Gudrun Waadeland (3 August 1937 - 8 October 2020) was a Norwegian actress and

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Career

She was born in

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, made her film debut in 1955 in

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's ''

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'' and her stage debut at

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in 1959. She then worked in

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from 1960 to 1963,

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from 1963 to 1964 and 1970 to 1975 and Edderkoppen 1964 to 1965. She was then the director of Riksteatret from 1975 to 1988. Waadeland died on 8 October 2020 at the age of 83.

References

1937 births 2020 deaths Norwegian film actresses Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian theatre directors Norwegian women theatre directors Actresses from Oslo {{Norway-actor-stub