Brita Bigum

Brita Bigum (a.k.a. Britta Bigum^[2] and Brita Bigum Grønn,^[1] January 15, 1921 – October 12, 1980) was a Norwegian actress.^[3]

Brita Bigum
Brita Bigum in 1945
Born	(1921-01-25)January 25, 1921 Oslo, Norway
Died	October 12, 1980(1980-10-12) (aged 59)
Resting place	Vestre gravlund[1]
Occupation	Actress

Career

Bigum made her stage debut as a child in the play Per og Kari reiser til månen at the National Theatre in Oslo.^[4] She later danced at Chat Noir and the Edderkoppen Theater.^[4][5][6] Bigum made her film debut in 1940 in Tancred Ibsen's Tørres Snørtevold and appeared in a total of eight films between 1940 and 1957. She appeared as Hannchen (Norwegian: Hanna) in Eduard Künneke's operetta The Cousin from Nowhere (Norwegian title: Fetteren fra Batavia) at the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet during the 1951/52 season,^[4][7] and she was also active at the New Theater in 1953.^[8]

Filmography

• 1940: Tørres Snørtevold as the third sales clerk
• 1946: Et spøkelse forelsker seg as Grynet
• 1949: Vi flyr på Rio as the English-speaking cabaret singer
• 1950: Døden er et kjærtegn as Brita
• 1951: Kranes konditori as Mrs. Berg
• 1951: Skadeskutt as Liv, a nurse
• 1952: Trine! as Miss Svingvoll
• 1957: Fjols til fjells as Mrs. Rosenkrantz

References

1. "Bisettelser og begravelser". Arbeiderbladet. No. 251. October 28, 1980. p. 21. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
2. "Justers Vårturne". Tidens Krav. No. 112. May 18, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
3. Ringdal, Nils Johan (2000). Nationaltheatrets historie, 1899–1999. Oslo: Gyldendal. p. 261.
4. "Brita Bigum til Porsgrunn – i 'Fetteren fra Batavia'". Porsgrunns Dagblad. No. 33. February 8, 1952. p. 4. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
5. "Chat Noir-revyen i Sarpsborg". Den nye tid. No. 194. December 20, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
6. "Brita Bigum". Den nye tid. No. 17. January 21, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
7. Den Norske opera og den Norske ballett: slik Gunnar Brunvoll opplevde det. Bergen: Eide forlag. 1999. p. 41. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
8. "Det Nye Theater. Henry Purcell's Opera 'Dido og Aeneas'". Arbeiderbladet. No. 43. February 20, 1953. p. 4. Retrieved August 17, 2022.

External links

• Brita Bigum at IMDb
• Brita Bigum at the Swedish Film Database
• Brita Bigum at the National Theater
• Brita Bigum at Filmfront
• Brita Bigum at Sceneweb