Elisabeth Jeremiassen Gording (2 October 1907 â€" 29 October 2001) was
a Norwegian actress.Gording was born in Kristiania as a daughter of
physician Reidar Gording (1873â€"1952) and Borghild Jeremiassen
(1872â€"1965). The family resided at Slemdal. She was a paternal
granddaughter of Julius and Dorothea Christensen, and a maternal
granddaughter of Johan Jeremiassen. From 1932 to 1940 she was married
to psychiatrist Odd Havrevold, during which time she was a
sister-in-law of Olafr Havrevold, Alf Ihlen and Finn Havrevold.Gording
studied acting, dance and mime in Vienna under Max Huber, later Joseph
Fraenzel. She was employed at Nationaltheatret between 1933 and 1954.
The exception was during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany,
when she in 1941 was summoned to the police headquarters at Victoria
Terrasse. She had rejected an order to play in Nazi-controlled radio,
and was revoked of her working permit as actress, along with five
other actors. This incident sparked a theatre strike which lasted for
five weeks, and affected the theatres in Norway for the rest of the
war.Her stage debut was as the character "Milja" in Oskar Braaten's
play Ungen, in October 1932. In the fall of 1933 she played in
Strindberg's Till Damaskus, and in an adaptation of O'Neill's The
Hairy Ape. In November 1935 she played in Friedrich Wolff's play
Professor Mamlocks utvei, staged by Gerda Ring; a contribution against
the prosecution of Jews in Germany. In Borgen's first play, Kontorsjef
Lie, she played a child's character. She also played one of the
children in an adaptation of Caldwell's Tobacco Road in 1936. Nordahl
Grieg's play Nederlaget premiered in March 1937, staged by Agnes
Mowinckel, and Gording played the character of a working class woman.
a Norwegian actress.Gording was born in Kristiania as a daughter of
physician Reidar Gording (1873â€"1952) and Borghild Jeremiassen
(1872â€"1965). The family resided at Slemdal. She was a paternal
granddaughter of Julius and Dorothea Christensen, and a maternal
granddaughter of Johan Jeremiassen. From 1932 to 1940 she was married
to psychiatrist Odd Havrevold, during which time she was a
sister-in-law of Olafr Havrevold, Alf Ihlen and Finn Havrevold.Gording
studied acting, dance and mime in Vienna under Max Huber, later Joseph
Fraenzel. She was employed at Nationaltheatret between 1933 and 1954.
The exception was during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany,
when she in 1941 was summoned to the police headquarters at Victoria
Terrasse. She had rejected an order to play in Nazi-controlled radio,
and was revoked of her working permit as actress, along with five
other actors. This incident sparked a theatre strike which lasted for
five weeks, and affected the theatres in Norway for the rest of the
war.Her stage debut was as the character "Milja" in Oskar Braaten's
play Ungen, in October 1932. In the fall of 1933 she played in
Strindberg's Till Damaskus, and in an adaptation of O'Neill's The
Hairy Ape. In November 1935 she played in Friedrich Wolff's play
Professor Mamlocks utvei, staged by Gerda Ring; a contribution against
the prosecution of Jews in Germany. In Borgen's first play, Kontorsjef
Lie, she played a child's character. She also played one of the
children in an adaptation of Caldwell's Tobacco Road in 1936. Nordahl
Grieg's play Nederlaget premiered in March 1937, staged by Agnes
Mowinckel, and Gording played the character of a working class woman.
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