Kjersti_Døvigen

Kjersti Døvigen

Kjersti Døvigen

Norwegian actress (1943–2021)

Kjersti Døvigen (27 June 1943 – 26 January 2021)[1][2] was a Norwegian actress. She was known, among other things, for her role in the popular Norwegian TV-drama Offshore.[3]

At the age of seven, Kjersti started dancing, her career began as a ballet dancer. She worked in this area at the Norwegian Opera for eight years before her breakthrough in 1967 in Claudine's role in CanCan.[4]

Døvigen, the widow of financier Halvor Astrup, was the mother of the actress Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen and lived in Bath, England.

Selected filmography

References

  1. [1]
    "Skuespiller Kjersti Døvigen er død" (in Norwegian).
  2. [2]
    "Her kan du søke i Aftenpostens dødsannonser". aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Kjersti Døvigen". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 7 October 1998. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Kjersti Døvigen er død". VG (in Norwegian). 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.


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