Nina Pens Rode

Nina Pens Rode (22 May 1929 – 22 July 1992) was a Danish stage and film actress. She is best known for her performance in the title role in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1964 film Gertrud.^[3][4]

Nina Pens Rode
Born	Nina Pens (1929-05-22)22 May 1929 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Died	22 July 1992(1992-07-22) (aged 63) Frederiksberg, Denmark
Occupation	Actress
Spouses	Mogens Lind (1952–59)[1][2] Ebbe Rode (1959–1981)[1]

Born Nina Pens as the daughter of Svend Thorkild Pens and Rigmor Restorff,^[1] she received her actor's education at the Odense Teater.^[4] Appearing both in film and on television, her first notable role was in Erik Balling's 1956 Kispus.^[4] After divorcing her first husband Mogens Lind, she married actor Ebbe Rode in 1959, with whom she had a son, actor Martin Rode.^[4] Together with her husband, she performed in Carl Theodor Dreyer's last film, the 1964 Gertrud, in a role which had originally been intended for Bodil Kjer.^[3]

Filmography (selected)

• 1951: Dorte
• 1952: Husmandstøsen
• 1952: Kærlighedsdoktoren
• 1954: Arvingen
• 1956: Kispus
• 1964: Gertrud