Vibeke Falk (née Mowinckel; 27 September 1918 – 9 October 2011) was a Norwegian actress.

Biography

She was a daughter of wholesaler Thorolf Beyer Mowinckel and Jenny Modesta Fasmer, From 1937 to 1950, she was married to actor

Lauritz Falk Lauritz Falk (15 November 1909 – 1 February 1990) was a Swedish-Norwegian actor, film director, singer and painter. He appeared in about 60 roles in films and TV between 1923 and 1989. He is the cousin of the Swedish artist Bertram Schmiterl ...

(1909–1990). Falk made her stage debut at

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in 1938, and film debut in '' Gjest Baardsen '' in 1939. During the period 1939-42, she was employed at the

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and at

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in 1952-53 and again in 1958-60. In the period 1960-68 she was at the

Den Nationale Scene Den Nationale Scene ( en, National Theater) is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. History Opened under the name '' Det Norske Theater'' in 1850, the theatre has root ...

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and after that freelance. She was featured in the role of Anna Reinche in the Norwegian film classic ''

Gjest Baardsen Gjest Baardsen (1791 – 13 May 1849) was a Norwegian outlaw, jail-breaker, non-fiction writer, songwriter and memoirist. He was among the most notorious criminals in Norway in the 19th century. Personal life Baardsen was born in Sogndalsfjør ...

'' from 1939 directed by

Tancred Ibsen Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norwegian military officer, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son of Sigurd Ibsen and Bergljot Bjørnson. He was the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Nobel la ...

. In the 1940s she participated in the Swedish films ''Nygifta'' (1941), ''

The Old Clock at Ronneberga ''The Old Clock at Ronneberga'' (Swedish: ''Klockan på Rönneberga'') is a 1944 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnar Skoglund and starring Lauritz Falk, Vibeke Falk and Hilda Borgström.Qvist & Von Bagh p.58 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios i ...

'' (1944),''

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'' (1946) and '' Singoalla'' (1949).

References

1918 births 2011 deaths Actors from Bergen Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian film actresses {{Norway-actor-stub