{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1912–2006)}} {{Infobox person | name = Eva Sletto | image = Eva Sletto (1935).jpg | image_size = | caption = Eva Sletto, c. 1935 | birth_name = Eva Bryde Sletto | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|9|6}} | birth_place = Asker, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|3|7|1912|9|6}} | death_place = Oslo, Norway | burial_place = Geilo, Norway | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1936–1983 | spouse = Cecil Christian Stephansen | partner = | mother = Karin Sletto (Bryde) | website = | father = Olav Sletto | awards = }} '''Eva Bryde Sletto''' (6 September 1912 – 7 March 2006) was a Norwegian actress and daughter of Olav Sletto and Karin Sletto.<ref>{{Citation |last=Losnedahl |first=Hjørdis |title=Eva Sletto |date=2022-06-29 |work=Norsk biografisk leksikon |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Eva_Sletto |access-date=2024-03-09 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-02 |title=Eva Bryde Sletto |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Eva-Sletto/6000000013970775504 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}</ref>
She worked at Det Norske Teatret from 1936 to 1983. She is best known for her role as Milja in the film ''Ungen'' (The Baby) by Oskar Braaten in 1938, and also played Ismene in Sophocles' ''Antigone'', Titania in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and Olga in Chekhov's ''Three Sisters''. Sletto also played in several movies in the early age of Norwegian cinema.
She retired from the stage in 1983, and lived in Oslo until her death in 2006 at the age of 93.
==Select filmography== *''Dei svarte hestane'' (1951) as Lisle Førnes *''Vigdis'' (1943) as Vigdis Bjørkli *''Trysil-Knut'' (1942) *''Gullfjellet'' (1941) as Randi *''Godvakker-Maren'' (1940) as Maren *''Hu Dagmar'' (1939) as Ingeborg *''Ungen'' (1938) as Milja *''Norge for folket'' (1936)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0805770}} *[https://mubi.com/en/cast/eva-sletto Eva Sletto] at Mubi
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sletto, Eva}} Category:1912 births Category:2006 deaths Category:Norwegian film actresses Category:Norwegian stage actresses Category:20th-century Norwegian actresses Category:People from Asker Municipality