Liv Bredal
{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1919–2011)}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|2|14|mf=y}}
|birth_place = Stavanger, Norway
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|11|25|1919|2|14|mf=y}}
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|nationality = Norwegian
|occupation = Actress
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| spouse = Ivo Caprino
| children = Remo Caprino, Ivonne Caprino
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Liv Helen Bredal (February 14, 1919 – November 25, 2011) was a Norwegian film actress from Stavanger.{{cite news |title=I helgen kjører Røros kino |url=https://www.nb.no/items/862fbe2576283801b37583ac25a96540?page=1 |access-date=April 2, 2023 |work=Arbeidets Rett |issue=21 |date=March 13, 1942 |page=3}}{{cite news |title=Liv Bredal er 23 år og forlovet |url=https://www.nb.no/items/c8ff32da1b697f4a5aa79d64c1373275?page=3 |access-date=April 2, 2023 |work=Gjengangeren |issue=273 |date=November 25, 1941 |page=4}}{{cite news |title=Da Liv Bredal ble Liv Caprino |url=https://www.nb.no/items/5161bb86a56cd0409567db78b6822882?page=0 |access-date=March 31, 2023 |work=Asker og Bærums Budstikke |issue=116 |date=November 17, 1942 |page=1}}
Family
Liv Bredal was born in Stavanger{{cite news |title=Liv Bredal i "Hansen og Hansen" er 23 år og – forlovet |url=https://www.nb.no/items/ca856997ac5e9f70cd6bfcc4d14a39cd?page=5 |access-date=April 1, 2023 |work=Kongsvinger Arbeiderblad |issue=272 |date=November 27, 1941 |page=5}}{{cite news |title=Gullfjellet |url=https://www.nb.no/items/8ad51c7c7773b074de8f5bd5eabf9080?page=5 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |work=Kongsvinger Arbeiderblad |issue=217 |date=September 22, 1941 |page=6}} as the daughter of Olav M. Bredal (1896–1956) and Gunvor Kjeldsrud-Knudsen (1898–1940).{{cite web |title=Folketelling 1920 for 1103 Stavanger kjøpstad |url=https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01073935018287 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |access-date=March 31, 2023}}{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Haddal|first1=Per |title=Ivo Caprino |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ivo_Caprino |access-date=March 31, 2023 |year=2022 |language=no}}{{cite book |title=Hvem er hvem? |date=1979 |publisher=H. Aschehoug & Company |location=Oslo |page=105}} She married the puppeteer Ivo Caprino in 1942, and she converted to Catholicism. She was the mother of the film directors Remo Caprino{{cite news |last1=Caprino |first1=Remo |title=Det aller viktigste for pappa var å glede andre med sitt arbeid |url=https://www.nb.no/items/ac9dd98cd8873b457d2163d44eb1ad9b?page=71 |access-date=April 2, 2023 |work=Budstikka (Asker og Bærum) |issue=257 |date=November 5, 2005 |page=28}} and Ivonne Caprino. She died in Bærum in 2011.{{cite web |title=Døde 1951 - 2014 |url=https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/387/pc00000003180349 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |access-date=March 31, 2023}}
Career
Bredal appeared in four films altogether. She made her debut in 1941 in Alfred Maurstad's Hansen og Hansen, in which she played the lead role of Miss Nord,{{cite news |title=Ung Stavangerdame får chansen i norsk film |url=https://www.nb.no/items/9cadb8fd3434c798725939c9e530f66f?page=1 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=Sandefjords Blad |issue=6 |date=January 8, 1941 |page=2}}{{cite news |title=Natt norsk filmansikt |url=https://www.nb.no/items/876688c064fb6237896362c094b54882?page=5 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=Den Nye Tid |issue=40 |date=February 17, 1941 |page=6}} followed by a role in Rasmus Breistein's Gullfjellet. In 1942, she played a supporting role in Alfred Maurstad's En herre med bart.{{cite news |title=En herre med bart |url=https://www.nb.no/items/f01fb5000b3d070f75727d0a31724f2f?page=1 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=Hamar Stiftstidende |issue=225 |date=September 29, 1942 |page=3}}{{cite news |title=Ungdom, glad sang og god musikk |url=https://www.nb.no/items/97af3d2d39d7b7b3df9b2ea58bafaed6?page=1 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=Moss Avis |issue=217 |date=September 19, 1942 |page=3}} In 1944, Leif Juster offered her a position at the Edderkoppen Theater,{{cite news |title=Film og teater |url=https://www.nb.no/items/ab114f38300a41e951e01b1e8f8f9e6c?page=3 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |work=Asker og Bærums Budstikke |issue=89 |date=November 18, 1944 |page=4}}{{cite news |title=Liv Bredal til edderkoppen? |url=https://www.nb.no/items/1c3fadf3ea7c2f7007ef551f097b0c79?page=3 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |work=Glåmdalen |issue=222 |date=November 10, 1944 |page=4}} but she declined it due to the distance from her home.{{cite news |title=Film og Teater |url=https://www.nb.no/items/b8cd57e0cf199e25b35523677422d088?page=3 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |work=Asker og Bærums Budstikke |issue=99 |date=December 15, 1944 |page=4}} Her final film performance was in the 1949 short I gode hender.{{cite web |title=I gode hender |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5534892/ |website=IMDb |access-date=April 21, 2023}}
Filmography
- 1941: Hansen og Hansen as Miss Nord
- 1941: Gullfjellet as an office lady{{cite news |title=Liv Bredal blir bæring |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d7cdf86d4ac6ac12c7588bca308c846a?page=0 |access-date=April 1, 2023 |work=Asker og Bærums Budstikke |issue=113 |date=November 6, 1942 |pages=1–2}}
- 1942: En herre med bart as Miss Helvik, a spa guest
- 1949: I gode hender (short)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0106590|name=Liv Bredal}}
- [https://filmfront.no/aktor/53914/liv-bredal Liv Bredal] at Filmfront
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