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Millionær For En Aften
''Millionær for en aften'' (Millionaire for an Evening) is a Norwegian comedy film from 1960 directed by Øyvind Vennerød. It stars Henki Kolstad, Unni Bernhoft, and Willie Hoel. Jørn Ording and Vennerød arranged the screenplay, which was written by Bent Christensen and Werner Hedmann. It is an uncredited remake of the German film '' And Who Is Kissing Me?'' written by Friedrich Dammann and Herbert Rosenfeld. Plot A shipowner is appointed to save a theater that is making a loss. A female ballet dancer thinks the shipowner is a journalist, and she asks him to play a shipowner to trick the theater director into putting on a play with her as the prima donna. Cast *Henki Kolstad as the shipowner *Unni Bernhoft as Maj Grønlien Granner, the prima donna *Willie Hoel as the director of the Phoenix Theater *Harald Aimarsen *Arne Bang-Hansen as Rasmus Christian Frederik Bloch, the theater's commercial director * Jon Berle as a dancer *Kari Bjønnes as a dancer *Reidar Bøe *Lalla C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Øyvind Vennerød
Øyvind Vennerød (22 July 1919 – 27 September 1991) was a Norwegian film director and producer. He was born in Oslo, Kristiania, and was the father of Petter Vennerød. Filmography *1959: ''Støv på hjernen (1959 film), Støv på hjernen'' *1960: *1961: ''Sønner av Norge (film), Sønner av Norge'' *1964: ''Alle tiders kupp'' *1965: ''To på topp'' *1969: ''Himmel og helvete'' References 1919 births 1991 deaths Film people from Oslo Norwegian film directors Norwegian film producers {{norway-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Daleng
Rolf Daleng (15 March 1930 – 18 March 1986) was a Norwegian dancer, choreographer and film actor. He was among the first dancers appointed at Den Norske Opera, which was established in 1958, and danced the role of "Frantz" in the opening balley ''Coppélia''. He danced in musicals at Det Norske Teatret and other stages, and participated in the 1962 drama film ''Tonny ''Tonny'' is a 1962 Norwegian drama film directed by Nils R. Müller and Per Gjersøe. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Per Christensen as Tonny * Wenche Foss as Tonnys mor * Liv Ullmann as Kari * Joachim ...''. References 1930 births 1986 deaths Norwegian male dancers Norwegian dancers Norwegian choreographers Norwegian male film actors {{norway-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egil Åsman
Egil Åsman (July 20, 1928 – February 3, 1984) was a Norwegian actor and dancer. In the 1950s he was engaged with the New Theater, the Norwegian Theater, the Edderkoppen Theater, the National Theater, and the People's Theater. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Åsman was primarily engaged with the Oslo New Theater. He also performed in a few film roles, as well as in NRK's Television Theater during its debut in 1954 in Olav Engebretsen's ''I moralens navn''. Filmography * 1954: ''I moralens navn'' as Fredrik * 1959: '' 5 loddrett'' as a rock singer * 1960: ''Millionær for en aften'' as a dancer * 1965: ''Det angår ikke oss'' (TV) * 1965: '' Equilibrium – Det er meg du skal elske'' as Roger * 1969: ''22. november - den store leiegården'' (TV) as a hairdresser * 1969: ''I dag død, i morgen rosenrød'' (TV) References External links * Egil Åsmanat Sceneweb Egil Åsmanat Filmfront Filmfront is a Norwegian website for films and television series similar to Internet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arve Opsahl
Arve Opsahl (14 May 1921 – 29 April 2007) was a Norwegian movie and stage actor, singer and stand-up comedian. Opsahl began his career as a comedian in 1942, and played numerous roles both on stage and in more than forty movies. He was then chosen to be the head of Olsenbanden, Egon Olsen. He played Egon Olsen in the first movie in 1969, and in all other 13 movies, until the last one in 1999. He is also well known for his role as the old man "Henry" in the Norwegian sitcom A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent settin ... '' Mot i brøstet'', airing from 1993 to 1997. He reprised the role for the reunion film ''Tusenårsfesten'' in 1999. Personal life Opsahl married his wife Mary in 1945, but they were divorced soon after. He then married singer Liv Wilse, with whom he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lillebil Kjellén
