Gretelill Fries Explained
Gretelill Fries |
Birth Name: | Margrethe Fries |
Birth Date: | August 18, 1923 |
Birth Place: | Bergen, Norway |
Death Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | Actress |
Spouse: | Øistein Børke (1943–1949) |
Gretelill Fries (born Margrethe Fries,[1] August 18, 1923 – June 7, 1977) was a Norwegian stage and film actress.[2]
Family
Fries was born in Bergen, the daughter of the actor and theater manager Hjalmar Fries.[3] She was the niece of the actor Harald Schwenzen and screenwriter Per Schwenzen. She was married to the actor Øistein Børke from 1943 to 1949.[1] [4] She later remarried and was known as Gretelill Fries Kavli.[5]
Career
Fries debuted at the Rogaland Theater in 1947.[6] [7] She was engaged with the National Theater in Oslo from 1952 to 1954,[8] and she also performed at the New Theater and People's Theater. Fries most often played young women, and her most noted role was as the maid Mirza in Christian Friedrich Hebbel's Judith in 1954.[9] [10] [11]
She appeared in Leif Sinding's film Gylne ungdom in 1956.[12] In the late 1950s, Fries ended her acting career and retired to private life.
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Notes and References
- Book: Steenstrup . Bjørn . Hvem er Hvem? . 1973 . Aschehoug . Oslo . 100.
- Book: Neufeld . Michael . Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War . 2017 . Vintage Books . New York . 481.
- News: 'Vi har vært her før' spilles her mandag . April 28, 2023 . Haugesunds Avis . 251 . November 1, 1947 . 6.
- News: Familien . April 27, 2023 . Nationen . 217 . September 18, 1943.
- News: Gretelill Fries Kavli . April 28, 2023 . Asker og Bærums budstikke . 107 . June 8, 1977 . 14.
- News: Rogaland Teater: 'Vi har vært her før' . April 28, 2023 . 1ste Mai . 235 . October 9, 1947 . 1, 4.
- News: Hvem visste at Sara Torvestad kunne ri? . April 28, 2023 . 1ste Mai . 54 . March 5, 1949.
- News: August Oddvar - vår siste 'gullalderskuespiller' . April 28, 2023 . Sandefjords Blad . 119 . May 28, 1953 . 3.
- News: Judith på Nationaltheatret . April 28, 2023 . Friheten . 82 . April 7, 1954 . 2.
- News: Hebbels 'Judith' på Nationaltheatret – i en sterk og vakker framføring . April 28, 2023 . Arbeiderbladet . 82 . April 7, 1954 . 8.
- News: En teaterforestilling blir til ... . April 28, 2023 . Drammens Tidende . 31 . February 6, 1954 . 7.
- News: Film . April 28, 2023 . Indre Smaalenenes Avis . 113 . September 26, 1956 . 3.