Knut Jacobsen (March 19, 1910 – September 18, 1971) was a

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actor and costume designer. As a student at the National Theater in

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, he studied with

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, and he took singing lessons with the well-known singing teacher

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and dance lessons with Inga Jacobi. Jacobsen debuted in 1932 at the National Theater in

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's play ''

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'', which was staged as

's anniversary performance. He then also worked at the Oslo New Theater and the Søilen Theater. After a few years in Oslo, he moved to Trondheim in 1937 and started performing at the

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, where he quickly became one of the theatre's driving forces. For fifteen years he was the costume director at the Trøndelag Theater in addition to performing on stage as an actor and singer. Among Jacobsen's roles in plays by Ibsen were Doctor Wangel in ''

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'', Kroll in ''

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'', Stockmann in ''An Enemy of the People'', and Manders in ''

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''. He also appeared in operettas and revues. Jacobsen appeared in supporting roles in the films '' To levende og en død'' (1937) and ''

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'' (1942).

Filmography

* 1937: '' To levende og en død'' as the doctor * 1942: ''

'' as an adjutant

References

External links

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Knut Jacobsen
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Knut Jacobsen
at Sceneweb 1910 births 1971 deaths 20th-century Norwegian male actors People from Moss, Norway {{Norway-actor-stub