About Alfred Gjems Selmer
Lived 1893 – 1919 (aged 25). Alfred Gjems Selmer was a Norwegian actor.
Alfred Jørgen Gjems Selmer (June 4, 1893 – January 30, 1919) was a Norwegian actor.
Selmer was born in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway, the son of the district physician Alfred Selmer and the actress and writer Ågot Gjems Selmer. One of his sisters was the singer Tordis Gjems Selmer, and another was the actress and writer Lillemor von Hanno. Selmer was married to the actress Liv Uchermann Selmer.
In 1918, Selmer played Erhart Borkman in a production of Henrik Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman at the National Theater in Bergen.
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Who was Alfred Gjems Selmer?
Norwegian actor (1893-1919)
When was Alfred Gjems Selmer born?
Alfred Gjems Selmer was born on 4 June 1893 in Balsfjord Municipality.
When did Alfred Gjems Selmer die?
Alfred Gjems Selmer died on 30 January 1919 in Trondheim.
What was Alfred Gjems Selmer's occupation?
Alfred Gjems Selmer was an actor.
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Alfred Gjems Selmer was Norwegian.
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