# Mette Bull

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{{Short description|Norwegian actress (1876–1946)}}
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| caption       = Mette Bull as Phyllis in ''Da vi var en og tyve'' at [National Theatre](/source/National_Theatre_(Oslo)) (1909)
| birth_name    = Mette Marie Wang
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| birth_place   = [Christiania](/source/Oslo), Norway
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'''Mette Marie Bull''' (née Wang; 31 January 1876 – 14 January 1946) was a Norwegian actress.

== Early life ==
Mette Marie Wang was born on 31 January 1876 in Christiania (now [Oslo](/source/Oslo)) to merchant Hans Emanuel Wang (1839–1918) and Anne Kathrine Tandberg (1839–1898).<ref>{{cite web|title=Mette Marie Wang|url=http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft/person/pf01053257092148|website=Digitalarkivet|access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="HenrikBull">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Henrik Bull|encyclopedia=[Norsk biografisk leksikon](/source/Norsk_biografisk_leksikon)|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=[Helle, Knut](/source/Knut_Helle)|first=Trond|last=Indahl |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Henrik_Bull/utdypning_%E2%80%93_1|language=Norwegian|accessdate=16 April 2009}}</ref>

== Career ==
She made her acting debut in February 1899 as Susanne in a production of ''[Thérèse Raquin](/source/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Raquin)'' at the Eldorado Theatre in Oslo.<ref name="Jensson">{{cite book|last1=Jensson |first1=Liv|title=Biografisk skuespillerleksikon : norske, danske og svenske skuespillere på norske scener særlig på 1800-tallet|date=1981|publisher=Universitetsforl |isbn=8200056228|page=35|url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013042906062?page=35|language=no}}</ref>

From 1899, with a few interruptions, Bull was employed at the [National Theatre](/source/National_Theatre_(Oslo)) and in 1916, participated in its guest play in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm). Among her leading roles were Pernille in ''[The Fidget](/source/The_Fidget)'' and Elina in ''Ved Rigets Port''.<ref>Svensk uppslagsbok, Lund 1930</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Scandinavian Studies: Publication of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Volumes 41-42|date=1969|publisher=Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study|page=148}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
On 18 December 1897, she married opera singer Jens Elias Berntsen, but the marriage was later dissolved. She later married architect [Henrik Bull](/source/Henrik_Bull) on 8 May 1905.<ref name="Jensson" /><ref name="HenrikBull" />

Bull died on 14 January 1946 at the age of 69.<ref name="Jensson" /> She was buried at [Cemetery of Our Saviour](/source/Cemetery_of_Our_Saviour) on 26 August 1946.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vår Frelsers gravlund |url=https://www.begravdeioslo.no/maler/grav/grave_id/9779|website=Oslo kommune, Gravplassetaten|access-date=9 August 2024|language=no}}</ref>

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