Grete Nordrå (22 November 1924 – 13 March 2012) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

actress who appeared on screen from the 1950s onwards. She was born in

Asker Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker, Viken (also known as Greate ...

.«Grete Nordrå»
Filmfront, besøkt 5. november 2009. She made her screen debut in 1955 when she appeared in ''Trost i taklampa''. Over the next 35 years, her roles were few and far between, but in 1990 she appeared as a Norwegian witch in the

film adaptation A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...

of Roald Dahl's The Witches, and her screen appearances since then have been more frequent, though still mostly on Norwegian television. Her biggest commercial success was co-starring in 2003's ''

Mors Elling ''Mother's Elling'' ( no, Mors Elling) is a 2003 Norwegian comedy film directed by Eva Isaksen. It is one of a series of four films featuring the Elling character. The film made $3,315,075 according to BoxOfficeMojo. Cast * Per Christian Ellefse ...

'' as the mother of title character. She was nominated for an Amanda Award for her performance. She died in 2012 in Bergen.

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1924 births 2012 deaths Norwegian film actresses Norwegian television actresses People from Asker {{Norway-actor-stub