{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1915–2002)}} {{Infobox person |name = Berit Alten |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|5|2|mf=y}} |birth_place = Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway |death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|12|18|1915|5|2|mf=y}} |death_place = Oslo, Norway |resting_place = |occupation = Actress |awards = | spouse = Asbjørn Aarnes | children = | mother = | father = Edvin Alten | relatives = Rønnaug Alten }}
'''Berit Alten''' (May 2, 1915 – December 18, 2002) was a Norwegian actress.<ref>{{cite news |title=Berit Alten synes det er for mange gode mannsroller |url=https://www.nb.no/items/374d28227eb044c4435b77043d2ba5e4?page=1 |access-date=April 3, 2023 |work=Nidaros |issue=204 |date=September 4, 1946 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ny norsk film om det 'illegale' arbeid |url=https://www.nb.no/items/1ea34917fe792ceef1080ed2b31845d0?page=1 |access-date=April 3, 2023 |work=Nationen |issue=156 |date=July 13, 1945 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rønneberg |first1=Anton |title=Teater hjemme og ute: artikler i utvalg |date=1945 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |page=249}}</ref>
==Family== Alten was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), the daughter of the judge Edvin Alten (1876–1967) and Ragna Aass (1880–1975). Her half-sister was the actress Rønnaug Alten (1910–2001). In 1950 she married the literary historian Asbjørn Aarnes (1923–2013).<ref name="NBL">{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Askedal |first1=John Ole |title=Asbjørn Aarnes |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Asbj%C3%B8rn_Aarnes |access-date=April 3, 2023 |year=2022 |language=no}}</ref>
==Career== Alten made her stage debut in 1938 at the New Theater,<ref>{{cite news |title='Jeg kenner dig ikke' på Det Nye Theater |url=https://www.nb.no/items/b45eeddc92c019586bc992b44713bf6e?page=3 |access-date=April 3, 2023 |work=Arbeiderbladet |issue=150 |date=July 2, 1938 |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Jeg kenner dig ikke' på Det Nye Theater |url=https://www.nb.no/items/ea085d781d2eac480f13daa891a5b950?page=1 |access-date=April 3, 2023 |work=Nationen |issue=150 |date=July 2, 1938 |page=3}}</ref> and from 1939 to 1947 she was engaged with the Trøndelag Theater.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Øisang |first1=Ole |title=Trøndelag teater gjennom 25 år |date=1962 |publisher=I kommisjon hos F. Bruns bokhandels forlag |location=Trondheim |page=68}}</ref> She made her film debut in 1939 in Helge Lunde's film ''Familien på Borgan''. Alten appeared in four films altogether from 1939 to 1946. In her last film, ''Vi vil leve'', she played one of the lead roles as Elsa.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kinoene |url=https://www.nb.no/items/f360b304e62943d555c7480d1a2ccbbe?page=1 |access-date=April 3, 2023 |work=Moss Avis |issue=86 |date=April 10, 1946 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Norsk film overrasker |url=https://www.nb.no/items/8b5c3df7de4c7f3168f08e76689c725e?page=1 |access-date=April 3, 2023 |work=Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad |issue=62 |date=March 14, 1946 |page=2}}</ref>
==Filmography== *1939: ''Familien på Borgan'' as a girl *1941: ''Hansen og Hansen'' as Miss Brun *1944: ''Hans livs lopp'' (short) as a Norwegian refugee *1946: ''Vi vil leve'' as Elsa
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0022704|name=Berit Alten}} * [https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/19625 Berit Alten] at Sceneweb * [https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=165101 Berit Alten] at the Swedish Film Database * [https://filmfront.no/aktor/63214/berit-alten Berit Alten] at Filmfront
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alten, Berit}} Category:1915 births Category:2002 deaths Category:20th-century Norwegian actresses Category:Actresses from Oslo