Ingeborg Cook

{{Short description|Norwegian actress and singer (1915–2003)}} {{Infobox person |name = Ingeborg Cook |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|05|13|mf=y}} |birth_place = Galveston, Texas |death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|12|27|1915|05|13|mf=y}} |death_place = |occupation = Actress, singer |known_for = |awards = }}

'''Ingeborg Cook''' (born '''Alma Ingeborg Cook''', May 13, 1915 – December 27, 2003) was a Norwegian actress and singer.

Cook was born in Galveston, Texas, the daughter of Axel Brynjulf Christensen Cook (1886–1927) and Ingeborg Alma Cook (née Isaksen, 1888–1982).<ref>"Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8CJ-7W7 : 5 December 2014), Alma Ingeborg Cook, 13 May 1915; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.</ref><ref>"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2PD-7G8 : 10 March 2018), Alma Ingeborg Cook, 13 May 1915; citing Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States, certificate 18304, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,225,150.</ref> She left the United States for Norway when she was one year old.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Borg ... |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/biloxi-daily-herald-sep-16-1963-p-31/ |accessdate=April 9, 2019 |work=Biloxi Daily Herald |date=September 16, 1963 |page=31}}</ref> She married Victor Borg.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|title = Guild-Borg Vows Pledged in Gulfport Church Rites |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30417149/ingeborg_cook_19152003/ |newspaper=Clarion-Ledger |date=October 3, 1963 |page=19 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = April 9, 2019 }} {{Open access}}</ref> Cook debuted as an actress in the film ''Tørres Snørtevold'' in 1940. She played a long series of roles both in film and on television. Her last role as an actress was in the sitcom ''Karl & Co'' in 1999 at the age of 84. Ingeborg Cook was the sister of the bass player and band leader Frank Cook.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ingeborg Cook: Glad i sang – med glimt i øyet |url=https://tv.nrk.no/program/fkun09000292/ingeborg-cook-glad-i-sang-med-glimt-i-oeyet |website=NRK |accessdate=April 9, 2019 |date=February 28, 1994}}</ref>

==Filmography== * 1940: ''Tørres Snørtevold'' * 1942: ''Jeg drepte!'' * 1946: ''Englandsfarere'' * 1947: ''Sankt Hans fest'' * 1959: ''5 loddrett'' * 1960: ''Veien tilbake'' * 1965: ''Hjelp – vi får leilighet!'' * 1966: ''Før frostnettene'' * 1969: ''The Olsen Gang'' (Norwegian: ''Operasjon Egon'') * 1970: ''Døden i gatene'' * 1972: ''Norske byggeklosser'' * 1972: ''Olsenbanden tar gull'' * 1979: ''Lucie'' * 1979: ''To Norway, Home of Giants'' * 1992: ''Ute av drift!'' * 1996: ''Markus og Diana'' * 1998: ''Karl & Co'' * 1999: ''Karl & Co''

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0177068}} *[http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=441040 Ingeborg Cook at the Swedish Film Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Ingeborg}} Category:20th-century Norwegian actresses Category:20th-century Norwegian women singers Category:20th-century Norwegian singers Category:Burials at Vestre gravlund Category:1915 births Category:2003 deaths