Botten Soot

Botten Soot (born Ingeborg Bergit Soot; 22 March 1895 – 21 May 1958) was a Norwegian actress, singer, and dancer. Her primary venue was the cabaret and revue theatre Chat Noir, where she performed for most of her career.

Early and personal life Born in Bergen, Soot was the daughter of the painter Eyolf Soot (1859–1928) and children's theatre pioneer Inga Bjørnson (1871–1952). Her parents divorced in 1900; her mother married the actor Harald Stormoen when Botten was five years old, and Botten Soot was thus a half-sister of the actress Guri Stormoen. She learned ballet as a child and was a student at Thora Hals Olsen ballet school; later she studied singing with Bergljot Ibsen, Wilhelm Cappelen Kloed and Raimund von zur-Mühlen, and harmony with Carsten Carlsen.

She was later married to sculptor Trygve Thorsen, This marriage was eventually dissolved, and she married actor Olaf Kronstad in 1924.