Grete Nordrå (22 November 1924 – 13 March 2012) was a Norwegian actress who appeared on screen from the 1950s onwards. She was born in

Asker Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former municipality in Akershus, Norway. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker, Viken (also known as Greater Asker) in Viken count ...

.«Grete Nordrå»
Filmfront, besøkt 5. november 2009. She made her screen debut in 1955 when she appeared in ''Trost i taklampa''. Over the next 35 years, her roles were few and far between, but in 1990 she appeared as a Norwegian witch in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches, and her screen appearances since then have been more frequent, though still mostly on Norwegian television. Her biggest commercial success was co-starring in 2003's ''

Mors Elling ''Mother's Elling'' ( no, Mors Elling) is a 2003 Norwegian comedy film directed by Eva Isaksen Eva Isaksen (born 22 May 1956) is a Norwegian film director. She directed her first feature film ''Burning Flowers'' (''Brennende blomster'' 1985) w ...

'' as the mother of title character. She was nominated for an Amanda Award for her performance. She died in 2012 in Bergen.

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1924 births 2012 deaths Norwegian film actresses Norwegian television actresses People from Asker {{Norway-actor-stub