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- Her parents were stage actor Christopher Kavli, deceased 1888, and Agnes Texnes. She became a student at the National Theater from it's opening in 1899. She was the only actress who was employed at the theater's first fifty years without interruption. Aagot Nissen was not among the foremost actors on the stage, but a solid character actress in a varied repertoire. Rarely interviewed, she was celebrated on the Radio on her 95th birthday in May 1977. The host were Gry Waage. Played only in one film, one reason was that Norway produced few films, and that many stage actors of her generation, were somewhat skeptical of performing in front of the camera.
- Beautiful leading lady of Norwegian theater, known for her many great performances at The National Theater in Oslo for almost fifty years.
She was born at Vika, in central Kristiania, (now Oslo) and among her neighbours were famous playwright Henrik Ibsen. She and her older brother lost their parents early, Aase Bye was only 16 years old.
From her stage debut at The National Theater in 1923 as Solveig in "Peer Gynt" (Ibsen) she played Eliza in "Pygmalion" (Shaw) Hanna Glawari in "The Merry Widow" (Lehar) and Blanche in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Williams) among many others until retirement in 1974.
In Films and TV she was rarely seen, but in some early screenings we can all see her gracious way of acting. In 1972 a great role at the stage, as Kathleen in "Home" (Storey) was adapted for Television.
She had a wonderful diction, and was a much used reader, in Radio, TV, and in Concert halls. - Born in 1901, as daughter of vet. Carl Winsnes and wife Ragnhild Öhrn. As a child and youth she danced in several performances in her hometown Oslo, Norway. As a young girl she came to Copenhagen for film education, at that time Danish film was very advanced. In 1919 she won a Scandinavian beauty contest, and for the next two years she starred in four films with famous Olaf Fønss.
After filming in Denmark, she taught the latest dances at home in Oslo, and she also spent a period in the United States. She married Doctor Arne Mohn in 1928, and lived outside the limelight until she died on liberation day in 1993, at the age of 91. - Daughter of famous Norwegian politician, Adam Egede-Nissen. Stage debut in 1916, thereafter a silent movie career in Germany until 1920. There she started a production company together with her two older sisters: Aud Richter and Gerd Grieg. She was very popular in her own series of crime dramas, under the name "Ada Van Ehlers". Later she became a character actress at the national theater in Oslo from 1933 to 1969.
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During the Second World War, Alf Malland was a member of the famous Company Linge, named after the actor and captain Martin Linge. In 1951, as an young actor, Malland also worked as a guard, and on Christmas Eve that year, he was shot and seriously wounded by two burglars. Malland became a very popular stage and screen actor for many years, and in 1966, he received the Hugo award at Chicago film festival for the title role in the film: Broder Gabrielsen (1966).- Actor
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Charismatic and very popular Norwegian stage and screen actor, also a gifted fiddler. Educated at a military academy in Bergen, his only connection with theater was as an extra at the local stage: Den Nationale Scene. But with a growing interest for the art of theater, he got an engagement at The Norwegian Theater in 1920 and, from 1931, he was engaged at The National Theater, both in Oslo.
He became one of Norway's finest character actors, at his best, as "Peer Gynt", (Henrik Ibsen) and as "James Tyrone" (Eugene O'Neill).
In Norway, he became a big movie star with his leading roles in films like: Fant (1937), Gjest Baardsen (1939), Tørres Snørtevold (1940) and Trysil-Knut (1942), among others.
As an individual, he was an ordinary and likeable fellow, often visiting his homewards in Bryggja, Nordfjord, where he was a true local hero!- Almar was born in Christiania, (Oslo) Norway in 1898, as son of Anna Mathea Andersen and (Peder) Torvald Pedersen Hamsun, a customs officer and a younger brother of the writer, Knut Hamsun. He was baptized Thoralf Oskar Almar Hamsun. After finishing primary school, he worked with insurance, and was a correspondent in a Germany at war. Back in Norway he obtained a pilot's license, and had military duties on several occasions. Around 1920 he traveled to Nordland, northern Norway, were he first worked as a police officer, and later as a journalist. During an interview with film-director, Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Almar was offered a main role in the director's film; Markens grøde (1921), after a novel of Knut Hamsun. Sommerfeldt thought his surname, Hamsun, was good publicity for the film. But Knut Hamsun did not like that his name was used in the film's advertising, especially not after some newspapers wrote that Almar was the poet's son. A trial created bad relations between the two brothers and their children, and led to Almar changing his surname. He chose Bjoernefjell, which was the name of the customs station where his father worked. After 1945 Almar worked mostly as a journalist, he lived for a long time in Hobøl, Østfold County, later at Prestfoss, in Buskerud County. Almar was active as a writer and a diligent debater for life, he died at Prestfoss in the early autumn of 1982.
