Else Cathrine Heiberg (November 5, 1910 – November 25, 1972) was a Norwegian actress.

Career

Heiberg started her professional career as a pianist and dance teacher, and she made her stage debut at Bergen's National Theater in 1934 in the role of a young boy in

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's ''Selv i tider som disse'' (Even in Times Like These). After that, she performed at

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, the Oslo New Theater, the Trøndelag Theater, and a number of other stages. From 1948 to 1951 she was engaged with Oslo's National Theater, and later again at the Oslo New Theater, before she became a permanent employee of

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's television department for several years. From her years there she is best known for the roles as Hønse-Lovisa in the plays ''Ungen'' (The Child) and Dobbelt-Petra in ''Den store barnedåpen'' (The Great Christening), both written by

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, and as Meg in

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's '' An Giall'' (The Hostage). Else Heiberg was married to the actor Jon Lennart Mjøen, and she was the mother of the actor and comedian Lars Mjøen and the sister of actress

Kirsten Heiberg Kirsten Heiberg (25 April 1907 – 2 March 1976) was a Norwegian/German actress and singer who had a major film career in Germany between 1938 and 1954. She reached the peak of her career in 1942–43, performing in Joseph Goebbels version ...

Filmography

*1936: ''Morderen uten ansikt'' (The Murderer without a Face) *1936: '' Vi vil oss et land...'' (We Want Ourselves a Country), short film *1942: ''Den farlige leken'' (The Dangerous Game) *1960: ''Ungen'' (The Child), TV *1961: ''Den store barnedåpen'' (The Great Christening), TV *1961: '' A Night Out'' (Norwegian title: ''Går ut i kveld''), TV *1962: ''Kranes konditori'' (Krane's Bakery Shop), TV *1963: ''

Elskere ''Elskere'' () is a 1963 Norwegian drama film directed by Nils R. Müller, starring Ingerid Vardund and Wenche Myhre Wenche Synnøve Myhre (born 15 February 1947), known in German as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer who has had a great nu ...

'' (Lovers) *1963: ''Stompa selvfølgelig!'' (Stompa, of Course!) *1963: ''Vildanden'' (The Wild Duck), as Mrs. Sørby *1964: '' Nydelige nelliker'' (The Misfits) *1966: ''

Rosmersholm ''Rosmersholm'' () is an 1886 Play (theatre), play written by Norwegian people, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It tells the story of Johannes Rosmer, an aristocratic former clergyman and owner of the Rosmersholm manor who is haunted by his wif ...

'', TV *1966: '' Sult'' (Hunger), as the landlady

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heiberg, Else 1910 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Norwegian actresses People from Kragerø