Magne Bleness (30 April 1933 – 1 December 1992) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He was born in

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, and was married twice, first to Berit Gøril Havrevold in 1957, second to Mette Janson in 1961. He had the son Carsten Bleness (b. 1958). He made his stage debut in 1953 in Oslo, at Sommerteatret, and later worked at

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 ...

and

Fjernsynsteatret Fjernsynsteatret () was a department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) that produced plays for television broadcasting. It opened in 1960 (after about a year of experimental operation) and operated until a major reorganisation of NRK o ...

. His first stage production was the play ''Semmelweiss'' by

Jens Bjørneboe Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe (9 October 1920 – 9 May 1976) was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society a ...

, at Nationaltheatret in 1969. He was theatre director of

from 1980 to 1990.

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1933 births 1992 deaths Male actors from Bergen Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian theatre directors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Theatre people from Bergen {{norway-actor-stub