Britta Lillebil Sofia Kjellén, a.k.a. Lillebil Nordrum (December 3, 1921 – March 7, 1994) was a Swedish actress born Drammen, Norway to Swedish parents. She grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, where she attended the Royal Dramatic Training Academy. She made her screen debut in the 1938 film '' Karriär'', and she played several roles in Swedish films in the 1940s and 1950s. Kjellén was married to the Swedish chef Tore Wretman from 1945 to 1953, and then to the Norwegian actor Lars Nordrum. Filmography * ''Career'' (1938) as the young lady in front of the theater manager in the audience at the Apollo Theater * '' Life Begins Today'' (1939) as a ballet dancer (uncredited) * '' Beredskapspojkar'' (1940) as a guest at the dance (uncredited) * '' Karusellen går'' (1940) as a funfair visitor (uncredited) * '' Only a Woman'' (1941) as a dinner guest at the Juréns (uncredited) * ''Fransson the Terrible'' (1941) as Britta Lund * '' Nygifta'' (1941) as the young lady at the restaurant (un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Nilssen
Arvid Nilssen (25 December 1913 – 24 March 1976) was a Norwegian actor, revue artist and singer. He was regarded as one of the leading comedians in Norwegian revue. Biography Nilsen was born in Alvdal Municipality in Hedmark, Norway. He made his debut in Oslo at the Scala Teater in 1935, and played at Chat Noir from 1937 and most of his career. He also participated in tours, recorded films, and was a guest on numerous radio programs. He was awarded the Leonard Statuette in 1968 and was depicted on a Norwegian postage tamp in 2001. He died in Oslo and was buried at Vestre gravlund Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen (station), Borgen metro station. At , it is the largest cemetery in Norway. It was inaugurated in September 1902 and also contains a cremator .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nilssen, Arvid 1913 births 1976 deaths People from Alvdal Norwegian male stage actors N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grethe Kausland
Grethe Kausland ( Nilsen; 3 July 1947 – 16 November 2007) was a Norwegian singer, performer and actress. As a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers (her debut single “Teddyen min” from 1955, sold more than 100,000 recordsJan Eggum, Bård Ose, Siren Steen: ''Norsk pop & rock-leksikon'' (Vega Forlag AS, 2005) Norsk pop- og rockleksikon (2005)Grethe Kausland(Retrieved on 17 November 2007)), and she participated in several films as a child. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest, singing " Småting" with Benny Borg. From 1973 she performed regularly with the musical group Dizzie Tunes. Awarded "Spellemannprisen" 1978 for the album ''A Taste of Grethe Kausland'', and " Leonardstatuetten" 1991 for her achievements on the revue scene. She died from lung cancer on 16 November 2007, in Oslo, Norway. Child career Grethe made her stage debut at age 4 at a local revue, and cut her first record at age 8 in 1955, after winning a radio-transmitted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothar Lindtner
Per Lothar Lindtner (July 22, 1917 – April 14, 2005) was a Norwegian actor. Early life Lindtner was born in Bergen and played a large number of roles at the National Theatre in Oslo. He is considered one of the greatest actors Bergen has produced in recent times, with roles such as Bosch in ''Jan Herwitz'', Vingrisen in Nordahl Grieg's ''Our Power and Our Glory'', a variety of roles in several of Shakespeare's plays, Njegus in ''The Merry Widow'', Leopold in '' The White Horse Inn'', Per in '' Erasmus Montanus'', and Loman in ''Death of a Salesman''. He is remembered for the songs "Trikkevisen" and "Bauekorpsgutten". Career Lindtner began his career as an 8-year-old where he got the role as the smallest Claus in ''Journey to the Christmas Star'' in 1925. After that he played in nearly 400 different productions. His big debut came in 1935, a year after finishing middle school, in the role of Anders in ''The Escape to China'' (''Flukten til Kina'') by Henny Skjønberg. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Holst-Jensen