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Multi-talented actor, singer, writer and composer, a very popular entertainer in Norway for almost sixty years.
Best remembered for his participation in a song-group called "The Monn Keys". He appeared in films, Radio and TV shows, and wrote many popular songs, often promoting new and talented artists.
He was a mainstay in the Norwegian final of The Eurovision Song Contest, and his contributions often became the winner.
Also known for his large collection of Norwegian popular music, like many rare recordings and other historical material.
He died in hospital of heart problems in the age of 82.- As the eldest of eight siblings, Arne Kleve was born in Kristiania, Norway in 1897, parents were Erik Kleve and Lovise Larsen. In the 1920's he became one of the actors at The Norwegian Theater in Oslo, and was widely used in comedies. Later he played on various stages, including at Bjørnevik, and at Falkberget's touring Theater, essentially in the same repertoire. In film, he played a few supporting roles in the 1930's. Kleve, whose father was a gardener, had always had a strong interest in farming, plants and vegetables, and this eventually became his new full-time job. He became a market trader in Oslo, where the goods were sold, he did this almost until his death in 1981. His wife from 1932, Astrid Nilsen Bech, also previously worked as an stage actress. She passed away in 1974, near the age of 75.
- Born in Christiania, (Oslo) Norway, in 1880 as son of mason Bernt Strøm and Anne Dorothea Nilsen. Actor at the Central Theater and at the Tivoli Theater in the years before World War I, also on many theater tours with Pehr Qværnstrøm and Bertha Ræstad. From 1915 until his death in 1933 Strøm worked as a theater agent. Appeared only in one movie.
- Funny-faced Norwegian comic actor, mostly in supporting roles. His shy smile and a very personal attitude, made the audience burst into laughter.
He was very popular in many skits and songs during the forties and fifties, often seen as a character from the streets of the city. (Oslo)
His mute play together with another popular performer, Kari Diesen , was outstanding comedy, and is still shown repeatedly on Television.
His personal life was unfortunately not so good, and his problems made a talented career untimely short. - Popular Norwegian comic actor, on stage from 1906, the first years engaged in touring companies.(Alma & Johan Fahlstrøm, and later with Pehr Qværnstrøm)
He became a mainstay in comedy, farce, and operetta, from 1913 at Tivoli Theater in Christiania, (now Oslo) later at Theatre Moderne, Casino Theater, and Chat Noir, also in Christiania.
His best portrayal was as "Ko-ko" in: "The Mikado".(Gilbert & Sullivan) His only film appearance was in a silent comedy in 1922, the film also became a great success for Mr.Schønemann.
Three years later he died at the early age of 34, sadly missed by thousand of fans in Christiania, and elsewhere in Norway. - Actress and writer of children's books. Began as an actress in 1937, and had some engagements in Oslo and Bergen, only two minor film-parts.
For Norwegian children she is best known for her books about "Tørris" , among others, and she was a popular guest in children's hour in Radio for many years, telling from her books.
She was the sister of the late actress Randi Brænne, (1911-2004) and aunt of actor/writer Trond Brænne. - Director
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Distinguished Norwegian stage actor, director, and manager. After theater studies in Vienna, he had his stage debut in Meiningen 1880 (Germany). Later he played in St.Gallen, Hamburg, and from 1884 to 1893 at Christiania Theater in Norway (now Oslo).
From 1899-1907 and 1923-1927, he was stage manager at The National Theater in the same city, and he also worked as an actor and director at the same stage.
As an actor he had many great performances in the monumental, realistic style, often in the plays of Ibsen, and in plays written by his own father, the famous writer and Nobel laureate in literature, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson; for example: Paul Lange in "Paul Lange og Tora Parsberg" and as Tygesen in "Geografi og kjærlighet".
