Unni Bernhoft
{{short description|Norwegian actress and tobacco retailer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| caption = Bernhoft and Leif Juster at the Edderkoppen Theatre in 1959
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|3|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oslo, Norway
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| nationality = Norwegian
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| parents = Bias Bernhoft
| children = Jon Ola Sand
| relatives = Tobias Bernhoft (grandfather)
| spouse = Bjørn Sand
| occupation = Actress
Merchant
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Unni Elisabeth Bernhoft (born 4 March 1933) is a Norwegian actress and tobacco retailer. Among her best known appearances is the role as bellhop in the comedy film Fjols til fjells. She is also known for her song recording "Lille Frøken Stang".
Personal life
Bernhoft was born in Oslo on 4 March 1933. She is a daughter of singer and revue writer Bias Bernhoft and Margit Haug, and is a granddaughter of Tobias Bernhoft. She is married to actor Bjørn Sand, and is the mother of television producer and executive Jon Ola Sand.{{cite web |title=Stamtavle for Marie Holmboe |url=http://holmboe.slekt.no/data/11-456.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426221155/http://holmboe.slekt.no/data/11-456.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 April 2009 |accessdate=16 October 2016 |language=Norwegian }}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bias Bernhoft |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Svein Erik Løken |last=Larsen |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Bias_Bernhoft | language=Norwegian |accessdate=16 October 2016}}
Career
Bernhoft made her stage debut at Chat Noir in 1953, in the revue Katten er løs. Her film appearances include Bedre enn sitt rykte (1955), {{Interlanguage link multi|Smuglere i smoking|no|Smuglere i smoking}} (1957), Fjols til fjells (1957), Støv på hjernen (1959), and Millionær for en aften (1960).{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076828/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2 |title=Unni Bernhoft |website=imdb.com|accessdate=16 October 2016}} In the comedy Fjols til fjells she played the character "Ruth Granberg" (bellhop), opposite Leif Juster as "Poppe". Until 2002 Fjols til fjells was the fourth-most-viewed Norwegian film of all time.{{cite book |title=Norske klassikere. Bøker, filmer, musikk, radio og TV fra 1945 til i dag |author1=Bakke, Sven Ove |author2=Hobbelstad, Inger Merete |author3=Kvalshaug, Vidar |author4=Nilsen, Morten Ståle |page=44 |isbn=978-82-430-0560-0 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Spartacus |location=Oslo|year=2012}} Her best known song recording is probably "Lille Frøken Stang" from 1955. She gave voice to the character "Vips" (Red Fraggle) in the Norwegian dub of Fraggle Rock.{{cite web|url=http://fraggelberget.com/?page_id=1947 |title=Intervju med Unni Bernhoft |website=fraggelberget.com|accessdate=16 October 2016|language=Norwegian}}
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{{cite encyclopedia|title=Unni Bernhoft |first=David T. |last=Asprusten |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik | editor-link= |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Unni_Bernhoft |language=no |access-date=6 July 2023}}
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Category:Norwegian stage actresses
Category:Norwegian film actresses
Category:20th-century Norwegian women singers
Category:20th-century Norwegian singers
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