About Bonne Gauguin
Lived 1910 – 1989 (aged 78). Bonne Gauguin was a Norwegian actor and dance teacher.
Bonne Gauguin (born Ingeborg Kathrine Winther-Hjelm Jelstrup, November 28, 1910 – July 12, 1989) was a Norwegian actress and dance instructor.
Gauguin trained as a dance teacher in Germany. In the 1930s she moved to Trondheim and made her debut at the Trøndelag Theater. In 1941 she married the visual artist Paul René Gauguin, who was a set designer at the Unge Trøndelag Theater from 1939 to 1945. In 1946 they moved to Oslo, where she got a job at the Studio Theater. The couple divorced before 1950. When the Studio Theater closed down, she started working at the National Traveling Theater, and she also worked at the People's Theater and to a lesser extent at the Norwegian Theater, NRK's Radio Theater and Television Theater, and in Norwegian films. Among her last theatrical appearances was as the teacher in Grease under the direction of Stein Winge in 1984.
Gauguin was the daughter of the architect Thomas Krenkel Jelstrup (1863–1917) and Emilie Constanse "Milly" (née Winter-Hjelm) (1876–1955).
Filmography
1952: Det kunne vært deg as Mrs. Westberg 1953: Skøytekongen 1958: Ut av mørket 1959: Jakten 1960: Ungen as Gurina Neger (NRK Television Theater) 1961: Bussen 1963: Om Tilla 1966: Reisen til havet as Johanne 1969: Brent jord as the grandmother 1970: Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland as Mrs. Konsmo 1970: Love Is War as the grandmother 1970: Operasjon V for vanvidd as Mrs. Philipson 1970: Selma Brøter (NRK Television Theater) 1971: Rødblått paradis 1973: Brannen as a woman 1973: Kanarifuglen 1974: Fleksnes Fataliteter: Biovita Helsesenter as a patient at a health clinic (TV series) 1977: Åpenbaringen (film) as the mother 1977: Helmer & Sigurdson: Solospill as Molly Smith (TV miniseries) 1988: Fleksnes Fataliteter: Her har jeg mitt liv as a patient at a health clinic (TV series)
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Who was Bonne Gauguin?
Norwegian actress (1910-1989)
When was Bonne Gauguin born?
Bonne Gauguin was born on 28 November 1910 in Christiania.
When did Bonne Gauguin die?
Bonne Gauguin died on 12 July 1989 in Oslo.
What was Bonne Gauguin's occupation?
Bonne Gauguin was an actor and dance teacher.
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Bonne Gauguin was Norwegian.
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