Elsa Lystad
{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1930–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=March 2023}}
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| name = Elsa Lystad
| image = 2011-12-15 Elsa Lystad cropped.JPG
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| caption = Lystad in 2011
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|7|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oslo, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|12|26|1930|7|9|df=y}}
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| nationality = Norwegian
| occupation = Actress
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| notable_works =
| awards = Leonard Statuette (1983)
King's Medal of Merit (2007)
Amanda Honorary Award (2014)
Gullruten (2014)
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Elsa Lystad (9 July 1930 – 26 December 2023) was a Norwegian film and stage actress. She was a recipient of the Leonard Statuette, the King's Medal of Merit, the Amanda Honorary Award, and Gullruten.
Career
Lystad made her stage debut in 1956, and her breakthrough as actress came in the mid-1960s. She has since been a central actress in Norwegian film, theatre, television and radio.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Elsa Lystad |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Svend Erik Løken |last=Larsen |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Elsa_Lystad/utdypning|language=Norwegian |accessdate=12 April 2010}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Elsa Lystad – norsk skuespiller |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Elsa_Lystad/norsk_skuespiller |first=Svend Erik Løken |last=Larsen |editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=12 April 2010 }}
Lystad was assigned to Det Norske Teatret from 1958 to 1964, and thereafter Chat Noir, Fjernsynsteatret, Oslo Nye Teater, and Den Nationale Scene until 1980. As freelancer she has later played for the theatres Nationaltheatret, Riksteatret, Chat Noir, ABC-teatret and Hålogaland Teater, as well as revue assignments.
Her breakthrough came in 1965 at the revue theatre Lysthuset in Oslo, where she played in collaboration with Rolv Wesenlund and Harald Heide-Steen Jr. She was subsequently engaged with Einar Schanke at Chat Noir, and played with Wesenlund in the film Hurra for Andersens! (1966).
Lystad was awarded the Leonard Statuette in 1983.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Leonardstatuetten |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=18 December 2019 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Leonardstatuetten |language=no |access-date=18 April 2021}} In 2007 she received the King's Medal of Merit in gold. She received the Amanda Honorary Award for 2014.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Amandaprisen |first1=Trond Olav |last1=Svendsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=12 January 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Amandaprisen |language=no|access-date=25 March 2023}} In 2014 she also won the Gullruten award for best actress, for her role in Etter karnevalet.
Personal life and death
Born in Oslo on 9 July 1930, Lystad was a daughter of Erling Magnus Lystad and Thora Aamot. She married Arpad Robert Istvan Szemes (1930–1998) in 1965. They had three children. After marrying, Lystad also converted to Roman Catholicism.{{cite news|title=Lille speil...|author=Beer, Drude|work=Nationen|date=15 January 1994|pages=14–15|language=no}}
Lystad died on 26 December 2023, at the age of 93.{{cite news |title=Elsa Lystad er død |first1=Kristian |last1=Elster |first2=Mathias |last2=Revheim-Rafaelsen |first3=Olav |last3=Rønneberg |first4=Daniel |last4=Eriksen |first5=Atle |last5=Bjurstrøm |url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/elsa-lystad-er-dod-1.16693511 |website=nrk.no |language=no |date=27 December 2023 |access-date=27 December 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/elsa-lystad-bisettes-1.16707263 | title=Elsa Lystad bisettes | date=9 January 2024 }}
Selected filmography
- 1966: Hurra for Andersens!
- 1968: De ukjentes marked
- 1968: Smuglere
- 1980: Belønningen
- 1988: Sweetwater
Selected works
- Hva er det med meg (autobiography, 1986)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0529292}}
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Category:Norwegian stage actresses
Category:Norwegian film actresses
Category:Norwegian television actresses
Category:Norwegian autobiographers
Category:Leonard Statuette winners
Category:Women autobiographers
Category:Norwegian Roman Catholics
Category:Converts to Roman Catholicism from Protestantism
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