Reidar Otto (December 9, 1890 – May 10, 1959) was a Norwegian theater director. Otto was born in

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, the son of the actor and theater director

Harald Otto Harald Otto (January 24, 1865 – May 13, 1928) was a Norwegians, Norwegian actor and theater director. Otto was born in Nes municipality, Nes, Norway, the son of the stationmaster Hans Otto Hansen (1815–?) and Maren Paulsen (1832–?). He mov ...

and the actress Ignatzia Otto. He studied theater and signing at schools in

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, and

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. He became the director of the

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Theater in 1916, and then the co-director of the Central Theater in 1919 together with his father

, who took it over in 1902. Reidar Otto led the theater from 1928 to 1948 and then turned it over to his son Harald Ottho (1920–2001). The family's leadership of the theater ended in 1959, the year Reidar Otto died. After the

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, Otto was chairman of the Norwegian Theater Directors' Association. He also led the Private Theater Directors' Association and was a board member of the Christiania Theater History Museum. He was married to the actress

Sigrun Otto Sigrun Otto (a.k.a. Sigrun Enersen Otto, April 13, 1896 – August 15, 1980) was a Norwegian actress. She was married to the theater director Reidar Otto. Otto was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the daughter of Otto Enersen and Thora Emilie E ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Otto, Reidar Norwegian theatre directors People from Chicago 1890 births 1959 deaths