Ellen Isefiær (7 December 1899 – 28 September 1985) was a Norwegian actress and stage director. She staged more than 200 productions during her career.

Biography

Born on 7 December 1899 in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...

, Norway, Isefiær was a daughter of Thomas Engelhardt Isefiær and Katharine Margrethe Johnsen. In 1931 she married Mads Conrad Langaard. From 1918 to 1920 she was a student at the National Theatre. She was engaged with Stavanger Teater at

Rogaland Teater Rogaland Teater is a theatre in Stavanger, Norway. Background The theatre building was built in 1883 on a parcel of '' Kannik prestegård''. It was designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff, and initially held close to 500 seats. The buil ...

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

from 1921, and had her breakthrough as "Elizabeth" in the play '' Mary Stuart'' at this theatre. From 1924 to 1931 she was assigned with

Centralteatret Centralteatret (); (full name: Oslo Nye Centralteatret) is a theatre on Akersgata, in the city centre of Oslo, Norway. Centralteatret was established by the husband-and-wife acting team of Johan Fahlstrøm and Alma Fahlstrøm, in 1897. The thea ...

. She made her film debut in the 1928 film '' Cafe X'' directed by

Walter Fyrst Walter Fyrst (né Fürst; 6 July 1901 – 23 February 1993) was a Norwegian filmmaker. He was born in Oslo, Kristiania (now Oslo), the son of the physician Valentin Fürst and Margarethe Christiane Dedekam. His first film was ''Troll-elgen (1 ...

(1901–1993) and occasionally appeared in films until 1956. Her first task as stage director was the comedy ''Mannen som alle ville myrde'' by Axel Kielland (1907–1963) staged at

Trøndelag Teater Trøndelag Teater is a large theater in the city of Trondheim, in Trøndelag county, Norway. Trøndelag Teater stages large-scale dance and musical performances. History Originally built in 1816, the theater is the oldest stage in Scandinavia ...

. She was assigned with Trøndelag Teater from 1939 to 1940. She chaired the

Carl Johan Theater The Carl Johan Theater () was a theater in Oslo, Norway. It was initially located in the Christiania Tivoli amusement park in Oslo from 1893 to 1895, where it was led by Olaf Mørch Hansson. It staged performance of works such as Henrik Ibsen's G ...

from 1940 until the theatre was closed by the German occupation authorities in 1943, and was then assigned with

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 ...

until 1945. After the

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she mostly worked freelance, except for engagements as stage instructor for Folketeatret from 1956 to 1959, and as artistic director for Trøndelag Teater from 1961 to 1962. She staged a total of more than 200 performances during her career, and was honorary member of the Norwegian Stage Instructor's Association (''Norsk Sceneinstruktørforening'').

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* 1899 births 1985 deaths People from Kristiansand Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian film actresses Norwegian silent film actresses Norwegian theatre directors Norwegian women theatre directors 20th-century Norwegian actresses {{norway-actor-stub