Kjersti Døvigen
Norwegian actress (1943–2021)
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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]
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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
- 1963: Elskere as Guro
- 1969: Psychedelica Blues as Lissy
- 1970: Douglas as Kari
- 1974: The Last Fleksnes as Unni
- 1976: Lasse & Geir as Kjersti
- 1976: Bør Børson II as Ida Olsen
- 1980: Life and Death as Jennifer
