Liv Dommersnes (née Strømsted; 28 September 1922 â€" 6 April 2014)
was a Norwegian actress and reciter of poetry. She was a member of
group that founded Studioteatret in 1945.Liv Strømsted was born in
Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of storekeeper
Jørgen Andreas Strømsted (1891â€"1942) and Signe Beatrice Hansen
(1893â€"1984). She was married to actor Jens Bolling (1915-1992) from
1945 to 1952, and to physician Ivar Dommersnes (1913â€"1994) from 1968
until his death in 1994. She was also in a secret relationship with
Johan Borgen, as chronicled in her 2001 memoirs Alt har sin tid.She
made her stage debut as "Helga" in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's play
Geografi og kjærlighed at the National Theatre in Oslo in 1942, in
the last production directed by Bjørnson's son Bjørn Bjørnson. She
was employed at the National Theatre from 1941â€"45, and again from
1949.During the German occupation of Norway the situation at the
theatres was characterized by severe nazification attempts from the
authorities, and boycott from the public. Strømsted joined the group
of actors that started underground meetings where they secretly
studied Stanislavski's system. The result of these undercover meetings
was the founding of the theatre Studioteatret in 1945. She played for
Studioteatret from 1945 to 1949. Among her roles were "Emily" in an
adaption of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town, "Polly" in Weill and
Brecht's The Beggar's Opera, and "Natasja" in Anton Chekhov's A
Marriage Proposal.
was a Norwegian actress and reciter of poetry. She was a member of
group that founded Studioteatret in 1945.Liv Strømsted was born in
Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of storekeeper
Jørgen Andreas Strømsted (1891â€"1942) and Signe Beatrice Hansen
(1893â€"1984). She was married to actor Jens Bolling (1915-1992) from
1945 to 1952, and to physician Ivar Dommersnes (1913â€"1994) from 1968
until his death in 1994. She was also in a secret relationship with
Johan Borgen, as chronicled in her 2001 memoirs Alt har sin tid.She
made her stage debut as "Helga" in Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's play
Geografi og kjærlighed at the National Theatre in Oslo in 1942, in
the last production directed by Bjørnson's son Bjørn Bjørnson. She
was employed at the National Theatre from 1941â€"45, and again from
1949.During the German occupation of Norway the situation at the
theatres was characterized by severe nazification attempts from the
authorities, and boycott from the public. Strømsted joined the group
of actors that started underground meetings where they secretly
studied Stanislavski's system. The result of these undercover meetings
was the founding of the theatre Studioteatret in 1945. She played for
Studioteatret from 1945 to 1949. Among her roles were "Emily" in an
adaption of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town, "Polly" in Weill and
Brecht's The Beggar's Opera, and "Natasja" in Anton Chekhov's A
Marriage Proposal.
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