Eva Bergh
Eva Bergh ( born February 25, 1926 in Kolbotn, Akershus Province; † February 19, 2013 ) was a Norwegian actress.
Life
Bergh made his debut in 1949 as a theater actress at Det Nye Theatre in Oslo. There she was a regular cast member until 1957. In 1957 she went to the theater Den Nationale Scene in Bergen. There they remained a permanent member until her stage farewell.
Bergh played on stage a broad repertoire that plays by William Shakespeare, the authors of the Classical and Romantic periods, but in particular also included the leading roles in the plays of Ludvig Holberg. Her stage roles included Andrée uten in lands vei ( fire on the earth; French Original Title: Le Feu sur la terre ) by Francois Mauriac, Queen Elizabeth I in Mary Stuart and Portia in The Merchant of Venice (1969, Den Nationale Scene ). They also took over the role of the mother in the play Anne Wiers - Jenssen Persdotter of Hans.
Bergh also appeared as an actress in musicals. She was the first actress in Norway, which took over the role of Eliza Doolittle in the musical My Fair Lady ( 1963). Other musical roles Berghs were Vanessi Lilli / Katherine in Kiss Me, Kate, the title role of Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly! and Golde, the wife of the milkman Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
Bergh also took numerous film roles in Norwegian and foreign, European films. Her film debut was in 1949 in the Norwegian feature film he doden et kjærtegn. Another film role was in 1951, directed by Arne Mattsson, next to Victor Sjöström as Vera in the Swedish film drama Thou shalt not covet. In the British crime thriller Perjury (1953 ) she played the role of Ilse a traumatized refugee girl of World War II, the attempted after a rape by a sailor in the male protagonist Davidson, who saves her, falls in love. Your partner in this film noir was John Mills. In 1960, she starred as Edna Gran in the Norwegian thriller The battle for the eagle rock. The film was shown in 1960 at the International Film Festival in Berlin in Berlin. In 2004, she was, after 30 years of absence from the film business, her silver screen comeback in the comedy film Somersault, salmiakk og kaffe.
For her artistic achievements, she was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit ( Kongens fortjenstmedalje ) 1999.
Bergh was with the Norwegian composer, pianist and conductor Sverre Bergh (1915-1980) married.