Ottilia Sofia Littmarck was a Swedish actress and theatre director.

Born to steward Johan Rylander, she was active in the travelling theatres of Pierre Deland

Pierre Deland

Pierre Joseph Deland, , was a Swedish actor and theatre director. As director of the Deland travelling theatre, he was one of the most famous artists in both Sweden and Finland during the mid 19th century. His troupe inaugurated several of the first theatres founded in the Swedish and Finnish towns...

 and Lindmark 1857-68 with her sister Amanda Rylander

Amanda Rylander

Amanda Fredrika Rylander , was a Swedish actress.Born to steward Jonas Johan Rylander, she became a member of, first, the troupe of Anders Selinder , and second to the troupe of Pierre Deland before she was employed at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki in Finland in 1863...

. In 1873-74, she was the director of Södra teatern

Södra Teatern

Södra Teatern is a theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. Located in the popular "Söder"-district , it's one of Stockholms most appreciated private theatres. Established in 1859, it's Stockholm's oldest private theatre...

 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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. In 1875-79, she was active at the Swedish Theatre (Stockholm)

Swedish Theatre (Stockholm)

The Swedish Theatre in Stockholm was, at the beginning of the 20th century, Sweden's largest dramatic theatre. During its years in use, from 1875 to 1925, it was often considered as Sweden's foremost national theatre...

 before she established her own troupe for the first time in 1880-83. She was active at the Swedish Theatre

Swedish Theatre

The Swedish Theatre is a Swedish-speaking theatre in Helsinki, Finland and is located at the Erottaja square, at the end of Esplanadi . It was the first national stage of Finland.- History :...

 in Helsinki

Helsinki

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 in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 1883-84 and at Swedish Theatre (Stockholm)

Swedish Theatre (Stockholm)

The Swedish Theatre in Stockholm was, at the beginning of the 20th century, Sweden's largest dramatic theatre. During its years in use, from 1875 to 1925, it was often considered as Sweden's foremost national theatre...

 1885-89 before she was hired at the Royal Dramatic Theatre

Royal Dramatic Theatre

The Royal Dramatic Theatre is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's eight running stages....

in 1889, where she stayed until 1897. After this, she toured with her own troupe.

Littmarck was said to wish to play drama, but to be more suitable for comedy. Among her parts were Greta in "Kärlek utan strumpor" (Love without socks), Kerstin Giftekniv (Kerstin the marriage broker) in "Den
förvandlade brudgummen" (The enchanted groom), Fru Pipping in "Sodom och Gomorrha" (Sodom and Gomorra), Fru Kaklund (Mrs Kaklund) in "Othellos triumf" (The triumph of Othello) and Lais in "Filosofi och kärlek" (Philosophy and Love).