Kjersti Døvigen

Kjersti Døvigen (27 June 1943 – 26 January 2021)[1][2] was a Norwegian actress. She was known, among other things, for her role in the popular Norwegian TV-drama Offshore.[3]

At the age of seven, Kjersti started dancing, her career began as a ballet dancer. She worked in this area at the Norwegian Opera for eight years before her breakthrough in 1967 in Claudine’s role in CanCan.[4]

Døvigen, the widow of financier Halvor Astrup, was the mother of the actress Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen and lived in Bath, England.

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Skuespiller Kjersti Døvigen er død" (in Norwegian).
  2. "Her kan du søke i Aftenpostens dødsannonser". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. "Kjersti Døvigen". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 7 October 1998. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. "Kjersti Døvigen is dead – VG". VG. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.


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