Kjersti Døvigen (27 June 1943 – 26 January 2021) was a

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actress. She was known, among other things, for her role in the popular Norwegian TV-drama ''Offshore''. At the age of seven, Kjersti started dancing, her career began as a ballet dancer. She worked in this area at the Norwegian Opera for eight years before her breakthrough in 1967 in Claudine's role in CanCan. Døvigen, the widow of financier Halvor Astrup, was the mother of the actress

Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen (born 4 February 1971) is a Norwegian actress. Her mother is the actress Kjersti Døvigen, and her father was the jazz musician Ole Jacob Hansen, who died when Ulrikke was 27. Educated in England, she has performed both at ...

and lived in Bath, England.

Selected filmography

* 1963: ''

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'' as Guro * 1969: ''

Psychedelica Blues ''Psychedelica Blues'' is a Norway, Norwegian youth drama film from 1969 directed by Nils Reinhardt Christensen. Along with Øyvind Vennerød's ''Himmel og helvete'', it was the first Norwegian film that dealt with adolescents' use of narcotics, a ...

'' as Lissy * 1970: ''

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'' as Kari * 1974: '' The Last Fleksnes'' as Unni * 1976: ''

Lasse & Geir ''Lasse & Geir'' is a 1976 Norwegian feature film written and directed by Svend Wam and Petter Vennerød. Cast * Torgeir Schjerven as Lasse * Lasse Tømte as Geir * Kjersti Døvigen as Kjersti * Jorunn Kjellsby Jorunn Kjellsby (born 7 Ap ...

'' as Kjersti * 1976: ''

Bør Børson II ''Bør Børson II'' is a 1976 Norwegian musical film directed by Stein-Roger Bull and starring Rolv Wesenlund Rolv Helge Wesenlund (17 September 1936 – 18 August 2013) was a Norwegian comedian, singer, clarinetist, writer and actor. Bio ...

'' as Ida Olsen * 1980: ''

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'' as Jennifer

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* 1943 births 2021 deaths Norwegian film actresses Norwegian television actresses 20th-century Norwegian actresses 21st-century Norwegian actresses {{Norway-actor-stub