Background
Jeanette was born child of the writer and actor Per Adolf Granberg and was from 1849 and forwards active as a translator and a writer of plays for the theatre.
Jeanette was born child of the writer and actor Per Adolf Granberg and was from 1849 and forwards active as a translator and a writer of plays for the theatre.
She was praised as a great dramatic by her contemporaries. She debuted with the play Filantropen in 1847 and several of her plays were performed in the 1850-1851 season. Among her more known plays were Läsarepresten, a play in four acts, Fyra dagar af konung Gustaf III:s lefnad, a historical play in four acts, and Tidningsskrifvaren, a play in five acts, all of which were performed in the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm.
Both siblings used male pseudonyms, Jeanette wrote under the name Georges Malméen.
She made great successes with her plays in 1855 and 1857. In Läsareprästen(The vicar), she criticized religious fanaticism in her story about a priest who takes power in a community before the monarch and the people drive him out and reform the society, and in Hos oss eller en motbild till Onkel Toms stuga (At our place or a likeness to Uncle Tom"s cabin), she treats the subject of poverty and charity.
She was well known to be the author of her plays, but her name was not usually on the posting for the play, as this was considered to be unsuitable for her gender. Jeanette Granberg was considered a great dramatic talent and expected to become one of the greatest within her profession, and her death before the age of 32 was seen as a great loss for her profession.