Gerd Høst-Heyerdahl

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Gerd Høst-Heyerdahl (born March 28, 1915 in Oslo ; † March 1, 2007 in Oslo) was a Norwegian actress , writer and professor of German studies .

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Høst had her acting debut in 1934 at Det Norske Teatret , then appeared in Den Nationale Scene and from 1936 at the Nationaltheatret . After a few years on the Norwegian stage, she came to Berlin in 1937 to take part in the dubbing of the German film Pan (?) Into Norwegian. She applied to the Deutsches Theater and received an apprenticeship contract with TOBIS, which also led to several roles in German films: The Muzzle and Sergeant Berry (both 1938). In order to avoid irritation in Germany due to her male first name, Gerd Høst was also listed under the stage name Gerda Höchst by Sergeant Berry . At the theater she met Brigitte Horney and they were friends for life and GH also wrote her biography, if requested bras.

Høst returned to Norway in the summer of 1940, retired from the stage in 1942 and began her studies. During the Second World War, she began studying German, linguistics and art, which she graduated in 1949. She translated from the German so u. a. Works by Elie Wiesel and wrote poetry books, books on crime, Norwegian runic scripts, memory books and also a biography of Knut Hamsun's daughter , Ellinor, who also tried German films and was married to a German film director. In total, she published more than 40 scientific papers. From 1960 she worked as a lecturer in German studies for teacher training in Trondheim. In addition, she was the head of German classes at the NRK from 1959 to 1969 . As a university lecturer and professor, she taught at the University of Oslo . She was awarded the St. Olav Order, 1st Class and the Great Federal Cross of Merit. Høst was the daughter of the Norwegian physicist Herman Fleischer Høst and the sister of the scientist Herman Høst .

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SURNAME Høst-Heyerdahl, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian actress, writer and professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo , Norway
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 2007
Place of death Oslo , Norway