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Grete Nordrå is a Actor Norvegienne born on 22 november 1924 at Asker (Norvege)
Grete Nordrå (22 November 1924 – 13 March 2012) was a Norwegian actress who appeared on screen from the 1950s onwards. She was born in Asker.
She made her screen debut in 1955 when she appeared in Trost i taklampa. Over the next 35 years, her roles were few and far between, but in 1990 she appeared as a Norwegian witch in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches, and her screen appearances since then have been more frequent, though still mostly on Norwegian television. Her biggest commercial success was co-starring in 2003's Mors Elling, as the mother of title character Elling. She was nominated for an Amanda Award for her performance. She died in 2012 in Bergen.
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Nationality Norvege
Birth 22 november 1924 at Asker (Norvege)
Death 13 march 2012 (at 87 years) at Norway (Norvege)
Birth 22 november 1924 at Asker (Norvege)
Death 13 march 2012 (at 87 years) at Norway (Norvege)
She made her screen debut in 1955 when she appeared in Trost i taklampa. Over the next 35 years, her roles were few and far between, but in 1990 she appeared as a Norwegian witch in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches, and her screen appearances since then have been more frequent, though still mostly on Norwegian television. Her biggest commercial success was co-starring in 2003's Mors Elling, as the mother of title character Elling. She was nominated for an Amanda Award for her performance. She died in 2012 in Bergen.
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Gone with the Fish (1999)
, 1h54Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Thomas Bo Larsen, Preben Harris, Peter Lorre, Grete Nordrå, Peter Steen, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Roles Line
Rating60%
The Witches (1990)
, 1h32Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film, Children's films
Actors Jasen Fisher, Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn
Roles Norwegian Witch
Rating68%
During a holiday with his grandmother Helga in Norway, nine-year-old American boy Luke Eveshim is told stories about "real" witches, who are demonic females with a genocidal hatred for children due to emitting a foul odor that only they can smell. Helga tells him of a story where her childhood friend was taken and cursed to spend the rest of her life trapped inside a painting. After Luke's parents are killed in a car crash, Helga becomes Luke's legal guardian and they move to England. While building a treehouse, Luke is accosted by a witch, though he sees through her ruse and avoids his potential death. On Luke's birthday, Helga falls ill and is diagnosed with diabetes. Her doctor advises them to spend the weekend by the sea so Helga can recover.
On the Threshold (1984)
, 1h30Genres Drama
Actors Anne Krigsvoll, Anne Marie Ottersen, Espen Skjønberg, Grete Nordrå
Roles Fru Lund
Rating59%
Wives (1975)
, 1h24Directed by Anja Breien
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Katja Medbøe, Anne Marie Ottersen, Grete Nordrå, Sverre Anker Ousdal
Roles Uteligger
Rating58%
Douglas (1970)
, 1h30Directed by Pål Bang-Hansen
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Rolv Helge Wesenlund, Lars Andreas Larssen, Grete Nordrå
Roles Fru Ahrman
Rating57%
Nine Lives (1957)
, 1h36Directed by Arne Skouen
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Henny Moan, Alf Malland, Joachim Holst-Jensen, Rolf Søder, Ottar Wicklund, Grete Nordrå
Roles Stenografen
Rating71%
The morning after their blunder, their boat – containing 8 tons of explosives intended to destroy the air control tower – was attacked by a German vessel. The Norwegians destroyed their boat by exploding their payload, and Baalsrud and some other surviving soldiers fled.