Katja Maria Riosianu Medbøe (3 December 1945 – c. 13 November 1996) was a Norwegian actress. She graduated from the

Norwegian National Academy of Theatre The Oslo National Academy of the Arts (, ''KHiO'') is a tertiary institution in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts. It is one of two public institutes of higher learning in Norway that teaches in v ...

in 1968, and acted both at

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and at the National Theatre. Medbøe was best known for her role in the ''Hustruer''-trilogy (Wives), along with

Frøydis Armand Frøydis Armand (9 April 1949 – 11 October 2022) was a Norwegian actress. She was the daughter of actor Eilif Armand, and sister of Merete Armand and Gisken Armand, both actresses. She worked at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre) from ...

and

Anne Marie Ottersen Anne Marie Ottersen Lindtner (born 29 April 1945) is a Norway, Norwegian actress. She has been working at Nationaltheatret (the National Theatre) since 1970, and acted in roles such as "Polly Peachum" in Bertolt Brecht's ''The Threepenny Opera'', ...

. She also released records with poetry readings set to music. In December 1996, Medbøe's sister,

Wenche Medbøe Wenche Elena Riosianu Medbøe (born July 3, 1940) is a Norwegians, Norwegian actress. Family Medbøe was born in Oslo, the daughter of the public relations officer Odd Medbøe (1914–1989) and Ecaterina (Katja) Medbøe (née Riosianu) (1911–2 ...

, announced that Katja had been missing for three weeks, and made a public appeal for tips. As a result of a head injury she had experienced pain from the stage lighting. On 12 November she had left the hospital and not been seen since. On 3 May 1997, she was found dead in

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a forest area north of

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. Medbøe had two children. The cause of death was, according to her daughter, Eline Medbøe,

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Select filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Medboee, Katja 1945 births 1996 suicides Norwegian film actresses Norwegian stage actresses Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni 20th-century Norwegian actresses Suicides in Norway 1996 deaths