Ella Hval (born Ella Signe Quist Kristoffersen) (7 January 1904 â€" 17
December 1994) was a Norwegian actress. She was principally a stage
actress and was also an instructor and teacher at the Nationaltheatret
student school.Ella was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was
a daughter of Kristoffer Kristoffersen and Anne Marie Quist. In her
younger days she was active within the labour movement, where she took
part in the entertainment by playing amateur theatre. Here she met the
poet Rudolf William Nilsen (1901â€"29), and they got married in 1924.
In 1929, Nilsen died of tuberculosis after only five years of
marriage. In 1932 she remarried to physician Einar Hval
(1901â€"1958).She started acting professionally in 1932, when she
appeared at the Oslo revue theater Chat Noir. At Søilen Teater in
Oslo in 1932 she played the character "Anna" in the play Flammen
(German: Die Sterne) by Hans Müller-Einigen (1882-1950). Her
breakthrough was with the character "Vibeke" in Oppbrudd by Helge Krog
(1898-1962) at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen in 1936-1937. Among her
roles in Bergen were the characters "Gina" in Ibsen's play The Wild
Duck, and "Rebekka" in Rosmersholm. She worked for this theatre until
1940. From 1945 she worked for Nationaltheatret in Oslo, and played
leading roles in plays such as Sartre's No Exit and Wiers-Jenssen's
Anne Pedersdotter. She appeared as guest star in various theatres,
including Radioteatret, where she played more than one hundred roles.
For her radio appearances she was awarded the prize Blå Fugl in 1986.
She made her film début in 1949 in Arne Skouen's Gategutter. Among
her other films were Ut av mørket from 1958 and Over grensen from
1987. She chaired the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association for two
periods, from 1951 to 1961 and from 1965 to 1967, and was given
Honorary Membership in 1957.
December 1994) was a Norwegian actress. She was principally a stage
actress and was also an instructor and teacher at the Nationaltheatret
student school.Ella was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was
a daughter of Kristoffer Kristoffersen and Anne Marie Quist. In her
younger days she was active within the labour movement, where she took
part in the entertainment by playing amateur theatre. Here she met the
poet Rudolf William Nilsen (1901â€"29), and they got married in 1924.
In 1929, Nilsen died of tuberculosis after only five years of
marriage. In 1932 she remarried to physician Einar Hval
(1901â€"1958).She started acting professionally in 1932, when she
appeared at the Oslo revue theater Chat Noir. At Søilen Teater in
Oslo in 1932 she played the character "Anna" in the play Flammen
(German: Die Sterne) by Hans Müller-Einigen (1882-1950). Her
breakthrough was with the character "Vibeke" in Oppbrudd by Helge Krog
(1898-1962) at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen in 1936-1937. Among her
roles in Bergen were the characters "Gina" in Ibsen's play The Wild
Duck, and "Rebekka" in Rosmersholm. She worked for this theatre until
1940. From 1945 she worked for Nationaltheatret in Oslo, and played
leading roles in plays such as Sartre's No Exit and Wiers-Jenssen's
Anne Pedersdotter. She appeared as guest star in various theatres,
including Radioteatret, where she played more than one hundred roles.
For her radio appearances she was awarded the prize Blå Fugl in 1986.
She made her film début in 1949 in Arne Skouen's Gategutter. Among
her other films were Ut av mørket from 1958 and Over grensen from
1987. She chaired the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association for two
periods, from 1951 to 1961 and from 1965 to 1967, and was given
Honorary Membership in 1957.
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