Joachim Holst-Jensen (16 June 1880 – 7 March 1963) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1927 and 1960. Partial filmography * ''Den glade enke i Trangvik'' (1927) - Berg, telegrafist * ''Madame besøker Oslo'' (1927) - Baron Felix de Video * '' Vi som går kjøkkenveien'' (1933) - Journalist * '' Jeppe på bjerget'' (1933) - Venn av baronen * '' To levende og en død'' (1937) - Engelhardt * '' Fant'' (1937) - Søren, Fændriks onkel * '' Ungen'' (1938) - a waiter * '' Bør Børson Jr.'' (1938) - Ole Elveplassen * ''Familien på Borgan'' (1939) - Cohn, advokat * '' De vergeløse'' (1939) - Wollert, professor * '' Her Little Majesty'' (1939) - Generalkonsul Hauge * '' Gjest Baardsen'' (1939) - Mons Peder Michelsen, arrestforvarer * '' Gryr i Norden'' (1939) - Christian H. * '' Bastard'' (1940) - En fangevokter * '' Tante Pose'' (1940) - Plum, sakfører * '' Tørres Snørtevold'' (1940) - En gjest * ''Hansen og Hansen'' (1941) - Talla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverre Holm
Sverre Holm Gundersen (24 July 1931 – 17 March 2005) was a Norwegian stage and film actor. Gundersen was best known for playing Benny in the Olsenbanden-movies (1969–1999), and as station master O. Tidemann in the Norwegian children's program '' Sesam Stasjon'' (1990–1998), the Norwegian version of the US program, ''Sesame Street''. Holm was born in Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ... and was in his youth a relatively good player for a bandy club known as Drafn. He married three times: to Marit Gulbrandsen (later divorced), to the actress Sissel Juul (1939–1987) in 1963, and to the occupational nurse Kari Anne Harnes in 1990. He died in Larvik, Norway, at the age of 73, from cancer. References External links * 1931 births 2005 deaths Dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egil Hjorth-Jenssen
Egil Hjorth-Jenssen (18 April 1893 – 8 November 1969) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director, playwright, children's writer and translator. Personal life Hjorth-Jenssen was born in Fredrikshald as a son of editor Gunnar Olaves Jenssen (1843–1924) and Anna Marie Cecilie Hjorth (1867–1929), and married Rachel Råby (1900–1958) in 1921. Career He made his stage debut in 1914 at Stavanger Teater, From 1916 to 1919 he worked at Trondhjems Teater, then Chat Noir from 1919 to 1921 and Trondhjems Teater from 1921 to 1925. He later played at several Oslo theatres (Centralteatret, Det Nye Teater, Søilen Teater, and Carl Johan Theater), including at Nationaltheatret from 1934 to 1937. He chaired the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association from 1932 to 1939, and served as theatre director of Den Nationale Scene in Bergen from 1939 to 1946. From 1948 to 1950 he was the artistic director of Det Gamle Teater. Hjorth-Jenssen was also a screen actor in movies such as: ''Den gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Enger (actor)
Leif Omdahl Enger (September 5, 1900 – November 11, 1977) was a Norwegian actor. Enger was born in Christiania (now Oslo). He appeared in a series of roles for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's radio theater. He was also a popular film actor, appearing in over 20 films. Among the best-known films he appeared in are '' Operasjon Løvsprett'', ''Hunger'' (), and '' Englandsfarere''. Enger died in Oslo and is buried in Oslo's West Cemetery. Partial filmography *1923: '' Strandhugg paa Kavringen'' as Skurken *1934: '' Op med hodet!'' as Skuespiller *1933: '' Jeppe på bjerget'' as Musicus *1941: '' The Sausage-Maker Who Disappeared'' () as engineer Barratt *1941: '' Gullfjellet'' as Larsen *1946: '' Englandsfarere'' as Jacob Vollen *1946: '' Vi vil leve'' *1946: ''Fun and Fancy Free'' () as Willie the Giant () *1948: '' Trollfossen'' as the chauffeur *1951: '' Storfolk og småfolk'' as Tjenere *1951: ''Alice in Wonderland'' () as the walrus *1952: '' Veslefrikk med fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
