Alfred Gjems Selmer Explained

Alfred Gjems Selmer
Birth Date:June 4, 1893
Birth Place:Balsfjord, Norway
Death Place:Trondheim, Norway
Occupation:Actor
Spouse:Liv Uchermann Selmer
Mother:Ågot Gjems Selmer
Father:Alfred Selmer
Relatives:Tordis Gjems Selmer, Lillemor von Hanno

Alfred Jørgen Gjems Selmer (June 4, 1893 – January 30, 1919) was a Norwegian actor.[1] [2]

Selmer was born in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway, the son of the district physician Alfred Selmer and the actress and writer Ågot Gjems Selmer. One of his sisters was the singer Tordis Gjems Selmer, and another was the actress and writer Lillemor von Hanno. Selmer was married to the actress Liv Uchermann Selmer.[3]

In 1918, Selmer played Erhart Borkman in a production of Henrik Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman at the National Theater in Bergen.[1]

Selmer died of the Spanish flu in 1919.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Alfred Gjems-Selmer . October 9, 2021 . Bergens Annonce Tidende . 26 . January 31, 1919 . 2.
  2. Book: Aarseth . Asbjørn . Den Nationale scene 1901–31 . 1969 . Gyldendal . Oslo . 292.
  3. News: Malerdatteren som ikke kunne tegne et eple men som ble skuespillerinne . October 9, 2021 . Tønsbergs Blad . December 23, 1972 . 10.
  4. Book: Øisang . Ole . Teater i Trondheim gjennom 125 år . 1941 . Brun . Trondheim.