{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1893–1979)}} {{Infobox person | image = Betzy Holter, Vildanden 1928.jpg | caption = | name = Betzy Holter | birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|05|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = Kolvereid, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|11|09|1893|05|29|mf=y}} | death_place = Oslo, Norway | resting_place= | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = | spouse = Karl Holter | children = | mother = | father = | relatives = }}
'''Betzy Marie Holter''' (née Jordal; May 28, 1893 – November 9, 1979) was a Norwegian actress.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Betzy Holter |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Betzy_Holter |access-date=March 15, 2021 |year=2020 |language=no}}</ref><ref name="NTA">{{cite web |title=Betzy Holter |url=https://forest.nationaltheatret.no/Persons/Details/924641b1-d1e6-4488-b587-d27a07607c30 |website=National Theatret Arkiv |publisher=National Theatret |access-date=March 15, 2021 |location=Oslo}}</ref>
Holter made her stage debut in 1913 as Randi in Olav Hoprekstad's ''Bjørnefjell'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Det norske teatret |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/b26415aae8fb8d5e2f212107097fcc95?index=2#0 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |work=Nidaros |issue=266 |date=October 9, 1913 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Det norske teatret |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/9c0d329aeccffbadd7aed219b90523a7?index=3#0 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |work=Social-Demokraten |issue=247 |date=October 24, 1913 |page=2 |quote=Betzy Jordal var straalende vakker som Randi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=En Kristiansundsdame paa Scenen |url=https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/8cf8e0c4965cf59b770544da54278983?index=1#0 |access-date=March 16, 2021 |work=Romsdals Amtstidende |issue=138 |date=November 28, 1913 |page=2 |quote=Betzy Jordal var saa frisk og vakker en Gaardsjente}}</ref> one of the opening performances at the Norwegian Theater.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dale |first1=Johannes Andreasson |title=Nynorsk dramatikk i hundre år |date=1964 |publisher=Norske Samlaget |location=Oslo |page=126}}</ref> She had a number of major roles at the theater in the years that followed, such as Milja in Oskar Braaten's ''Ungen'' and Klara Gullborg in a stage version of Selma Lagerlöf's ''Kejsarn av Portugallien''. Between her successes in the capital, she also made some guest appearances in Trondheim and Stavanger.
From 1924 onward, Holter was engaged with the National Theater and played realistic figures from the Oslo's East End such as Alvilde in ''Den store barnedåpen'' and a street girl in Sigurd Christiansen's play ''Edmund Jahr''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmund Jahr |url=https://forest.nationaltheatret.no/Productions/Details/e28aeacf-1e59-4ae8-9b32-33935dae46c8 |website=National Theatret Arkiv |publisher=National Theatret |access-date=March 17, 2021 |location=Oslo}}</ref> Her last role at the National Theater was Hedvig in ''The Wild Duck'' in 1928.<ref name="NTA"/> Then she returned to the Norwegian Theater, where she remained until the spring of 1930. After five years away from the stage, she performed again from 1935 to 1941/42 as a stage actress in Oslo.<ref name="Sceneweb">{{cite web |title=Betzy Holter |url=https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/19706/Betzy_Holter-1893-5-29 |website=Sceneweb: Nasjonalt Scenekunstarkiv |access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref> She appeared on NRK's Radio Theater in the 1930s.<ref name="Horespill">{{cite web |title=Betzy Holter |url=https://radioteatret.lukketavdeling.no/person/Holter,%20Betzy/ |website=Hørespilldatabase: En oversikt over norske hørespill |access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref> In 1947, Holter returned to the stage, when she was engaged at the Rogaland Theater. Here she was an important actress in supporting roles for many years, and she also directed performances.<ref name="Sceneweb"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Betzy Holter,- Rasmus Rasmussen- og Alf Blütecher-turneen |url=https://sceneweb.no/en/organisation/100736/Betzy_Holter%2C-%20Rasmus%20Rasmussen-%20og%20Alf%20Bl%C3%BCtecher-turneen |website=Sceneweb: Nasjonalt Scenekunstarkiv |access-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref>
Holter also wrote the radio play ''Kamerat'' (1932).<ref name="Horespill"/>
Betzy Holter was married to her fellow actor Karl Holter (1885–1963). However, they divorced in the mid-1930s and had had no contact with each other thereafter. Betzy Holter starred in the 1943 propaganda film ''Unge viljer'', but three of her children took an active part in the Norwegian resistance movement. Two of them (two daughters) later served in the Norwegian Navy in England from 1942 onward, after about a year in Stockholm. Holter's only son, Tord Holter, was wounded by the Germans in battle at Kongsvinger Fortress in April 1940, and he never fully recovered.
==Filmography== * 1912: ''Anny – en gatepiges roman'' * 1926: ''Baldevins bryllup'' as Madam Salvesen * 1939: ''Gryr i Norden'' as Andrine, Karlsen's wife * 1943: ''Unge viljer'' as Mrs. West * 1952: ''Andrine og Kjell'' as Mrs. Bergan, Kjell's mother * 1958: ''Ut av mørket''
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0392572|name=Betzy Holter}} *[https://filmfront.no/aktor/63027/betzy-holter Betzy Holter] at Filmfront
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holter, Betzy}} Category:1893 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Norwegian stage actresses Category:Norwegian film actresses Category:Norwegian silent film actresses Category:20th-century Norwegian actresses Category:People from Nærøysund Municipality