Grethe Kausland
Grethe Kausland | |
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Born | Grethe Nilsen July 3, 1947 |
Died | November 16, 2007 | (aged 60)
Occupation(s) | Actress, vocalist, singer |
Grethe Kausland (
She died from lung cancer on November 16, 2007, in Oslo, Norway.[4]
Child career
Grethe made her stage debut at age 4 at a local revue, and cut her first record at age 8 in 1955, after winning a radio-transmitted amateur competition; the song, "Teddyen Min"/"Cowboyhelten" became a big radio hit in and sold over 100,000 copies. She made her first film, Smugler i smoking in 1957; by age 12 she had cut 10 records and acted in five films. Described "crazy about jazz" as a child, she visited jazz clubs while still underage, "swinging" like an adult jazz vocalist despite her youthful voice.[1]
Shows with Dizzie Tunes
Kausland's cooperation with the show group Dizzie Tunes started with her Chat Noir Theatre debut På go'fot (1973). Later followed the shows Showkade med og uten fyll (1974), Vi spillopper (1976, film version 1979), Memories Of Music (1979/1980, also video), The Show Must Go Home (1984, also video), Festsprell i Dizzie Tider (1988). She also participated in many of their TV shows. Sing Sala Bim (1973) was awarded Bronze Rose at the Montreux festival.
Her music albums with Dizzie Tunes:[1] Toppop 1 (1972), Mere Ra-ta-ta-ta (1972), Folk i nord (1973), Hei-hå-hei-hå (1973), Norsklåt (1973), På go'fot med Dizzie Tunes (1973), Memories of Music (1982), Go'biter med Dizzie Tunes (1992).
A Star is Torn
In a 1993 adaptation of
Television series
From the late 1990s Kausland participated in several TV series. In
Discography
Singles on the Columbia label (as child star)
- 1955: "Teddyen min"/"Cowboyhelten"
- 1956: "Den lille kjøkkenskriver"/"Jeg vil gifte meg med pappa" (with Frank Robert)
- 1956: "Maria Fly-fly"/"Eventyrswing"
- 1956: "Grethemor"/"Dukkestuen"
- 1956: "Til Nisseland"/"Ding-dong"
- 1957: "Min lille mandolin"/"Kjære lille vov-vov"
- 1957: "Hipp Hurra!"/"Lolly Poll"
- 1958: "Lillesøster"/"Musefest i kjelleren"
- 1959: "På tivoli"/"Pappas lille pike"
- 1960: "Souvenirs"/"Conny"
- 1960: "Det finns millioner"/"Europa Non Stop"
- 1963: "Gullregnen"/"Ønskedrømmen"
- 1964: "Hjerte"/"Hvis jeg var gutt"
Albums
- Grethe gjennom 10 år (Columbia, 1964)
- A Taste of Grethe Kausland (Troll, 1978)
- Grethe synger Lille Grethe (Troll, 1979)
- Stay With Me (Troll, 1984)
- Jazzway to Norway (1991) (with several artists)
- Jazz my way (Curling Legs, 2008)
Filmography
- Smuglere i smoking (1957)
- Selv om de er små (1957)
- Far til fire og onkel Sofus(1957)
- Far til fire og ulveungerne(1958)
- Ugler i mosen (1959) (directed by Ivo Caprino)
- Millionær for en aften (1960)
- To på topp (1965)
- Tut og kjør (1975)
- Vi spillopper (1979)
- Over stork og stein (Stork Staring Mad, 1994)
- Solan, Ludvig og Gurin med reverompa (Gurin with the Foxtail, 1998) (voice)
TV series
- D'ække bare, bare Bernt (1996)
- Karl & Co (1997–2000)
- Jul i Blåfjell (1999) (Awarded Gullruten 2000 for Best TV drama, and Spellemannprisen 1999 for Best children's album)
- Jul på månetoppen (2002)
- Brødrene Dal og mysteriet med Karl XIIs gamasjer (2005) (mini TV Series)
- Hos Martin (2005 episode)
Personal life
From 1966 to 1979 she was married to jazz guitarist
References
- ^ ISBN 82-92489-09-6
- ^ Norsk pop- og rockleksikon (2005): Grethe Kausland (Retrieved on November 17, 2007)
- ^ IMDB: Grethe Kausland Filmography (Retrieved on November 17, 2007)
- ^ "Grethe Kausland". IMDb.
- ISBN 82-90771-06-1
- ^ Larsen, Svend Erik Løken. "Grethe, "Lille Grethe" Kausland". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2010.