Anne-Lise Tangstad Clausen (February 6, 1935 – December 13, 1981) was a

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actress.

Biography

Tangstad made her debut in 1954 in the musical '' South Pacific'' at the Central Theater, where she later worked from 1957 to 1958. After that she was at the People's Theater () from 1958 to 1959 and at the Oslo New Theater from 1959 to 1970, after which she worked freelance. On the stage, she particularly made a name for herself as Sofia in Anton Chekhov's '' Platanov'', Hazel in

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's ''

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'', Helen in Shakespeare's ''

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'', Mrs. Krane in ''Kranes konditori'', and Guriana in

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's ''Ungen''. She also appeared in a number of films, and in 1958 she played the leading role in the film ''

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'' as a young doctor who is at the head of a rescue operation in which the children of a Jewish orphanage in Oslo are saved from the Gestapo during the Second World War. She also played one of the two main roles in ''

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'' (1965). Tangstad is also particularly remembered for '' Brent jord'' (1969), ''

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'' (1970), and ''

Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 ''Den sommeren jeg fylte 15'' ( en, The summer I turned 15}) is a 1976 Norwegian drama film directed by Knut Andersen, starring Steffen Rothschild, and music composed by Eyvind Solås. The film is based on Knut Faldbakken Knut Faldbakken (bor ...

'' (1976), as well as several films about the

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. On television, she appeared in the miniseries '' Nitimemordet'', the series '' Benoni og Rosa'', and two episodes of ''

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'' ("Visittid" 1972 and "Trafikk & Panikk" 1974). She also provided the voice of Maid Marian in the Norwegian-language version of the cartoon ''

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''. In 1958 she married the actor Frimann Falck Clausen.

Filmography

*1957: '' Smuglere i smoking'' as Eva *1958: ''

'' as Liv Kraft *1959: '' Herren og hans tjenere'' as Agnes Helmer *1964: '' Husmorfilmen høsten 1964'' *1966: ''

'' as Vera Boye *1966: '' Reisen til havet'' as the supervisor *1968: ''

Smuglere ''Smuglere'' (The Smugglers) is a Norwegian crime film from 1968 directed by Rolf Clemens. The screenplay was written by Liv Clemens, who based it on Arthur Omre's 1935 novel of the same name. Plot In the 1920s, the unemployed architect Ernst ...

'' *1969: '' Brent jord'' as Alma, Heikki's wife *1970: ''

'' as Vera Marthinsen *1970: '' Tyven, tyven ...'' as Anna *1972: '' Lukket avdeling'' *1972: '' Olsenbanden tar gull'' as Carina, the blacksmith's daughter *1973: '' Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry går amok'' as the office lady *1974: '' Bobbys krig'' as Mother Courage *1974: '' Olsenbanden møter Kongen & Knekten'' as the supreme court lawyer's wife *1976: ''

'' as Aunt Linn *1977: ''

Karjolsteinen ''Karjolsteinen'' (The Carriage Stone) is a Norwegian drama film from 1977. The film was directed by Knut Andersen based on a novel by Sigbjørn Hølmebakk with the same name. Plot The radical author Olav Klungeland feels divided and inadequ ...

'' as the midwife *1977: '' Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry på sporet'' as the company secretary *1981: '' Liten Ida'' as the organist *1981: '' Olsenbanden gir seg aldri!'' as the secretary at TeamFinans *1982: '' For Tors skyld'' as Laila's mother

References

External links

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Anne-Lise Tangstad
at Filmfront
Anne-Lise Tangstad
at the

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