He also worked as an actor and director in Scandinavia and Germany, with many guest appearances all over Europe.
At the age of 52 he was not afraid to try out the new medium, the motion picture industry, in Denmark he wrote scripts, and worked as an actor and director in at least four silent movies for the company Dania Biofilm.
In the springtime of 1942 he died in the age of 83, and his third wife the Jewish Eileen Cohn Bendix, had to escape to Sweden. In November the same year all Jews still in Norway were captured and sent to concentration camps in Poland and Germany for extermination!- Actor
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Burly Norwegian character actor, mostly on the stage, film parts rare, but superb.
Originally he was a gifted poet, he published two collections of poems in 1939 and 1942, both well reviewed. From 1945 he was engaged as manager and director at a Stanislavsky inspired theater called Studioteatret, at the following year he also had his stage debut at the same theater.
Later he was engaged as an actor and director all over Scandinavia; in Stavanger he became both actor and Manager at Rogaland Teater for four years.(1952-56) There he played a great Jeppe in the comedy: "Jeppe paa Berget" by Holberg. In Denmark he stayed for two years at Odense Teater, (1962-64) among his parts there was as a formidable "King Lear" by Shakespeare. He also played Jeppe in a Danish television production in 1963.
In films he had a realistic way of acting, emotional and strong at the same time, especially in the films of Arne Skouen.- Klara or Clarita Husebye, was born in Trondheim, Norway in 1885, as the daughter of Laura Mathisen and Gregers Husebye. She was best known as a singer, and was active in the years from 1914, until around 1920. Later she worked as a song teacher and translator. Her only film role was in the drama Lodsens datter (1918) Miss Husebye died in 1963 in Oslo, at the age of 78.
- One of the pioneers at The Norwegian Theater in Oslo, where she was engaged in 1919. Had her stage debut at Drabløs touring theater in 1917.
She played over 150 roles in a great variety of plays, often seen in motherly roles, always played with warmth and vitality.
In films she had mostly bit parts, best remembered for her performance as the grandmother in the film: "Brent jord" from 1969 (about the burning of Finnmark in 1944). She also appeared in radio and TV plays. - Celebrated Norwegian comedian with a special talent for dialects. On stage from 1938, when he became an actor at the Komedia Theater in his hometown Bergen. Later he was engaged at Chat Noir in Oslo,and made many touring around Norway with different company's, including Book-Jenssen, and later with The Norwegian Travelling Theater.
In film and television he had many small, but effective parts in comedies, often seen as a guard, clerk or watchman.
For Norwegian children he became an idol as the character "Bodø" in the Radio plays about "Stompa" (based on Anthony Buckeridge's "Jennings at School"). - David Worth was born Leon Andrews Wiglesworth in Lexington, Kentucky in 1905. His parents were Thomas Garnett Wiglesworth and Nona Ming. When Leon was 7 years old, his father died, and his mother later remarried. Leon graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1929. In addition to his studies he was active in theater work, and participated in many plays. In 1930 he came to Hollywood, and acted in several films in the thirties, including a Charlie Chan movie. It was as a movie-actor he used the name David Worth. After a few years in Hollywood, he returned to Kentucky, where he worked as a farmer, only interrupted by military service in 1942/43. He died suddenly in the fall of 1944, survived by his three sisters and their families.
- Miss Teodora "Doris" Johannessen made her debut at Bergen Theater in 1905 as Signe i Bjørnsons play The Bankrupt. She was employed there until 1963, only interrupted by three years at the National Theater in Oslo 1908-1911.
She was a significant actress, especially in the comedy. Unfortunately she did not appear in films, but one of her latest stage roles was also produced for television.
She is sometimes mixed up with the Danish stage & film actress Doris Carla Johannesen, (Johansen) born 1882 in Copenhagen. - Doris Carla Johannessen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1882, as daughter of carpenter Anders Johannessen and Emma Wetche. Her last name was written differently, sometimes Johansen, or Johannesen. Her film roles were therefore assigned to a Norwegian actress of almost the same name. (See Doris Johannessen I 1886-1981)
Started as an actress around 1906, and played at several of the Danish regional scenes, the longest at Aarhus Teater, 1912-1914. Together with some actors from this theater she played in two Danish silent films.
