Edvard Drabløs (1 April 1883 – 29 April 1976) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.

Biography

Drabløs was born at

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, Norway. He was the son of Jens Helgesen Drabløs (1856–1925) and Olave Velle (1852–1917). He worked most of his professional career at

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ()Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 19 ...

, from 1912. He was the director of this theatre from 1915 to 1916 and 1950 to 1951. He also appeared in approximately twenty films, beginning in the 1910s through the 1950s.Edvard Drabløs

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, retrieved 26 March 2013 He was proclaimed Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1953. Drabløs died in

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in 1976 at the age of 93.

Filmography

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* 1883 births 1976 deaths People from Sykkylven Norwegian male stage actors Norwegian theatre directors Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male silent film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors {{Norway-actor-stub