Aud Schønemann (13 November 1922 – 30 October 2006) was a
Norwegian
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actress, regarded by many as the leading comedienne of her generation in Norway.
She was born in
Østre Aker
Stovner is a borough located to the far north east of the city of Oslo, Norway. Historically, Stovner was the name of a farm in the municipal borough " Østre Aker". Østre Aker merged with Oslo in 1948, both instigated and followed by a massive e ...
, and was a daughter of actor
August Schønemann and dancer Dagmar Kristensen.
She started her acting career in 1945, and is probably best known for her role as Valborg Jensen in the
Olsenbanden movies, as Marve Fleksnes' mother on the long-running Norwegian television comedy ''
Fleksnes Fataliteter ''Fleksnes Fataliteter'', better known by its shortened title ''Fleksnes'', was a Norwegian- Swedish-Danish television comedy series produced between 1972 and 2002, created by Swedish writer Bo Hermansson and based on Galton and Simpson's scripts ...
'' and as the janitor's wife in the comedy film ''
Skulle det dukke opp flere lik er det bare å ringe'' (based on the play ''BusyBody'' by
Jack Popplewell
Jack Popplewell (22 March 1909 – 16 November 1996) was an English writer and playwright.
Life
Popplewell was born and grew up in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He published his first song in 1940, and his first play, ''Blind Alley'' was sta ...
).
In 1993, she was knighted in the
Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav
The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav I ...
.
Her appearance in over 50 movies is supposedly a Norwegian record.
References
External links
Obituary(in Norwegian)
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1922 births
2006 deaths
Norwegian stage actresses
Norwegian film actresses
Norwegian television actresses
20th-century Norwegian actresses
Actresses from Oslo
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