Edith Carlmar
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Norwegian actor and director (1911–2003)
Film & TV
Oslo, Norway
Edith Carlmar (Edith Mary Johanne Mathiesen) was an Norwegian actress and Norway's first female film director. She grew up in the eastern part of Oslo, in poor conditions, alone with her mother. However, her mother was a culturally oriented woman, so Edith was introduced to music, dance, and the theatre at an early age. At 19, she married Otto Carlmar, whom she met through her mother. In her…
Known for
- Elskede Poona — Fru Gulliksen2003
- Out of Order — Gammel dame1997
- Gåten Knut Hamsun1997
- Gåten Knut Hamsun1996
- Edith Carlmar - bedre enn sitt rykte — Self1994
- Lethal Lies — Tom's Grandmother1992
- Svampe — Gammel dame1990
- The Olsen Gang meets The King and the Jackal — Nabokone1974
- Jentespranget1973
- Fools in the Mountains — Matron (uncredited)1957
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Christiania
- Place of death
- Oslo
- Spouse
- Otto Carlmar
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
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- Commons category
- Edith Carlmar
- date of death
- 2003-05-17
- date of birth
- 1911-11-15
- place of burial
- Vestre gravlund
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