Alfhild Stormoen (née Alfhild Larsen, January 30, 1883 – February 11, 1974) was a Norwegian Norwegian actress and director.

Family

Alfhild Stormoen was born in

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(now Oslo),

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, as the younger sister of the landscape painter Lars Larsen (1876–1955) and the older sister of the pianist

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, (1888–1937); their parents were the caretaker Nils August Larsen (1851–1912) and Anne Jensen Røhne (1846–1933). On July 9, 1909, in Kristiania Alfhild married the actor Harald Stormoen in his second marriage. Alfhild Stormoen had two daughters with Harald Stormoen: Anne Stormoen (1911–1930) and Siri Stormoen (married Boehlke, 1921–1981).

Life and work

Stormoen made her debut at the Central Theater on January 19, 1904, in the title role in ''

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'' by

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. Regarding her debut, it was written that "Judging from her performance yesterday, one is faced here with a rather significant talent." She was engaged with the Central Theater from 1904 to 1907. In the fall of 1907, she took part in the Dybwad tour, in which a group of Norwegian actors led by

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performed

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's '' Bygmester Solness'' at the New Theater in

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. The tour also visited Norwegian cities, including

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. In 1908, Stormoen transferred to the National Theater, where she was engaged until 1951. She was a respected character actor, including as Karen in Nils Kjær's ''Regnskapets dag'', Mathilde in

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's ''De Nygifte'', Tora in Bjørnson's ''Sigurd Slembe'', the priest's widow in Bjørnson's ''Over ævne I'', and Petra Hargant in

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's ''Finfeier''. In 1918, Stormoen took part in a tour organized by the National Theater, in which the play ''Narren'' by Peter Egge was performed in a number of cities, from Fredrikshald to

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. She also appeared in some films, including

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's '' Glomdalsbruden'' (1926) and

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's ''

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'' (1942).

Selected theater roles

*Agnete in ''

'' by

( Central Theater, 1904) *Ellen von Tønning in ''Maskerade '' (Norwegian title: ''Livets Maskerade'') by

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( Central Theater, 1905) *Elise in ''Elise'' by Hjalmar Christensen ( Central Theater, 1906) *Kaja in '' Bygmester Solness'' by

( New Theater,

, 1907) *Karen in ''Regnskapets dag'' by Nils Kjær ( National Theater, 1908) *Mathilde in ''De Nygifte'' by

*Tora in ''

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'' by

( National Theater, 1911) *The priest's widow in ''Over ævne I'' by

*Petra Hargant in ''Finfeier'' by

( National Theater, 1912) *Queen Gunhild in ''En spurv i Tranedans'' by Jens Christian Hostrup ( National Theater, 1912) *Mrs. Heyst in '' Påsk'' (Norwegian title: ''Paaske'') by

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( National Theater, 1919) *Petra in ''Piken'' by

( National Theater, 1925)

Filmography

*1926: '' Glomdalsbruden'' as Kari Braaten *1942: ''

'' as a fortune teller *1951: ''

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'' as Wang's aunt

Scholarships and grants

*1920–1921: Government Grant for Artists,

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1,000 *1921–1922: Government Grant for Artists,

1,250

References

External links

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