Brita Bigum
{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1921–1980)}}
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| image = Brita Bigum - 1945 - Oslo Museum - TM.T04821 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Brita Bigum in 1945
| name = Brita Bigum
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1921|01|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Oslo, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|10|12|1921|01|25|mf=y}}
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| resting_place = Vestre gravlund{{cite news |title=Bisettelser og begravelser |url=https://www.nb.no/items/070f1a8f7862b4e086d81f80cb96e95b?page=19 |access-date=August 16, 2022 |work=Arbeiderbladet |issue=251 |date=October 28, 1980 |page=21}}
| occupation = Actress
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Brita Bigum (a.k.a. Britta Bigum{{cite news |title=Justers Vårturne |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9000268968d9b579056119cd7133da14?page=1 |access-date=August 17, 2022 |work=Tidens Krav |issue=112 |date=May 18, 1949 |page=2}} and Brita Bigum Grønn, January 15, 1921 – October 12, 1980) was a Norwegian actress.{{cite book |last1=Ringdal |first1=Nils Johan |title=Nationaltheatrets historie, 1899–1999 |date=2000 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |page=261}}
Career
Bigum made her stage debut as a child in the play Per og Kari reiser til månen at the National Theatre in Oslo.{{cite news |title=Brita Bigum til Porsgrunn – i 'Fetteren fra Batavia' |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9a6bf3ad3a208541f54f3eb71d873c32?page=3 |access-date=August 17, 2022 |work=Porsgrunns Dagblad |issue=33 |date=February 8, 1952 |page=4}} She later danced at Chat Noir and the Edderkoppen Theater.{{cite news |title=Chat Noir-revyen i Sarpsborg |url=https://www.nb.no/items/80cf809408cc7d76bdd1693a231979a0?page=1 |access-date=August 17, 2022 |work=Den nye tid |issue=194 |date=December 20, 1941 |page=3}}{{cite news |title=Brita Bigum |url=https://www.nb.no/items/02a3ba555c1823bc92b024e3f452aae6?page=1 |access-date=August 17, 2022 |work=Den nye tid |issue=17 |date=January 21, 1943 |page=2}} 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 ({{langx|no|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,{{cite book |title=Den Norske opera og den Norske ballett: slik Gunnar Brunvoll opplevde det |date=1999 |publisher=Eide forlag |location=Bergen |page=41 |url=https://www.nb.no/items/facc109da7623620bb01ac6adbe11c01?page=41 |access-date=August 17, 2022}} and she was also active at the New Theater in 1953.{{cite news |title=Det Nye Theater. Henry Purcell's Opera 'Dido og Aeneas' |url=https://www.nb.no/items/eba6cf98417362f24e24c672bd6db3e6?page=3 |access-date=August 17, 2022 |work=Arbeiderbladet |issue=43 |date=February 20, 1953 |page=4}}
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
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0081954|name=Brita Bigum}}
- [https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=132643 Brita Bigum] at the Swedish Film Database
- [https://forest.nationaltheatret.no/Persons/Details/6c6a6dda-5128-419e-a6b9-3f058a7b0360 Brita Bigum] at the National Theater
- [https://filmfront.no/aktor/50978/brita-bigum Brita Bigum] at Filmfront
- [https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/19948/Brita_Bigum Brita Bigum] at Sceneweb
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