Maria Garland was born on May 16, 1889 in Copenhagen, Denmark as Johanne Maria Nathalia Svendsen. She was an actress and writer, known for Baronessen fra benzintanken (1960), Den rige enke (1962) and Mor skal giftes (1958). She was married to Ernst Ludwig Harthern-Jakobsen and Jean Louis Dalgas Mariboe.