Lillemor von Hanno (née Bergljot Selmer; 30 December 1900 – 5 April 1984) was a Norwegian actress, novelist and playwright.

Personal life

Von Hanno was born in

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, the daughter of the actress

Ågot Gjems Selmer Ågot Gjems Selmer, also Ågot Gjems-Selmer, (27 October 1857 – 25 September 1926) was a Norwegian actress, writer, and lecturer. Biography Gjems-Selmer was born into a wealthy family in Kongsvinger, Norway. She was the eldest of nine sibling ...

(1858–1926) and the physician Alfred Selmer (1851–1919). The family moved to Ås near

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when she was two years old. She was the sister of the singer Tordis Gjems Selmer (1886–1964) and the actor Alfred Gjems Selmer (1893–1919). She married Major Otto Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanno (1891–1956) in 1927, and their marriage was eventually dissolved. In 1950 she married the industrialist Joakim Lund Ihlen (1899–1981). Lillemor-vonHanno m-autograf

Career

Von Hanno made her stage debut in 1920 at

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, and later worked at

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and

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. Among her books are ''De og vi'' from 1936, and ''Dumme menn og troll til kjerringer'' from 1937. She also wrote articles for the newspapers ''

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'' and ''

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''. Her play ''Leken vi lever'' was staged at

in 1938. Among her roles at the

were the title role in

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's play ''Madame'', "Mrs. Andersen" in

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's comedy ''Andersens'', a priest's wife in

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's play ''Egelykke'', and "Kokyta" in

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's ''Dager på en sky''. She participated in the film ''Familien på Borgan'' in 1939. She also published the books ''Blindebukk'' in 1939 and ''Det går et år'' in 1940. During the

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she took active part in the actors' resistance. She was among the actors who were ordered by the Ministry to contribute to its broadcasting programs, but when she refused, her working permit was revoked. This incident sparked a country-wide 1941 theatre strike in Norway, which lasted for several weeks. In 1944 she fled from the occupied country to Sweden. She was a board member of the

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for two years. She retired as a stage actor in 1951. In 1953 she staged an adaptation of

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's play '' The Women'' at

, and contributed to the 1959 film '' Støv på hjernen''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanno, Lillemor von 1900 births 1984 deaths People from Balsfjord Norwegian stage actresses 20th-century Norwegian actresses 20th-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian women writers 20th-century Norwegian women writers