Ghita Nørby

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Ghita Nørby (2010)

Ghita Nørby (born January 11, 1935 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish actress . Today she is one of the busiest and most honored film actresses in her country.

Career

Nørby's parents were the opera singer Einar Nørby and the pianist Guldborg Laursen . She made her debut in 1954 at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen, where she attended drama school ( Det Kongelige Teaters elevskole ) for two years and was then engaged until 1959. After that she played from 1959 to 1962 at the Allé-Scenen and in the following years at many other theaters in Copenhagen.

Ghita Nørby made her film debut in 1956 in Hungary . During the 1950s and 1960s she was particularly successful in comedies, for example in Die Ferien mein Frau (1967) or in Die Olsenbande in der Klemme (1969). From the 1970s she began to establish herself as a character actress; In 1976 she received her first Bodil as best leading actress in Den korte sommer . In 1978 she was seen as Ingeborg Skjern in the hit television series Matador .

After several years of extensive abstinence from film, Nørby made a successful comeback in 1989 with the title role in Dansen med Regitze , for which she was awarded her second leading role - Bodil and the Robert . Since then she has received numerous other awards; In 1992 she became the first actress to receive the Bodil for the fourth time. She also received the Swedish Guldbagge Film Prize twice . In addition, she was awarded the Dannebrogorden in 1996 and the Queen of Denmark's Prize for merits in art and science, Ingenio et arti , in 2006.

Private

Nørby was first married from 1956 to the architect Mogens Garth-Grüner (1930–1957), after his death from 1958 to 1962 with the actor Henrik Wiehe . She met her third husband, the Italian-born singer Dario Campeotto , in 1962 while filming Han, hun, Dirch og Dario . She lived with him in Turin from 1964 to 1969 ; the marriage resulted in a son, the director Giacomo Campeotto . Her fourth husband was the actor Jørgen Reenberg from 1970 to 1978 . In 1984 she finally married the conductor, pianist and composer Svenn Skipper .

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personal data
SURNAME Nørby, Ghita
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen