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Anne Gullestad (26 October 1925 – 1 April 1998) was a Norwegian actress and
theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
. She was born in
Kvinesdal Kvinesdal is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Liknes. Other villages in Kvinesdal include Feda, Fjotland, and Storekvi ...
, and
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her secondary education in 1945. She made her stage debut in 1950 at
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 ...
. She co-founded
Sogn og Fjordane Teater Teater Vestland (former Sogn og Fjordane Teater) is a theatre based in Førde, Norway, Founded in 1977, it serves as the regional theatre for Vestland, and tours with performances across the county. Theater tours in Vestland focus especially on new ...
in 1977 and was director there from 1980 to 1988. From 1988 to 1994 she directed
Riksteatret Riksteatret (English: National Traveling Theater) is a Norwegian touring theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or ima ...
, and from 1995 Hordaland Teater. She was married to lawyer Wilhelm Jakob Haaland (1925–1995), brother of Arild Haaland. In 1989 she was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the
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. She died in April 1998 in
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1925 births 1998 deaths Norwegian stage actresses Norwegian theatre directors People from Kvinesdal 20th-century Norwegian actresses {{Norway-actor-stub