In 1915 she emigrated to the United States for further film work, but she played mostly at vaudeville theaters, after marrying a Danish engineer, Rasmus Möller Frandsen in 1917, she left the theater for a few years.
However she played and sang on various occasions, and sometimes she directed. She assisted Danish actor Johannes Herskind at his guest play in California. Died possibly in New York (Islip) 1946. - Born in a beautiful valley in Sykkylven community called Velledalen, as the oldest son of a farmer. Perhaps not the best starting-point for an actor, but his interest for theater was woken by a local group of youths,they were playing amateur-theater, and Drabløs became fascinated.
A few years later he became a member of a touring-company called, The Norwegian Play team, a group of actors and musicians, founded by the writer, actress and manager Hulda Garborg. She was also one of the founders of The Norwegian Theater established in 1913, and Drabløs was among the actors from the very first day. For almost fifty years he played many great roles on that theater, at his best as Peter in "Ordet"/"The Word" by Kaj Munk, together with many roles in the plays of Chekhov and Holberg.
Between 1920 and 1925 he was running his own touring company, and he was manager at The Norwegian Theater for two seasons.
In films he mostly played small parts, often seen as a farmer, or as an older member of the family. Also many roles in radio-plays, and he was a gifted reader of poetry. One of his last performances were an eminent portrayal of an old man in a TV production of "Bleikeplassen". (by Vesaas)
Drabløs died in the early springtime of 1976, the finest period of the year in the western hills of Norway. He was 93 years old. - Actor
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Born in Gothenburg (1890) by Norwegian parents, tailor Mikal Larsen Bruun & wife Helga Sofie Eeg. The Family moved back to Norway, where two siblings were born. Young Einar worked as a tailor for some years, before trying his luck in the film industry, both as an actor and as a director.
He worked in Denmark, Sweden, Germany and England, the films were mostly dramas, but also crime and comedy, with well-known names in the lead roles. Between 1925 and 1935 he traveled around, both in Europe and to America. Back in Norway he worked for several years as a tailor.
Long forgotten for his film work, Bruun died in Oslo in 1967, at the age of 76, just a month after his third wife.- Actress
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Else Olea Frogner was born in Vang, Hedmark County Norway in 1927, as daughter of farmer Jon Frogner and Inger Margot Bræck. For a few years she was a maid with the famous Norwegian actress Tore Dyveke Segelcke (1901-1979). She helped the actress with her rehearsals, and was encouraged by Segelcke to try to become an actress herself. Else Frogner was employed at the theater in Stavanger in 1950, and in the years 1953-57, at the Norwegian Theater in Oslo. Even later she played at various stages, and had minor roles in film and television, but she is probably best known for her children's program on radio, and for several children's books. She was widely used in radio readings and in various associations.- Norwegian character actress, mostly on the stage, often in dominant roles. Debut at a touring company in 1895, she played at several theaters both in Oslo and in Trondheim.
Film appearances very few, probably best remembered as Flugums wife in the film: "De Vergeløse" from 1939 (about orphans on a farm). - Actor
Born in Drammen, Eastern Norway in 1883, as son of merchant Anders M. Bye and Gunda Augusta Andersen. As a widow, his mother Gunda later ran a hotel in the center of Kristiania, now Oslo. Bye was one of Norway's most popular singers of the time. Not only a great voice, but also with a clear acting talent, not least in the comic repertoire. Singing at the domestic theaters in Kristiania, but also elsewhere in Europe. For a few years in the 1920's on tour in the United States, where he was well received among Norwegian-Americans. He was also a time in Hollywood, where he played small parts, without being credited. Among them, as a French opera-singer in King of Jazz (1930) Back in Norway, he and his wife ran a boarding house on Nordstrand in Oslo, next to this, Bye also took singing assignments, and made several gramophone recordings. Bye died the night of National Day, May 17th 1953, just over 70 years old. His wife Rønnaug died in 1980, she was over ninety years old.- Bech was one of Norway's most experienced touring actors, making his debut in 1913 at Qværnstrøms company.
Born in Oslo 1891, when the city was called Christiania, as son of barber Waldemar Bech and Anna Johansen. He worked with his father as a barber before becoming an actor.
