Berit Erbe (4 September 1923 – 13 May 2009) was a Danish-Norwegian actress and theatrical historian. She was born in

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and died in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. After her theatre education she worked at the

Royal Danish Theatre The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: ') is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first ser ...

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. She took a

magister degree A magister degree (also magistar, female form: magistra; from la, magister, "teacher") is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education. The magister degree arose in medieval universities in Europe and was originally equal to the ...

in theatre aesthetics and history in Copenhagen in 1959. She was hired as a lecturer at the

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in 1969, took the dr.philos. degree on a thesis about

Bjørn Bjørnson Bjørn Bjørnson (15 November 1859 – 14 May 1942) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director. Biography He was born in Christiania, the son of author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and his wife Karoline Bjørnson. In 1876, he was admitted ...

in 1973, and served as a professor from 1975 to 1988.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Crime of Tove Andersen ''The Crime of Tove Andersen'' (Danish: ''Kriminalsagen Tove Andersen'') is a 1953 Danish crime film directed by Sven Methling and starring Preben Lerdorff Rye, Ib Schønberg and Else Jarlbak.Hammer p.98 Cast * Preben Lerdorff Rye as Krim ...

'' (1953)

References

1923 births 2009 deaths Norwegian people of Danish descent Norwegian stage actresses Historians of theatre Academic staff of the University of Bergen {{Norway-academic-bio-stub