Kjell Kjær
{{short description|Norwegian actor, puppeteer, director and program host (1942–2025)}}
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Kjell Kjær (February 1, 1942 – January 8, 2025)[https://akasien.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/memorial_page_ads.php?order_id=4410980&set_site_id=112&cat=ads&sign=56455daf23901372e34c82f1ec02baa7 Memorial Page] at Akasien. was a Norwegian film actor, puppeteer, director, and program host. He also performed as a stage actor, including at the National Theater in Oslo.{{cite book |last1=Ringdal |first1=Nils Johan |title=Nationaltheatrets historie, 1899–1999 |date=2000 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |page=438}}{{cite book |last1=Kvamme |first1=Elsa |title=Kjære Jens, kjære Eugenio: om Jens Bjørneboe, Eugenio Barba og opprørernes teater |date=2004 |publisher=Pax |location=Oslo |page=244}}
Puppet theater
In 1968, Kjell Kjær participated as a puppeteer in a production of Mikko Matti og vennene hans (Mikko Matti and His Friends), for which Julian and Birgit Strøm were responsible. Frøydis Armand and Elisabeth Strøm Henriksen also took part on stage.{{cite news |title=Dukketeaterkongress på Frogner i helgen |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_arbeiderbladetoslo_null_null_19681025_78_249_1 |access-date=June 28, 2023 |work=Arbeiderbladet |issue=249 |date=October 25, 1968 |page=7}}
In 1979, he participated in NRK Television Theater's production of the play Sella-re-atag (Gata-er-alles). The production was a collaboration between NRK and Musidra Theatre. The play Sella-re-atag was a further development of Musidra's puppet theater performance Hjemmebarn og Fremmedbarn from the same year. The director was Helge Reistad.{{cite web |title=Sella-re-atag |url=https://sceneweb.no/nb/production/53691/Sella-re-atag-1980-5-27 |website=Sceneweb. Nasjonalt Scenekunstarkiv |access-date=June 28, 2023}}
Filmography
- 1974: Fleksnes Fataliteter (TV series): "Trafikk og panikk" as Gunvald, a man from Viking
- 1975: Faneflukt as a refugee{{cite news |title=Faneflukt |url=https://www.nb.no/items/84b799ca805a0907f7d10aebc0404663?page=7 |access-date=June 27, 2023 |work=Halden Arbeiderblad |issue=63 |date=March 15, 1975 |page=9}}
- 1976: Farlig yrke (TV series) as Bjørn Eide
- 1978: Det andre skiftet as the narrator
- 1988: Fleksnes Fataliteter (TV series): "En siste sjanse" as Gunvald, a man from Viking
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0458091}}
- [https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=334047 Kjell Kjær] at the Swedish Film Database
- [https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/19415 Kjell Kjær] at Sceneweb
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Category:Norwegian male stage actors
Category:Norwegian male film actors
Category:20th-century Norwegian male actors
Category:Male actors from Stockholm