Ebbe Langberg — Director | Biography, Movies & Career

Biography

Ebbe Langberg was a Danish actor and film director. he was the son of actor Sigurd Langenberg and actress Karna Løwenstein-Jensen and brother to actor Jesper Langberg and appeared in 45 films between 1946 and 1988. He made his film debut in Ditte, Child of Man in 1946 in the role as the main character Ditte's little brother. In addition, he starred as a child in the film "The Damn Kids."

He studied as an actor at Odense Drama school and was then assigned to various theaters, including ABC Theatre, Odense Theatre, Great Hall, Aalborg Theatre, Circus Ib and the Apollo Theater. After his education in Odense he went to Copenhagen along with five friends, leased the Great Hall and built "Sex in the Cottage." Ebbe Langberg was a theatre training in London between 1950-1951.

He studied concurrently as director and in 1963 he made his debut with the film "Peter's shore leave" and from 1966 he was also a stage director. He directed a total of 7 feature films and was co-director of the TV series "Can" They Like Oysters "1967 and directed in 1970 the first seven episodes of" The Al Franken Show." He was Director of Aalborg Theatre from January 20th. 1968 until October 1973 and spent a single season as the director of the Danish Theatre between 1973-1974. After spending a few years as a theatrical publisher in New York, he returned to Denmark and in 1980 he became head of Strøghusteatret and opened in 1982 the new Rialto Theatre, which he led until his death.