Guri Stormoen was a Norwegian actress.

She was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as a daughter of actor Harald Stormoen

Harald Stormoen

Harald Stormoen was a Norwegian actor.-Personal life:Stormoen was born in Nord-Odal as a son of farmer Marius Stormoen. He was a half-brother of Hans Stormoen, an uncle of Kjell Stormoen and a granduncle of Even Stormoen. By education, Stormoen had the examen artium from 1890 as well as one year...

 (1872–1937) and his first wife, theatre leader Inga Bjørnson (1871–1952). She was a half-sister of Botten Soot and half-aunt of Svend von Düring

Svend von Düring

Svend Soot von Düring was a Norwegian actor.He was a son of entertainer Botten Soot. He was a great-grandson of Engebret Soot and grandson of Eyolf Soot and Inga Bjørnson. His grandmother's second husband's child was Svend's half-aunt: Guri Stormoen. His mother was married twice.He made his stage...

 through her mother's earlier marriage to Eyolf Soot

Eyolf Soot

Eyolf Soot was a Norwegian painter. He was born in Aremark, and was married to actress Inga Bjørnson from 1892 to 1900. Among his teachers were Knud Bergslien, Karl Gussow and Léon Bonnat...

. Also through her mother, Guri Stormoen was a grandniece of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Bjørnson is considered as one of The Four Greats Norwegian writers; the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland...

. On her paternal side she was a relative of Hans Stormoen, Kjell Stormoen

Kjell Stormoen

Kjell Stormoen was a Norwegian actor, scenographer and theatre director.He was born in Bergen as a son of Trygve H. Stormoen and Hjørdis Henriksen . He was a first cousin of Guri Stormoen, and also related to Harald and Hans Stormoen...

 and Even Stormoen

Even Stormoen

Even Stormoen is a Norwegian stage actor.He was born in Bergen, as the son of actor and theatre director Kjell Stormoen. He had his stage debut in 1978, in the musical Godspell in the Grieg Hall. He played the role "Lyngstrand" in Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea in Fjernsynsteatret in 1979...

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She took her education in ballet

Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...

 at the National Theatre of Norway

Nationaltheatret

The National Theatre in Oslo is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiania Theatre, which was founded in 1829...

 and in theatre in Denmark. She made her stage debut in 1918 and film debut in 1921. She was a popular revue

Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...

 performer since the 1920s, and made her breakthrough in film in 1937. From 1953/54 she worked with serious theatre at Rogaland Teater

Rogaland Teater

Rogaland Teater is a theatre in Stavanger, Norway.-Background:The theatre building was built in 1883, on a parcel of Kannik prestegård. It was designed by architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff, and had initially almost 500 seats. The building housed Stavanger Faste Scene from 1914 to 1921, and...

 as well as films.

She was married to Danish operette singer Povl Jensen for a short time. She died in November 1974 in Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

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