{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1912–1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox person | image = 73259 Marit Halset.jpg | caption = Marit Halset in the 1950s | name = Marit Halset | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|05|18|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|03|22|1912|05|18|mf=yes}} | death_place = | resting_place = Vestre gravlund | occupation = Actress | awards = | spouse = | children = | mother = | father = | relatives = }}
'''Marit Halset''' (May 18, 1912 – March 22, 1986) was a Norwegian actress. She performed roles in theater, radio theater, and film.
Halset was engaged with the National Theater in Oslo from 1933 to 1948.<ref name="SNL">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Marit Halset |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Marit_Halset |language=Norwegian |accessdate=June 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ringdal |first1=Nils Johan |title=Nationaltheatrets historie, 1899–1999 |date=2000 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |page=300}}</ref> She debuted as the young girl Hazel Niles in Eugene O'Neill's play ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' in the spring of 1933.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eugen O’Neill: Sorgen klær Electra |url=https://www.nb.no/items/293736200b2136eee82faf206906f1e8?page=2 |access-date=June 9, 2023 |work=Arbeideren |date=April 4, 1933 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Sorgen kler Elektra' på Oslo nye teater |url=https://www.nb.no/items/95df81fae20fd0f3466ac426f079b096?page=9 |access-date=June 9, 2023 |work=Arbeiderbladet |issue=206 |date=September 5, 1961 |page=10}}</ref> There she performed together with Johanne Dybwad,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waal |first1=Carla Rae |title=Johanne Dybwad, Norwegian Actress |date=1967 |publisher=Universitetsforlaget |location=Oslo |page=103}}</ref> August Oddvar, and Ingolf Schanche. Later, she performed significant roles as sensitive young girls, and she ended her time at the National Theater by playing Leonora in Ludvig Holberg's ''The Fidget'' in 1948.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gjesdahl |first1=Paul |title='Den stundesløse' på Nasjonalteatret |url=https://www.nb.no/items/cc9ce8defdb6068a46f5fbdc809d8484?page=9 |access-date=June 9, 2023 |work=Arbeiderbladet |date=March 11, 1948 |page=10}}</ref> In 1948 she moved to the New Theater, where she remained until 1967.<ref name="SNL"/>
Halset also performed regularly in NRK's Radio Theater and Television Theater, in addition to having a number of film roles. Among her films, ''Kranes konditori'' and ''Broder Gabrielsen'' are the best known.
==Filmography== {{colbegin}} * 1937: ''Fant'' as Halvor's wife * 1948: ''Trollfossen'' as Miss Arneberg * 1951: ''Kranes konditori'' as Mrs. Settem * 1953: ''Ingen mans kvinna'' as Åse * 1954: ''Portrettet'' * 1958: ''Ut av mørket'' as Doctor Krag * 1966: ''Broder Gabrielsen'' as the committee chair * 1968: ''De ukjentes marked'' * 1974: ''Sommerfuglene'' as Mrs. Zimmler * 1975: ''Streik!'' as Mrs. Gran * 1977: ''Solospill'' as Asplund's secretary * 1980: ''Liv og død'' as Mrs. Johansen * 1980: ''Arme, syndige menneske'' as Erik's mother * 1981: ''Saken Ruth Vang'' (TV) as the head nurse * 1992: ''Tryggere kan ingen være'' (TV, episode of ''Fleksnes Fataliteter'') as an elderly lady in the congregation {{colend}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0357016}} * [https://forest.nationaltheatret.no/Persons/Details/19de66c7-5701-492e-a105-4d64f2da2a48 Marit Halset] at the National Theater * [https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/20849 Marit Halset] at Sceneweb * [https://filmfront.no/aktor/46604/marit-halset Marit Halset] at Filmfront * [https://www.nb.no/filmografi/search?query=%22Halset%2C%20Marit%22 Marit Halset] at Norsk filmografi
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Halset, Marit}} Category:Norwegian film actresses Category:20th-century Norwegian actresses Category:Actresses from Oslo Category:1912 births Category:1986 deaths