- The scene of her wandering in a white gown towards an eerie lake in the classic Norwegian horror film Lake of the Dead (1958) is one of the most famous images from Norwegian cinema.
- She played her last part before retirement early in 2007.
- Henny Moan was a Norwegian actress.
- She had a long career in theatre, but is best known for her roles in certain classics of Norwegian cinema, such as the Oscar-nominated Nine Lives (1957) and Lake of the Dead (1958).
- She received the Amanda honorary award in 2010, and was decorated Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 2020.
- At the age of 17 she left her home in Northern Norway - where she worked at a gas station - without telling anyone where she was going. She moved to Oslo where she applied to the Norwegian Theatre Academy. Here she was accepted in the first intake in the history of the school, in 1953.
- While married to writer André Bjerke, she took part in the adaptation of his novel Lake of the Dead. Here she appeared in what was to become an iconic scene of Norwegian cinema, where she walks in a white, translucent dress along a tarn in the forest.
- Moan has always been characterised by her short-cropped hair, a style she came up with in 1954, at a time when this was still quite uncommon for girls. She claimed she originally did it because it was convenient, and because she had worn her hair like that as a child, to avoid lice and to make the hair grow out thicker.
- From 1959 to 1972 Moan was married to celebrated Norwegian author André Bjerke. With Bjerke she had the daughter Vilde in 1960, who later wrote a book about her childhood.
- Moan acted both at Det Norske Teatret (the Norwegian Theater), Oslo Nye Teater and at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre), in roles such as "Marguerite" in Dumas's The Lady of the Camellias, and "Miss Julie" in Strindberg's play by that name.
- After retiring she started working on her autobiography.
- On television she is known for her role in the 1978 science fiction series Blindpassasjer (Blind passengers), written by Tor Åge Bringsværd and Jon Bing.
- She received offers from Hollywood, but decided to stay in Norway.
- In 2006 she won the award "Aase Byes ærespris".
- Moan represented the Labor Party in the Bærum municipal council 1972-1975.
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