Toralv Maurstad
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Toralv Maurstad (born November 24, 1926 in Bærum ) is a Norwegian actor , director and theater director .
Life
Maurstad trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London from 1949 to 1949 . At first he only appeared in supporting roles, his debut as a leading actor had in 1949 at Trøndelag Teater . In 1951 Maurstad moved to Oslo and then worked at the Det Nye Teater . He had his first big appearance in the film in 1951 in Kranes konditori .
From 1954 Maurstad was Nationaltheatret active in Oslo, where he worked on a series of comedies participated and contemporary plays, such as, among others, in John Osborne's Look Back in Anger ( Look Back in Anger ). In 1962 he was awarded the Aamot statuette and in 1963 he was awarded the Critic's Prize in the Theater Critic's Prize category . Also participated in some classical interpretations, such as Puck in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and starred in Erasmus Montanus , Peer Gynt and Brand . His most famous appearance was in 1961 in a guest role at Det Norske Teatret in the performance One Long Day Journey into the Night by Eugene O'Neill .
Maurstad was theater director at Oslo Nye Teater from 1967 to 1977 and then at the Nationaltheatret from 1978 to 1986. His times as theater director at both houses were marked by great artistic successes, but also with unrest. B. when eight actors called for a strike at the National Theater.
After 1986 he worked as a freelancer at various Norwegian theaters until he retired. Furthermore, Maurstad appeared as an actor in several films and television series until 2011 .
Filmography
Actor and voice actor
- 1937: Fant
- 1942: Trysil-Knut , "Skolegutt"
- 1951: Kranes confectionery
- 1952: Andrine og Kjell
- 1954: Cirkus Fandango
- 1955: Hjem går vi ikke
- 1961: Passionate Encounter (Line)
- 1962: Gengangere
- 1962: Kalde spor
- 1963: Om Tilla
- 1967: Svarte palmekroner
- 1968: Hennes meget kongelige høyhet
- 1970: Song of Norway
- 1975: Hintertupfinger Grand Prix ( Flåklypa Grand Prix , Norwegian voice to «Ludvig»)
- 1983: Spy ship ( Spyship )
- 1985: The Last Place on Earth
- 1986: Peer Gynt
- 1987: Rubicon is a secret ( Etter ... Rubicon )
- 1991: Beauty and the Beast ( Beauty and the Beast , Norwegian Speaker)
- 1991: Feivel, the mouse wanderer in the Wild West ( An American Tail: Fievel Goes West , Norwegian voice)
- 1992: Tom & Jerry : The Movie ( Tom and Jerry: The Movie , Norwegian voice)
- 1994: Det var en gang ...
- 1995: Asterix in America ( Asterix in America , Norwegian voice for «Julius Cæsar»)
- 1996: On the hunt for the kidney stone ( Jakten på nyresteinen )
- 1998: Sonny, the detective ( Solan, Ludvig og Gurin med reverompa , Norwegian voice to «Ludvig»)
- 1998–1999: Hotel Cæsar (TV series)
- 2000: Das Hundehotel ( Hundehotellet , Norwegian voice)
- 2001: Olsenbandens første kupp (Norwegian TV series)
- 2002: Spy Kids 2 - The Return of the Super Spies ( Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams , Norwegian voice)
- 2004: Olsen Gang jr. på rocker'n
- 2007: Størst av alt
- 2011: Magic Silver 2 - The search for the magic horn (Blåfjell 2 - Jakten på det magiske horn)
Screenwriter
- 1975: Glade vrinsk
Director
- 1988: Konsultasjon eller helbredelsen's art
theatre
- 2007: Beckett , «Krapp» in The Last Volume (Krapps siste spole)
- 2005: Waiting for Godot ( Vente på Godot ) «Vladimir»
- 1968: Cabaret , The Emcee
Awards
- 1962: Aamot statuettes
- 1963: Critics' prizes
- 1974: Knight of the Order of St. Olav
- 2005: Heddaprisen
- 2006: Anders Jahreskulturpris
- 2007: Commander of the Order of St. Olav .
- 2008: Leif Justers ærespris
family
Toralv Maurstad is the son of the actor couple Alfred Maurstad and Tordis Maurstad and the half-brother of the actress Mari Maurstad . He was first married to the Swedish actress Eva Henning , then married to Anne-Ma Burum . On New Year's Eve 1999, at the age of 73, he married the then 39-year-old Norwegian actress and director Beate Eriksen . In 2001 one of the couple's applications to adopt a child was rejected because Maurstad was deemed to be too old, as in Norway adoptive parents must be between the ages of 25 and 45.
Web links
- Toralv Maurstad in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Toralv Maurstad on nbl.snl.no in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
- Toralv Maurstad on snl.no in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- Toralv Maurstad on filmfront.no
Individual evidence
- ^ Andre par ut (Norwegian) , Dagbladet . January 24, 2000. Archived from the original on August 22, 2009 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved August 17, 2009.
- ↑ Kristin Grøntoft: Får ikke adoptere: Toralv er for gammel (Norwegian) , Dagbladet . June 12, 2001. Retrieved August 17, 2009.
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SURNAME | Maurstad, Toralv |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian actor, director and theater manager |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bærum , Norway |