Jens Bolling
Jens Bolling | |
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Liv Strømsted (1945–1952) ] |
Jens Bolling (23 June 1915 – 13 December 1992) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He was among the founders of Studioteatret, and a well-known interpreter of Norwegian fairy-tales.
Early and personal life
Bolling was born in Levanger, as the son of saw mill manager Sigvard Bolling and Borghild Elnan. He grew up at the farm Brekke in the valley Maridalen north of Oslo. His mother died early, and his grandmother took her place. She was an eminent narrator of legends and fairytales. Also story telling among the farm workers and mill workers had influence on Bolling's later acting career. He had his first performance experience when he was seven years old, in a former hen house, playing Ludvig Holberg's Jeppe.
He was married three times; first to actress Liv Strømsted from 1945 to 1952. He was then married to actress Ingrid Bothner, and later to actress Marit Bolling.[1]
Career
Bolling was employed at the
In 1941 Bolling was elected chairman of the organisation Unge Skuespilleres Forening. This organisation started underground meetings, often at Bolling's home, where they secretly studied the Stanislavski's system. The result of these undercover meetings was the founding of the theatre Studioteatret in 1945.[1][5]
Bolling played for Studioteatret from 1945 to 1949, and served as theatre director at Rogaland Teater from 1949 to 1951. Among his roles at Rogaland Teater was the lead role in Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, and "Helmer" in A Doll's House.[1] He worked for Den Nationale Scene from 1954 to 1956. He was regarded as an eminent interpreter of Norwegian fairy tales,[2] as a reciter in radio and later television.[1] He issued the book Teater i krig in 1983.[2]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1938 | Det drønner gjennom dalen | Streikebryter | |
1942 | Det æ'kke te å tru | Olaf Borg | |
1951 | Dei svarte hestane | Henrik Nordbø | |
1952 | Emergency Landing | Knut | |
1957 | Nine Lives | Alfred, kjelketrekker | |
1962 | Kort är sommaren | The Blacksmith | |
1982 | Krypskyttere | Arthur Skjolden | |
1985 | Havlandet | Den Blinde |
External links
- Jens Bolling at IMDb
References
- ^ a b c d e Lyche, Lise. "Jens Bolling". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ a b Rønneberg, Anton (1949). Nationaltheatret gjennom femti år (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal. pp. 389–406.
- ISBN 82-02-14138-9. Archived from the originalon 5 January 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
- ISBN 82-00-22366-3.