Eva Henning

• Name — Eva Henning • Birth Name — Eva Wetlesen • Born — 10 May 1920 • Birthplace — Newark, New York, US • Died — 18 April 2016 • Place of death — Oslo, Norway • Education — Royal Dramatic Theatre • Other Names — Eva Maurstad • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1940–1972 • Spouse — * Jochum Beck-Friis Hasse Ekman • Toralv Maurstad • Children — Fam Ekman Peder Maurstad Momse Maurstad • Parents — Edgar Wetlesen (father) Ragni Frisell (mother) • Relatives — Uno Henning (step-father)

Born in Newark, New York, US, Henning was trained at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school (1938–40) in Sweden and made her film debut the same year in Ragnar Arvedson's Gentleman att hyra. The big breakthrough came in Åke Ohberg's Elvira Madigan (1943). She is most famous for her leading roles in many of husband Hasse Ekman's films in the 1940s and 50s.

Eva Wetlesen was born to Edgar Wetlesen and Ragni Wetlesen (née Frisell; later Henning). Henning is a step-daughter to the Swedish stage actor Uno Henning. She was married three times: from 1943 to 1946 to Jochum Beck-Friis, from 1946 to 1953 to Swedish actor Hasse Ekman and from 1954 to 1970 to Norwegian actor Toralv Maurstad. She had one daughter from her second husband: children's author and illustrator Fam Ekman. She had two sons from her third husband: Peder Maurstad and Momse Maurstad (who died at six months). Henning died on 18 April 2016 in Oslo, Norway.

• Gentleman att hyra (1940) • Bright Prospects (1941) • Scanian Guerilla (1941) • We're All Errand Boys (1941) • Only a Woman (1941) • Söderpojkar (1941) • General von Döbeln (1942) • It Is My Music (1942) • Elvira Madigan (1943) • The Rose of Tistelön (1945) • Wandering with the Moon (1945) • Kungliga patrasket (1945) • One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer (1947) • Banketten (1948) • The Girl from the Third Row (1949) • Prison (1949) • Thirst (1949) • Girl with Hyacinths (1950) • The White Cat (1950) • The Firebird (1952) • Hidden in the Fog (1953) • The Glass Mountain (1953) • Gabrielle (1954) • Om Tilla (1963) • Svarta palmkronor (1968) • Ture Sventon privatdetektiv (1972)

The authorities additionally record the heading Eva Wetlesen. Her recorded language was Swedish. She married Hasse Ekman and Toralv Maurstad. One child is recorded: Fam Ekman.