Erna Kamilla Schøyen (born Erna Kamille Berg, March 1, 1887 – December 21, 1968) was a

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actress.

Career

Schøyen trained as an actress at the National Theatre from 1905 to 1906, and she had her debut at the Fahlstrøm Theater in 1906. She remained there until she relocated to the Central Theater in 1911, where she worked until 1959. Schøyen was also engaged with Chat Noir from 1920 to 1924. Schøyen also appeared in dozens of films, including some of Norway's first silent films. When '' Alice in Wonderland'' was dubbed into Norwegian in 1951, Schøyen played one of the voices. She was a master of the

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and played the grandmother of Bodø (nicknamed after a town in northern Norway) in one of the ''Stompa'' films, based on the

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novels. Schøyen continued working until she was almost 80 years old.

Family

Schøyen was born Erna Kamille Berg in

Kabelvåg Kabelvåg is a village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Kabelvåg lies about to the southwest of the town of Svolvær, the adminis ...

to the bookseller Ørger Johannes Berg (1860–?) and Kamilla Hamine Benjaminsen (1865–1938). She married the entomologist Thor Hiorth Schøyen (1885–1961) on June 19, 1910. Their daughter was the actress Vivi Schøyen (1918–2014), who was the mother of the journalist Hege Duckert (born 1962).

Filmography

* 1916: ''Under kjærlighedens aak'' * 1917: ''Synd skal sones'' * 1917: ''Livets gøglespil'' * 1917: '' Hjertetyven'' * 1936: '' Vi vil oss et land...'' * 1940: '' Tørres Snørtevold'' * 1941: '' Hansen og Hansen'' * 1943: ''

Sangen til livet ''Sangen til livet'' (The Song of Life) is a Norwegian film from 1943 based on Johan Bojer's play ''Sigurd Braa''. It was directed by Leif Sinding. The film premiered on October 25, 1943. Plot The film is a melodrama about a factory director wh ...

'' * 1943: ''

Den nye lægen ''Den nye lægen'' ( en, The New Doctor}) is a 1943 Norwegian drama film directed by Rasmus Breistein, starring Jon Lennart Mjøen. The film is based on a play by Bjarne Viggo Holbæk-Hansen. Cast * Eva Lunde as Rigmor, hans datter * Erna Sch ...

'' * 1944: ''

Kommer du, Elsa? ''Kommer du, Elsa?'' (Are You Coming, Elsa?) is a Norwegian drama film from 1944 directed by Toralf Sandø. The script was written by Sandø and Victor Borg, and it is based on Borg's play ''Kommer du, Elsa?'' The cast includes Aase Bye, Erlin ...

'' * 1946: ''

Om kjærligheten synger de ''Om kjærligheten synger de'' (They Sing about Love) is a Norwegian film from 1946. It was directed by Olav Dalgard and starred Harald Heide Steen in the lead role. The film deals with poverty in Oslo in the 1930s. The film premiered at the ...

'' * 1946: '' To liv'' * 1948: ''

Trollfossen ''Trollfossen'' is a Norwegian film from 1948. It was directed by Alf Scott-Hansen and featured Ola Isene and Wenche Foss in the lead roles. The film tells the story of the skilled pianist Sylvia Strøm (Wenche Foss), who is forced by her husb ...

'' * 1949: ''

Svendsen går videre Svendsen går videre (Svendsen Goes On) is a Norwegian film from 1949 directed by Nils R. Müller. It is the story of one man's struggle against bureaucracy. It was a campaign film partially financed by Norway's Conservative Party. Plot Svendse ...

'' * 1951: '' Vi gifter oss'' * 1952: ''

Trine! ''Trine!'' is a Norwegian black-and-white drama film from 1952 directed by Toralf Sandø. Eva Røine starred in the title role. The film was based on Hans Geelmuyden's novel ''Trine!'', and Geelmuyden wrote the script for the film together with ...

'' * 1956: ''

Kvinnens plass ''Kvinnens plass'' (A Woman's Place) is a Norwegian drama film from 1956 directed by Nils R. Müller. The script was written by Müller and Eva Seeberg. Plot The journalist Tore Haugen returns to Norway from the United States. He falls in love ...

'' * 1959: '' Hete septemberdager'' * 1960: '' Venner'' * 1961: ''Den store barnedåpen'' (TV) * 1961: ''

Et øye på hver finger ''Et øye på hver finger'' (Keep Your Eyes Peeled) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1961 directed by Nils-Reinhardt Christensen. He also wrote the script for the film based on Ingeborg Storm's novel of the same name. The film stars Georg Løkkebe ...

'' * 1962: '' Stompa & Co'' * 1963: ''

Kranes konditori ''Kranes konditori'' (Krane's Café) is a Norwegian drama film from 1951 directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen. Henning-Jensen also wrote the screenplay, which was based on Cora Sandel's novel of the same name. Plot The film takes place in a small No ...

'' (TV) * 1964: ''

Alle tiders kupp ''Alle tiders kupp'' is a 1964 Norwegian comedy film directed by Øyvind Vennerød, starring Rolf Just Nilsen, Arne Bang-Hansen, Henki Kolstad and Inger Marie Andersen. Three men rob an outlet of the government owned alcoholic beverage retailer ...

'' * 1964: ''

Klokker i måneskinn ''Klokker i måneskinn'' (Bells in the Moonlight) is a Norwegian anthology film from 1964 directed by Kåre Bergstrøm. The film is about four men that have gathered for an evening of bridge. Three of them relate accounts of supernatural events, w ...

'' * 1965: '' Hjelp – vi får leilighet!''

References

External links

*
Erna Schøyen
at the

Swedish Film Database The Swedish Film Database ( sv, Svensk filmdatabas) is an Internet database about Swedish films, published by the Swedish Film Institute. It contains information about all Swedish films from 1897 onwards and foreign films that had cinema premiere ...

Erna Schøyen's family tree at Geni.com
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