Botten Soot (née Ingeborg Bergit Soot; 22 March 1895 â€" 21 May 1958)
was a Norwegian actress, singer and dancer.She was born in Bergen, the
daughter of painter Eyolf Soot (1859-1928) and children's theatre
pioneer Inga Bjørnson, and was half sister of actress Guri Stormoen
(1871-1952). She was the mother of Svend von Düring. 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.Soot
made her stage debut as dancer in 1911, as revue artist at Chat Noir
in 1913, and as a singer at Nationaltheatret in 1914. She spent most
of her career entertaining at the revue stage Chat Noir where she
performed together with Einar Rose, artistic director at Chat Noir and
at the Mayol-teatret opposite theater and film actor Harald Heide
Steen. Botten also performed together with theatre actress and singer
Tutta Rolf and her husband Ernst Rolf. Among her best known texts were
VÃ¥rvise and De gammeldagse Piger. Her book Mamma i fint selskap og
andre historier was published in 1946.
was a Norwegian actress, singer and dancer.She was born in Bergen, the
daughter of painter Eyolf Soot (1859-1928) and children's theatre
pioneer Inga Bjørnson, and was half sister of actress Guri Stormoen
(1871-1952). She was the mother of Svend von Düring. 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.Soot
made her stage debut as dancer in 1911, as revue artist at Chat Noir
in 1913, and as a singer at Nationaltheatret in 1914. She spent most
of her career entertaining at the revue stage Chat Noir where she
performed together with Einar Rose, artistic director at Chat Noir and
at the Mayol-teatret opposite theater and film actor Harald Heide
Steen. Botten also performed together with theatre actress and singer
Tutta Rolf and her husband Ernst Rolf. Among her best known texts were
VÃ¥rvise and De gammeldagse Piger. Her book Mamma i fint selskap og
andre historier was published in 1946.
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