Britta Lech-Hanssen | |
Birth Date: | February 10, 1916 |
Birth Place: | Narvik, Norway |
Death Place: | Benalmádena, Spain |
Resting Place: | Western Cemetery (Vestre gravlund), Oslo[1] |
Occupation: | Actress |
Britta Lech-Hanssen (born Karin Anna Britta Ericsson; February 10, 1916 – February 22, 2007)[2] was a Norwegian actress.
Lech-Hanssen was engaged with the New Theater and then its successor, the Oslo New Theater, from 1947 to 1967. She also appeared in eight feature films between 1950 and 1970. She made her film debut in To mistenkelige personer.[3]
Lech-Hanssen was born in Narvik, Norway. She was the daughter of the ship captain Arnold Halfdan Ericsson (1886–1954) and Karoline Johanna Blix (1894–1922). She married the opera singer Gerhard Lech-Hanssen (1916–1968) in 1939.[4] She was the mother of the actor Gerhard Arnold Lech-Hansen (1941–1995).