Brita Bigum

Brita Bigum
Brita Bigum in 1945
Born(1921-01-25)January 25, 1921
Oslo, Norway
DiedOctober 12, 1980(1980-10-12) (aged 59)
Resting placeVestre gravlund[1]
OccupationActress

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Bisettelser og begravelser". Arbeiderbladet. No. 251. October 28, 1980. p. 21. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Justers Vårturne". Tidens Krav. No. 112. May 18, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  3. ^ Ringdal, Nils Johan (2000). Nationaltheatrets historie, 1899–1999. Oslo: Gyldendal. p. 261.
  4. ^ a b c "Brita Bigum til Porsgrunn – i 'Fetteren fra Batavia'". Porsgrunns Dagblad. No. 33. February 8, 1952. p. 4. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "Chat Noir-revyen i Sarpsborg". Den nye tid. No. 194. December 20, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  6. ^ "Brita Bigum". Den nye tid. No. 17. January 21, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  7. ^ Den Norske opera og den Norske ballett: slik Gunnar Brunvoll opplevde det. Bergen: Eide forlag. 1999. p. 41. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "Det Nye Theater. Henry Purcell's Opera 'Dido og Aeneas'". Arbeiderbladet. No. 43. February 20, 1953. p. 4. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
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