A versatile actor, at his best in comedy, but he also played in more dramatic roles. After being a touring actor for six years, he was employed by the theater in Trondheim, where he remained until 1927.
Then at Falkbergets Theater for many years, a very popular touring theater.
Norwegian film production was very small, which is why there were few roles for actors outside Oslo, Bech who was touring a lot, nevertheless played supporting roles in five films.
In his last years he worked as a sales agent, and in 1961 he died in Oslo, near the age of 70. - Actress
Beautiful Norwegian character actress,best known for her role as Milja in the film: "Ungen" (The Baby) 1938. A role she also played on the stage at The Norwegian Theater in Oslo, she was a leading lady at that theater for almost fifty years.
A great actress in classical plays,among her parts were: Ismene in: "Antigone" (Sofokles),Titania in: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Shakespeare) and as Olga in: "Three Sisters".(Chekhov)
In films she played many leading parts, and she got several offers from abroad, but she chose to stay at home in Oslo. She played the title role in the film: "Godvakker-Maren" in 1940, and had also a great appearance in the film: "Dei svarte hestane" , (The Black Horses) in 1951, sadly this was her last film role.
After retiring from the stage in 1983, she lived in Oslo were she died at the age of 93.- Born in Christiania Norway in 1881, as Hildur Kristine Olsen, daughter of laborer Kristian Olsen and wife Helga Mathilde Hansen, in 1899 she became Mrs. Waldemar Zwinge.
Together with her husband she starred in an early Norwegian film called Anny, (1912) she was not an actress, but she had sung in various opera choirs.
In 1927, almost the entire Zwinge family emigrated to the United States, there they lived in Brooklyn, Kings NY, and later in Stephentown, Rensselaer NY.
Hildur Zwinge died in 1947, aged 66 years. - Actor
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Distinguished Norwegian character actor, well known for his sonorous voice. Much used in classical roles, and often heard in Radio as a reader of poems and novels.
Stage debut in 1930,(Bergen) later he played in both Norway and Sweden,with many leading parts in the plays of Ibsen and Shakespeare; Werle in "The Wild Duck", and title roles in "Hamlet" and "King Lear".
For his role as Marquis de Sade in "Marat", (Peter Weiss) he got the Norwegian theater-critics award in 1967.
Among his best film-parts were as Tornkvist in Skouen's " Herren og hans tjenere " (1959) as William in Müller's " De ukjentes marked " (1968) and as the priest in Skouen's " An-Magritt ". (1969)
Løkkeberg was the father of director Pål Løkkeberg, (1934-1998) and the brother of the celebrated actress Tore Segelcke. (1901-1979)- Handsome Norwegian character actor, born with acting in his blood as son of the Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen, (later Aud Richter) and the German actor Georg Alexander (1888-1945). Also grandson of the German stage actor Georg Luddeckens, and nephew of six actors/actresses from the Egede-Nissen family! Showed great interest for the acting profession from early age on, and got his education for the stage in America. Stage debut at Søilen Theatre in Oslo 1938, the year after he got a leading role in the film: "De Vergeløse" ("The Defenceless") as the adolescent Albert, a great debut. During the war he joined the Norwegian military forces in Sweden, when the war ended in spring 1945,he continued his acting career in both films and on the stage. At his best in comedy, but also very good appearances in the plays of: Brecht: "The Threepenny Opera" (as Mackie) and Ionesco: "Rhinocèros" (as Bèrenger). His film work included melodramas and comedies, like the chief of police in two films in the "Olsen-Banden" series. Richter died at the age of 56 in May 1972.
- Among the finest Norwegian stage actresses, at her best in classical roles. Remembered for her portrayals of Hedda Gabler and Ella Rentheim, (Ibsen) Viola, (Shakespeare) and as Maria Stuart. (Schiller)
At the age of 17 she entered the silent movie industry, first in Denmark, later in Germany, where she and two of her sisters in 1917 created a film-production company. She appeared in only one Norwegian film; a leading role as Edvarda in "Pan".
During the second world war she married poet Nordahl Grieg, both in exile in London. He was killed under an air-raid over Berlin in 1943. After the war she wrote a biography about her late husband: " Nordahl Grieg- As I knew Him " 1957.
