Aagot Børseth (29 November 1898 – 19 December 1993) was a Norwegian actress.

Biography

Aagot Tangen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She made her debut at

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during 1918 as Grete in ''Faddergaven'' by Peter Egge (1869-1959). Later she came to Chat Noir, where she noted herself as the street girl Gusti in ''Flammen''. She came to the Nationaltheatret in 1928 and performed there for 40 years. She made her film debut in ''Felix'' (1921) and participated in numerous Norwegian films including ''Frestelse'' (1940) and ''Selkvinnen'' (1953). She was also a widely used actor on

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and on television. She was married to

Henrik Børseth Henrik Børseth (30 April 1885 – 18 September 1970) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Haugesund, and was married to actress Aagot Børseth. He made his stage debut at Det Norske Teatret in 1914, and was assigned to Nationaltheatret in Oslo ...

(1885–1970), who was also an actor at the Nationaltheatret. She died in 1993 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo.

Filmography

*''Fru Inger til Østråt'' (1975) *''Eiszeit'' (1975) (TV) *''Bernardas hus'' (1964) (TV) *''Sønner av Norge kjøper bil'' (1962) *''Sønner av Norge'' (1961) *''Støv på hjernen'' (1959) *''

Selkvinnen ''Selkvinnen'' (The Seal Woman) is a Norwegian film from 1953. It was directed by Lauritz Falk and Per Jonson; Falk himself played the lead role in the film. The film script was written by Leif Sinding. Gunnar Sønstevold composed the music for ...

'' (1953) *'' Frestelse'' (1940) *''

Felix Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...

'' (1921)

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* 1898 births 1993 deaths Actresses from Oslo Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian film actresses Norwegian silent film actresses Burials at Vestre gravlund 20th-century Norwegian actresses {{Norway-actor-stub