
55:
53:
43:
35:
33:
29:
25:
21:
169:(in Swedish)
151:
132:. Retrieved
128:the original
118:
101:
97:Philadelphia
94:
85:
78:
72:
56:
52:Comediehuset
49:
46:Stage career
41:
19:
18:
209:1846 deaths
204:1766 births
178:Categories
145:References
134:2013-02-13
105:Trelleborg
28:tightrope
244:Acrobats
24:acrobat
26:, and
111:Notes
64:Malmö
62:and
60:Lund
38:Life
180::
34:.
137:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.