Tore Dyveke Segelcke was a Norwegian actress.

She was the sister of Georg Løkkeberg; and married from 1927-42 to her colleague Lasse Segelcke, and from 1945-1959 to Dr Anton Raabe.

She made her debut in 1921 touring with Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret

Det Norske Teatret is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 1913, touring with two plays, Ervingen by Ivar Aasen and Rationelt Fjøsstell by Hulda Garborg...

 where she was based until 1924. From then on she worked with Det Frie Teater, and then joined the Den Nationale Scene

Den Nationale Scene

Den Nationale Scene is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatre in Norway.-History:...

. In 1928 she went to Nationaltheatret

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...

, where she stayed until 1972, apart from two years (1933-35) at Det Nye Teater

Det Nye Teater

Det Nye Teater was a theatre that opened in Oslo in 1929, and ended as an independent theatre in 1959, when it merged with Folketeatret to form Oslo Nye Teater. The theatre's original purpose was to support contemporary Norwegian drama.-History:...

. In her time, she was one of Nationaltheatret's leading actresses in both classical and modern dramatics. She took a total of 104 roles at Nationaltheateret. http://nt.xmodus.no/Default.aspx?tabid=37&personId=bb7b2958-69ed-4e65-bfce-69172e54fef6.

In the 1950s, Segelcke shaped her own Individual Theatre. In 1954, she went to many European cities with her "One Woman Show", with extracts from Bjørnson's Bergliot, Medea by Jean Anouilh

Jean Anouilh

Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1943 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' Classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's...

 and Din stemme by Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...

. It was a great success, and she toured the USA in 1956 and 1958.

Durin her marriage to Anton Raabes, they worked to restore many old houses, and they built up many old farm houses and old buildings: Bjørnsgård in Bogstadvannet

Bogstadvannet

Bogstadvannet is a lake between the city of Oslo and the municipality of Bærum, Akershus, Norway. It is part of Sørkedalsvassdraget, which in turn is part of Oslomarkvassdraget....

, Oslo (1930-1955); Uppigard Streitlien (today Folldal bygdetun) in Folldal

Folldal

Folldal is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Dovre. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Folldal. The new municipality of Folldal was separated from Alvdal in 1914.-Name:...

 from 1942-57; and Huldreheimen in Bykle

Bykle

Bykle is a municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Setesdal. The administrative center is the village of Bykle in the southern part of the municipality. Another village nearby is Nordbygdi...

 http://www.setesdalsmuseet.no/huldreheimen.htm. From 1959 onwards, she spent many summers in Folldal.

From 1944-45 she was the theatre representative for the Home Front

Home front

Home front is the informal term commonly used to describe the civilian populace of the nation at war as an active support system of their military....

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External links

• museumsnett.no About Folldal bygdetun, with full biography
• bjornsgard.no About Bjørnsgård