Brita Bigum Explained

Brita Bigum
Birth Date:	January 25, 1921
Birth Place:	Oslo, Norway
Resting Place:	Vestre gravlund^[1]
Occupation:	Actress

Brita Bigum (a.k.a. Britta Bigum^[2] and Brita Bigum Grønn,^[1] January 15, 1921 – October 12, 1980) was a Norwegian actress.^[3]

Career

Bigum made her stage debut as a child in the play Per og Kari reiser til månen at the National Theatre in Oslo.^[4] She later danced at Chat Noir and the Edderkoppen Theater.^{[4] [5] [6]} Bigum made her film debut in 1940 in Tancred Ibsen's Tørres Snørtevold and appeared in a total of eight films between 1940 and 1957. She appeared as Hannchen (Norwegian: Hanna) in Eduard Künneke's operetta The Cousin from Nowhere (Norwegian title: Fetteren fra Batavia) at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet during the 1951/52 season,^{[4] [7]} and she was also active at the New Theater in 1953.^[8]

Filmography

• 1940: Tørres Snørtevold as the third sales clerk
• 1946: Et spøkelse forelsker seg as Grynet
• 1949: Vi flyr på Rio as the English-speaking cabaret singer
• 1950: Døden er et kjærtegn as Brita
• 1951: Kranes konditori as Mrs. Berg
• 1951: Skadeskutt as Liv, a nurse
• 1952: Trine! as Miss Svingvoll
• 1957: Fjols til fjells as Mrs. Rosenkrantz

External links

• • Brita Bigum at the Swedish Film Database
• Brita Bigum at the National Theater
• Brita Bigum at Filmfront
• Brita Bigum at Sceneweb

Notes and References

1. News: Bisettelser og begravelser . August 16, 2022 . Arbeiderbladet . 251 . October 28, 1980 . 21.
2. News: Justers Vårturne . August 17, 2022 . Tidens Krav . 112 . May 18, 1949 . 2.
3. Book: Ringdal . Nils Johan . Nationaltheatrets historie, 1899–1999 . 2000 . Gyldendal . Oslo . 261.
4. News: Brita Bigum til Porsgrunn – i 'Fetteren fra Batavia' . August 17, 2022 . Porsgrunns Dagblad . 33 . February 8, 1952 . 4.
5. News: Chat Noir-revyen i Sarpsborg . August 17, 2022 . Den nye tid . 194 . December 20, 1941 . 3.
6. News: Brita Bigum . August 17, 2022 . Den nye tid . 17 . January 21, 1943 . 2.
7. Book: Den Norske opera og den Norske ballett: slik Gunnar Brunvoll opplevde det . 1999 . Eide forlag . Bergen . 41 . August 17, 2022.
8. News: Det Nye Theater. Henry Purcell's Opera 'Dido og Aeneas' . August 17, 2022 . Arbeiderbladet . 43 . February 20, 1953 . 4.