Lydia Opøien

Norwegian actress (1894–1961)

Lydia Opøien

Born	(1894-11-04)November 4, 1894 Trondheim, Norway
Died	November 24, 1961(1961-11-24) (aged 67)
Occupation	Actress

Lydia Marie Opøien (November 4, 1894 – November 24, 1961) was a Norwegian actress.^[1]^[2]

Among other venues, Opøien was engaged with the Oslo New Theater, the Norwegian Theater in Oslo, and the Trøndelag Theater. She also worked with the NRK Radio Theater.^[3] Alongside her theater career she was also a film actress. Opøien appeared in twelve films between 1933 and 1957, with her screen debut in Jeppe på bjerget.^[4]^[5]

She was the lawyer Adam Hiorth's second wife.^[6]

Filmography

1933: Jeppe på bjerget as Nille
1940: Godvakker-Maren as Mrs. Bjørn
1942: En herre med bart as Rosa Niehlsen
1942: Trysil-Knut as a servant girl
1946: Englandsfarere as Johanne Volden
1951: Kranes konditori as Mrs. Krane
1951: Storfolk og småfolk as Mari Smehaugen
1952: Vi vil skilles as Mrs. Dahl
1953: Selkvinnen as Dorothea, a servant at the Hammershaimb house
1953: Skøytekongen as Hellemo's wife
1954: Aldri annet enn bråk as Mrs. Ramberg
1957: Ni liv as Jordmoren (the midwife)

References

^ Støren, Wilhelm K. (1978). Kulturminner i Trondheim. Trondheim: Aktietr i Trondhjem. p. 86.
^ Cowie, Peter; Buquet, Françoise; Pitkänen, Risto; Talboom, Godfried (1992). Scandinavian Cinema: A Survey of the Films and Film-Makers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. London: Tantivy Press. p. 204.
^ "Broen". Radioteatret NRK P1+. NRK. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
^ Aschehougs konversasjons leksikon, Bd. 14. Nedreaas – Pevsner. Oslo: Aschehoug. 1959. p. 411.
^ Klossner, Michael (2002). The Europe of 1500–1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 through 2000. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 195.
^ Steenstrup, Bjørn (1948). Hvem er hvem?. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 225. Retrieved April 4, 2021.