The maid quits at the Sommer family household and because no one in the family can cook they desperately needs a new maid. The son in the family, Ã…ke, is a famous actor at the theater and when the up and coming actress Marianne (who also has a crush on the famous Ã…ke) hears about the Sommers needing a new maid, she seizes the opportunity and goes undercover as a maid to get closer to Ã…ke and the big roles in the theater.