Elisabeth Bang (26 September 1922 – 28 September 2009) was a Norwegian actress. She was born in

Skedsmo Skedsmo was a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality was the List of cities in No ...

Akershus Akershus () is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akers ...

, Norway. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, she made her stage debut at Bærum Studiescene where she also met her future husband actor

Pål Skjønberg Pål Eugen Bucher Skjønberg (20 October 1919 – 3 February 2014) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Stavanger to actors Eugen (1889–1971) and Henny Skjønberg (1886–1973). He was the older brother of actor Espen Skjønberg. They grew u ...

(1919–2014). They married in 1946, and as such Bang became a daughter-in-law of actor

Eugen Skjønberg Conrad Eugen Skjønberg (March 27, 1889 – July 25, 1971) was a Norwegian actor. Eugen Skjønberg was married to the actress Henny Skjønberg. They resided at Ramstad. He was the father of Per Skjønberg, Pål Skjønberg, and Espen Skjønber ...

(1889–1971) and stage director

Henny Skjønberg Henny Kristin Skjønberg (6 August 1886 – 5 January 1973) was a Norwegian actress and stage director. Biography Hennika Bucher Eide was born in Stavanger, Norway. She was the daughter of Henrik Eide (1831–1907) and Ingeborg Sofie Bucher ( ...

(1886–1973) and sister-in-law of actor

Espen Skjønberg Espen Henrik Skjønberg (7 April 1924 – 26 August 2022) was a Norwegian actor of stage, screen, and television. Career Skjønberg made his first movie appearances as a child in the 1932 film '' En glad gutt'' and in the 1937 Norwegian classic ...

. She was employed at

Det Nye Teater Det Nye Teater was a theatre that opened in Oslo, Norway, in 1929, and operated independently until 1959, when it merged with Folketeatret to form Oslo Nye Teater. Its original purpose was to support contemporary Norwegian drama. History The ...

from 1945 to 1946,

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ()Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 19 ...

from 1946 to 1948, the

Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo () is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was ...

from 1948 to 1950 and again at Det Norske Teatret from 1952. She also appeared in films. Bang made his film debut in '' Englandsfarere'' (1946) directed by

Toralf Sandø Toralf Sandø (April 6, 1899 in Flatanger – March 4, 1970) was a Norwegian film director and actor. He also read Olav Duun books for NRK Radio. Selected filmography * 1936: '' Vi bygger landet'' * 1937: ''By og land hand i hand ''By og lan ...

(1899–1970). She played a social worker in ''Det brenner i natt!'' (1955). She also starred in ''

An-Magritt ''An-Magritt'' is a 1969 Norwegian drama film directed by Arne Skouen, starring Liv Ullmann. The film is based on two novels by Johan Falkberget: ''Plogjernet'' and ''An-Magritt''. An-Magritt (Ullmann) grows up in a Norwegian mining town. She i ...

'' (1969) directed by

Arne Skouen Arne Skouen (18 October 1913 – 24 May 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, author, film director and film producer. Biography Arne Skouen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Peder Nikolai Skouen (1883-1978) and Jenn ...

(1913–2003) and ''

Himmel og helvete ''Himmel og helvete'' (Heaven and Hell) is a 1969 Norwegian propaganda film about illegal drugs. It was directed by Øyvind Vennerød with a screenplay by Vennerød and Victor Borg. The film was poorly received by the critics, but it nonetheless ...

'' (1969). She and her husband were the parents of actors Hennika Skjønberg, Siv Skjønberg and Jo Skjønberg. She died during 2009 at

Bærum Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...

Filmography

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1922 births 2009 deaths Norwegian stage actresses People from Skedsmo {{Norway-actor-stub