Botten Soot
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22 March 1895
Botten Soot | |
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 Botten Soot in 1937 | |
| Born | Ingeborg Bergit Soot 22 March 1895 Bergen, Norway |
| Died | 21 May 1958 (aged 63) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Olaf Kronstad |
| Children | Svend von Düring |
| Parent(s) | Eyolf Soot Inga Bjørnson |
| Relatives | Harald Stormoen (step-father) Guri Stormoen (half-sister) |
Botten Soot (born Ingeborg Bergit Soot; 22 March 1895 – 21 May 1958) was a Norwegian actress, singer, and dancer. Her primary venue was the cabaret and revue theatre Chat Noir, where she performed for most of her career.
Born in Bergen, Soot was the daughter of the painter Eyolf Soot (1859–1928) and children's theatre pioneer Inga Bjørnson (1871–1952). Her parents divorced in 1900; her mother married the actor Harald Stormoen when Botten was five years old, and Botten Soot was thus a half-sister of the actress Guri Stormoen.[1] She also gave birth to a child, the actor Svend von Düring.[2] She learned ballet as a child and was a student at Thora Hals Olsen ballet school; later she studied singing with Bergljot Ibsen, Wilhelm Cappelen Kloed and Raimund von zur-Mühlen, and harmony with Carsten Carlsen.[1][3][4]
She was later married to sculptor Trygve Thorsen,[1] and their daughter Berit Soot Kløvig became a painter and sculptor.[5] This marriage was eventually dissolved, and she married actor Olaf Kronstad in 1924.[1]