Living in to an old age, her last years were dominated by poor health, and she was almost forgotten by the public. But those who had been seeing her in the golden years of great performances remembered her well. Among them where writer and film director Arne Skouen,he wrote a fine obituary in remembrance of a great actress. Gerd (Egede-Nissen) Grieg died in a nursing home in Oslo at the age of 93. - Actress
Actress in Norway and Germany in the years from 1934 to 1943, later a professor in German philology, and also a gifted writer of several books. She began the stage career as Celia in "As You Like It" at The Norwegian Theatre in Oslo, later she played at The National Stage in Bergen, and at The Central Theatre in Oslo. In Germany she appeared in some films before the war, including "Sergeant Berry", where she played opposite the very popular German actor Hans Albers. From 1938 she was engaged at the famous Deutsches Theater in Berlin, and in that period she developed a long and strong friendship with the German actress Brigitte Horney, about whom she wrote a biography in 1992: "So oder so ist das leben".
After returning home to Norway she worked at The Central Theatre in Oslo, and she also toured around in Scandinavia, reciting Norwegian poems.After the war she occasionally read poems in public, but most of the time she was concentrating on an imposing academic education and later a great career in philological studies.For her work she received the Norwegian order of St.Olav, and the German Bundesverdienstkreuz.- Actress
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She became one of the longest living actresses in the world, she died at the formidable age of 107 1/2 years in January 1999.
Stage debut back in 1911, in a play written by her mother, the famous writer Barbra Ring. (1870-1955)
She was also the very first woman in Norway who got a driving license, and while filming in Denmark she was badly injured in a car fire. After that accident she did not want to go in front of a camera any more. She therefore concentrated her work to the stage, both as an actress, and from 1930 on, as a very gifted director.
During the war she and six other actors refused to work in a radio-play, because the Norwegian broadcasting were under the total control by the Nazi authority. All of them immediately lost their right to work, and the day after all actors organized in the actors union went on striking in solidarity. The strike lasted for five weeks, and was the first organized action against the Nazi-regime in Norway!
Still under pressure, she and her husband Halfdan Christensen, who also was a famous actor, had to escape to Sweden, where they established a free Norwegian theater group called Fri norsk scene.
After the war she continued her work as stage director until old age.- When Gunlaug Lund was 13 years, her father Hans Kristiansen Lund died. (1904) Her mother Eline Torgersen had died two years earlier. (1902) A very difficult situation for all, but especially in a rapidly growing city with a lot of poverty. Fortunately she had five siblings, some of whom were adults and even married.
In 1910 at the age of 20, she was a student at Fahlstrøms Theater, later she traveled with several theater companies, including Qværnstrøm and Edv. Drabløs. Together with some actors from Qværnstrøm's company she starred in a film : Anny - a street girl's novel. (1912)
After marrying an art painter in 1919, she left the stage. Later she worked with art painting as her husband. At her death in 1952, she had three surviving siblings. - When the film Suicide Mission (1954) was to be made, several of the members were offered to play themselves. No one had better conditions for it than Gunnar Klausen. With a movie star look, and with a background from his hometown theater, he played the part very well. He was born in 1918, in Sarpsborg, Østfold County, his parents were Karl Johan Klausen and Sara Pettersen. After the outbreak of war in Norway April 1940, Klausen soon became involved in illegal work, such as couriers and refugee work at the Swedish border. The following year he fled to Sweden, but in this uncertain time, the members of the Norwegian resistance were not so welcome in Sweden. Therefore, in 1942 he was sent by plane to England, here he became a member of The Shetland Gang, and Klausen completed around 40 dangerous trips across the North Sea. In 1946 he became one of 38 people to receive the War Cross with a sword. Klausen lived for some years in Oslo, working as a salesman, from 1969 he lived in Drammen. Twice a widower, he died in 1999, aged 81.
- The Norwegian resistance-man Haakon Særsten, (1888-1969) was born in Bømlo, Hordaland County. As a young man, he was like so many others in his generation, a time in America. Back in Norway, he worked on a boat that trafficked the fjords nearby, from 1937 he was employed as a postman at a small place called Urangsvåg. When the war came in 1940, he became involved in the resistance, and in the following year he and his wife had to flee to England. With this background he was offered a role in the film Suicide Mission (1954). Died in a nursing home, near 81 years.
