Jorunn Kjellsby
Acting
Biography
Jorunn Kjellsby (born 7 April 1944) is a Norwegian actress. She has worked both for Trøndelag Teater (1961–1963), Oslo Nye Teater (1968–1970) and Det Norske Teateret (1971–). She has also had almost 30 movies, such as Bryllupsfesten (1989) and Den som frykter ulven (2004). In 2006 she was awarded an honorary Amanda Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jorunn Kjellsby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 7, 1944
Place of Birth: Norway
Known For
...To Norway, Home of Giants!
The norwegian Montreux contribution of 1979. Norwegians ridiculing themselves, with the help from John Cleese.
The Wedding Party
A great crazy-comedy from Wam & Vennerød. Bryllupsfesten (English: The wedding party) is a 1989 Norwegian comedy film written by Petter Vennerød, and directed by Vennerød and Svend Wam, starring Knut Husebø and Eli Anne Linnestad. Businessman Carl Otto "Totto" Holm (Husebø) is on the verge of bankruptcy, and plans a staged robbery of the family's Munch engraving.
A Somewhat Gentle Man
After serving a 12-year sentence for killing the man that slept with his wife, a man ponders whether he should try and reconcile with his family, or take revenge on those who turned him in.
You Really Got Me
Jan's fastfood-business is going bankrupt, his girlfriend has left him, and he is being exploited by his live-in father. Therefore, he has nothing to lose when he gets mixed up in the kidnapping of famous rock star Iver Mo. But Jan has never been able to do anything right his whole life, and there are others who want to get their hands on the ransom money.
Jul i Blåfjell
Skulle det dukke opp flere lik, er det bare å ringe...
Cleaning lady Lilly Hansen finds her employer, managing director Martinsen, with a knife in his back. The police is summoned and Chief Inspector Bakker is put on the case, despite suffering from the flu. When he arrives at the scene, the body is gone, to Lilly Hansen's dismay. Shortly after a body is found in nearby Palace Park...
Frida - Straight from the Heart
Frida, aged 13, has discovered a book by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm called "The art of loving". Using it as a reference she sets out to better the love lives of her family and friends. But love works in mysterious ways...
Them and Us
Lasse & Geir, two suburban boys in their late teens, kick up a row on the bus into town, making the driver call the police. They get arrested and have to spend the night in jail. The next morning they are sent home - Geir to his alcoholic mother, Lasse to his disillusioned and abusive father.
Presten
Comedy series about comedian Bjarte Tjøstheim, who after a near-death experience decides to quit the popular radio show Radioresepsjonen and start a new and more meaningful life as a priest.
Grandma and the Eight Children
The eight children Maren, Martin, Marte, Mads, Mona, Milly, Mina and Morten Minstemann, live with their parents in a tiny apartment in the city. Grandmother lives in the country side, but one day she comes to town for a visit. Everything is new and unusual for her, and she doesn't act like other people in the city. However, the children helps her out and they go for a trolley ride. When it's time for Grandmother to go back home she has no money for the train ticket. She spent her money on kitchen supplies, and now the children tries to come up with a plan to get her home. Easier said than done
Filmography
as Mor
as Birgit
as Lillian
as Sofia Flux
as Berit
as Karen Margrethe
as Kafédame
as Haldis
as Irma Funder
as Servitrise
as Ingrid Lund-Bergseter
as Bestemor
as Tistel
as Fru Beck
as Butikkdame
as Maja Pedersen
as Teatersjef
as Else
as Astrid
as Mor til Pål
as Siv
as Ellen
as Norwegian
as Arim's mother
as Salamidame
as Dame i butikken
as Tove
as Lasse's mother
as Dame i bank