Randi Nordby

Randi Nilie Nordby Johnson (May 15, 1926 – March 28, 1991)[1] was a Norwegian actress.[2] She was engaged with the Oslo New Theater for many years.[3] As an actress, she used her maiden name as her stage name.

Randi Nordby
Born(1926-05-15)May 15, 1926
Oslo, Norway
DiedMarch 28, 1991(1991-03-28) (aged 64)
Asker, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationActress
ChildrenMorten Bing

Career

Randi Nordby started her career very early, and already as a child she was acting in Inga Bjørnson's children's theater. She made her stage debut at age 12 in 1938 in The Women (Norwegian title: Kvinner) by Clare Boothe Luce at the New Theater in Oslo. She made her adult debut in 1945 in Leonid Leonov's play Invasion at the Studio Theater, and she remained there until it had to close in 1950. She was then at the New Theater until 1963. She later performed as a freelance actress. At the New Theater she appeared in plays such as William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Ralph Benatzky and Robert Stolz's The White Horse Inn (Norwegian title: Sommer i Tyrol), and Eugène Ionesco's The Chairs. Later she performed on NRK's Radio Theater and Television Theater.[4]

Nordby made her film debut in Trost i taklampa in 1954.[3] On radio, she became known in the role of Effie in the popular radio play Dickie Dick Dickens.[3]

Family

Nordby was the daughter of the operator Otto A. Nordby (1899–1978) and Kirsten Nordby (née Aas, 1901–1968). She was first married to the Danish theater personality and writer Kaare Trolle Bing (1921–2016),[5] and then to the Swedish film producer Eric Johnson[3] (died 1991).[4] She was the mother of the cultural historian Morten Bing.

Theater roles

Filmography

Television
  • 1970: Selma Brøter (Television Theater) as another office lady
  • 1974: Fleksnes in the episode "Beklager, teknisk feil" as the lady next door
  • 1976: Fleksnes in the episode "Radioten" as the angry lady next door
  • 1981: Fleksnes in the episode "Dobbeltgjengeren" as the witness
  • 1981: Helmer & Sigurdson in the episode "Spøkelsesbussen" as a bus passenger
  • 1981: Når eplene modnes (Television Theater) as a lady at the boarding house
  • 1988: Fleksnes in the episode "Radioten '88" as the angry lady next door

References
  1. "Randi Nordby Johnson". Arbeiderbladet. No. 75. April 3, 1991. p. 28. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  2. Det Nye Teater : Festskrift i anledning av teatrets 25 års jubileum 1929-1954. Oslo: Det Nye Teater. 1954. p. 101.
  3. Parker, Martin. "Randi Nordby". Nordic Women in Film. Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  4. Film & kino. Oslo: Film & kino. 1991. p. 43. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  5. "Nekrolog: Kaare Trolle Bing". Aftenposten. October 31, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  6. Picart, Caroline Joan (2004). The Holocaust Film Sourcebook: Documentary and Propaganda. Westport, CT: Praeger. p. 39.
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