Sølvi Valborg Wang (28 August 1929 â€" 31 May 2011) was a Norwegian
singer, actress and comedian.She was born in Bærum, Akershus, to the
jazz musician Yngvar Wang and the singer Marie Gulbrandsen. Already at
an early age she sang with her father's orchestra on the radio and in
concert. She met Egil Monn-Iversen while in school, and in 1948 she
founded the music group The Monn Keys together with him. Wang debuted
as a recording artist in 1950, in a duet with Arve Opsahl. Later she
recorded solo albums, and was responsible for 18 releases in the years
up until 1955. She combined her solo career with performances with The
Monn Keys, which now also included the singers Nora Brockstedt and Per
Asplin. In 1954 the group performed their first variety show, Over
alle grenser, at Chat Noir in Oslo. She worked at Chat Noir in the
years 1952 to 1963, then at Edderkoppen from 1963 to 1964, before
moving to Det Norske Teatret. Though she continued to regularly appear
in comedy shows at Chat Noir until the mid-1980s.In addition to making
recordings and performing in variety shows, Wang also performed in
musicals, on television and in movies. For 25 years she was the
leading lady of Det Norske Teatret, where she played the lead roles in
such musicals as West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Annie Get Your
Gun and The King and I. She also acted in musicals composed by her
husband Monn-Iversen, most prominently among these Bør Børson Jr.,
based on a novel by Johan Falkberget.
singer, actress and comedian.She was born in Bærum, Akershus, to the
jazz musician Yngvar Wang and the singer Marie Gulbrandsen. Already at
an early age she sang with her father's orchestra on the radio and in
concert. She met Egil Monn-Iversen while in school, and in 1948 she
founded the music group The Monn Keys together with him. Wang debuted
as a recording artist in 1950, in a duet with Arve Opsahl. Later she
recorded solo albums, and was responsible for 18 releases in the years
up until 1955. She combined her solo career with performances with The
Monn Keys, which now also included the singers Nora Brockstedt and Per
Asplin. In 1954 the group performed their first variety show, Over
alle grenser, at Chat Noir in Oslo. She worked at Chat Noir in the
years 1952 to 1963, then at Edderkoppen from 1963 to 1964, before
moving to Det Norske Teatret. Though she continued to regularly appear
in comedy shows at Chat Noir until the mid-1980s.In addition to making
recordings and performing in variety shows, Wang also performed in
musicals, on television and in movies. For 25 years she was the
leading lady of Det Norske Teatret, where she played the lead roles in
such musicals as West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Annie Get Your
Gun and The King and I. She also acted in musicals composed by her
husband Monn-Iversen, most prominently among these Bør Børson Jr.,
based on a novel by Johan Falkberget.
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