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Hans Frederik Kjölaas was born in Kristiania, Norway, as son of businessman Hans Kjölaas and Karen Bohne. Dancer at The Norwegian Theater 1945-46, New Norwegian Ballet 1949-52. Then at various theaters in Oslo 1952-54. After that he was working mainly in Sweden as a dancer and choreographer, also played roles in films and television.- Albertsen was born in Bruvik, Hordaland County Norway, in 1890, an was among the oldest casting in the film: Suicide Mission (1954). He had a long career as a steward, and became an important part of the Shetland base during the war. When peace came in may 1945, he settled in Bergen, and was there an active member in the seamen's association, and in Bergen Chanty Choir. Albertsen died only three days before his 87th birthday in 1977.
- Helge W. Fonneland was born in Drammen, Norway, in 1921, as son of Lalla Wahl and Martin Fonneland. From 1932 the family lived in Kvam, Hardanger county, where his father Martin were born. Like so many young men from the coast, Helge enlisted on a boat, his choice were the "M/S Salta". This was early in 1940, later that year in June, "M/S Salta" were in Dakar, West Africa, and was detained when France capitulated. Fonneland and several others managed to escape, and after four days of rowing they came to Banjul, and later to Freetown. There he was hired as a crew on the Norwegian boat "Lidvard", which also had broken the internment in Dakar, see: Flukten fra Dakar (1951). Fonneland experienced a lot of drama along the way, via North America, he came aboard the "Pan Norway", which was set on fire by a German submarine. The crew was picked up by a Greek boat, and landed in neutral Portugal. After another dramatic trip, he came to England in 1942, where he joined the Norwegian navy, and became part of the Shetland gang. From 1943 on the "MTB Vigra" with the famous Leif Larsen as captain. Fonneland played himself in the film about this dangerous traffic across the North sea: Suicide Mission (1954). After the war, Fonneland's health was reduced, much on the basis of his war experiences. He died in the early age of 54 in 1976.
- Handsome Norwegian stage actor, first appearance at Centralteatret in Kristiania in 1903. From 1904 to 1912 he was engaged to the theater in Bergen, where he gave many fine performances, among them: as Einar in "Brand" by Henrik Ibsen.
Eriksen also appeared in some silent movies before 1920, both in Denmark and in Norway.
He was married to the distinguished stage actress Magda Blanc, (1879-1959) and their son Henning Blanc was also an actor.
Eriksen died at the early age of forty-four in 1922. - Norwegian actor and stage manager,stage debut in 1923.With his boyish good looking,and with a very good singing voice,he got many parts as lover in both operettas and comedies. Among his later parts were Horatio,(Shakespeare) and as Marchbanks.(Shaw) From 1934 to 1935 he was manager at Søilen Theater in Oslo, and in 1937 he became founder and manager at Trøndelag Theater in Trondheim. In films his best parts were as: Mellet in Laila (1929) as Gründer in A Quiet flirt (1933) and as manager in the danish movie: De tre måske fire (1939) A fearless defender for the human rights,and for the art of theater,he opposed the Nazi-regime from the start.For his resistance he was executed in the Falstad wood on October 7th 1942,together with nine other citizens from Trondheim.
- Stage debut in Oslo 1931. From 1934 - to 1982 at The National Stage in Bergen as a character actress.She appeared in several plays by Henrik Ibsen, among them "Peer Gynt" (as Solveig/and mother Aase) "Brand" (as Agnes) and "Hedda Gabler" (as Thea Elvsted). In 1970 she played against the famous Lillebil Ibsen in: "Arsenic and Old Lace". She also appeared in radio plays from 1954 to 1984.
- She was born in Aarhus, Denmark in 1892 as Ingeborg Nielsen, her parents were Emma Margrethe Kaspersen and Magnus Nielsen. After her marriage with the film actor & director, Gunnar Sommerfeldt, she played in two of his films. She did a good job in both films, but did not continue filming. Whether she played at the stage is uncertain, her second husband however, was from the famous Danish theater family: Wiehe. She died in Copenhagen in 1957.
- Ingeborg Marie Hauge was born into a bourgeois family in Christiania, Norway in 1880, as daughter of wholesaler Carl Andreas Hauge and Anna Kloed. After her marriage with famous Danish actor Johannes Poulsen in 1907, she became one of the city's well-known faces. As a celebrity, she also appeared in a couple of films, the great innovation of the time. After her divorce from Poulsen, she married French banker Hermann Barrelet De Ricou, he was also a former Olympic champion in rowing. (1900) The couple both died in 1964. (Switzerland)
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Inger Worren was daughter of merchant Olai Worren and Antonette Andreassen, the family lived in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Inger was one of the youngest of a large group of siblings. She enjoyed being a narrator, and did so in her youth and at school performances. After completing business gymnasium, (1927) she tried to be accepted into a theater as a student. The attempt fails, and after studying as a nurse, she worked for some years at a hospital in Oslo. In 1934 she was one of three chosen as a future film-actress, this probably opens a door to a student contract at Trøndelag Teater in Trondheim in 1937. She stayed at this theater most of her career, except from 13 years at Rogaland Theater in Stavanger. (1949-1962) She was predicted a film career; but she sadly got only two roles on the screen, in a children's film in 1956, and as a strict but fair mother in a television series at the end of her long career. (1980) She also did some work for The Radio Theater.- After an economic education he worked for some years as a clerk before he came into the theater business. He grew up in Laksevåg near Bergen, but was born on an islet called Haugsholmen in Møre & Romsdal county. His father who was a skipper, died early, but his mother who worked as a teacher became an old lady.(died 1967)
Rogde was reading for the stage by himself, and with some guidance from the actor Hans Stormoen. In 1937 Rogde had his stage debut in Trondheim under the charismatic actor/manager Henry Gleditsch.
Later he became a popular member of the Norwegian Travelling Theater, people knew him everywhere the company appeared.He was a modern jester, telling jokes and stories, always surrounded by friends and colleagues.
Among his many great roles, he will be best remembered for his portrayal of the drunk farmer Jeppe in Holberg's classical comedy: "Jeppe på berget". But he also played evil characters; like the captain in Strindberg's "The Dance of Death", and as Didrik in the dark play: "Medmenneske" of the Norwegian writer Olav Duun.
On Television he also made two memorable performances; as the powerful tradesman Mack in Hamsun's: Benoni & Rosa (1973) and as the curious pensioner Brockman in two cases of the "Helmer & Sigurdson" series. In films he was mostly seen in small parts, except from a leading role in Edith Carlmar's film debut: "Death Is a Caress (1949)", from 1949.
Rogde was married to the actress Siri Rom but they broke up their marriage around 1960. - Gifted Norwegian comic actor, on stage from 1898, and one of the most used actors in Norwegian films ever. Admired for his witty line and funny face both on stage and screen, always with a clever presence. On the stage, he played in the Norwegian classics by Holberg, Ibsen and Bjørnson, at his best as Lundestad (Ibsen)and as Jeronimus (Holberg).
Through his long film career, he got many admirers from all over the country, probably he was Norway's first "film star"... of his generation. In films, he is best remembered for his moving portrayal of an old clown in Cirkus Fandango (1954), but also, his performances in Tante Pose (1940) and It Happened One Night (1958) were outstanding! Whether the role was big or small, he always played it with all of his capacity -- he was an actor of the old school!
Holst-Jensen received the order of St. Olav for his great work, and in 1946, he wrote a biography called "Holst-Jensen ruller opp" (published by Bergendahl) - Haldorsen was a machinist at sea, and also worked a time as customs officer. He lived in Bømlo, Hordaland County at the west coast of Norway. In 1943 he fled to Shetland, and joined the MTB's in traffic across the North Sea to occupied Norway. After the war he worked a while at sea, before becoming a teacher. Haldorsen played himself in the movie: Suicide Mission (1954). He died in December 1972, aged 58 years.
- Norwegian character actor with a formidable stage presence, always playing with an intensity and glow. On the stage from 1900, he was engaged to The National Stage in Bergen from 1903 to 1924, working as an actor and director. Between 1926 and 1945 engaged to different theaters in Oslo. His best parts were in the national repertoire, often played in a fanatic and religious way. Sadly, this great and sensitive actor became a member of the National Party, during the turbulent years of the thirties and forties. In films he played only small parts,appearing in three Norwegian films, and in one Swedish film in 1939. Married three times.