Marit Halset

Marit Halset (May 18, 1912 – March 22, 1986) was a Norwegian actress. She performed roles in theater, radio theater, and film.

Halset was engaged with the National Theater in Oslo from 1933 to 1948. She debuted as the young girl Hazel Niles in Eugene O'Neill's play Mourning Becomes Electra in the spring of 1933. There she performed together with Johanne Dybwad, August Oddvar, and Ingolf Schanche. Later, she performed significant roles as sensitive young girls, and she ended her time at the National Theater by playing Leonora in Ludvig Holberg's The Fidget in 1948. In 1948 she moved to the New Theater, where she remained until 1967.

Halset also performed regularly in NRK's Radio Theater and Television Theater, in addition to having a number of film roles. Among her films, Kranes konditori and Broder Gabrielsen are the best known.

Filmography

1937: Fant as Halvor's wife 1948: Trollfossen as Miss Arneberg 1951: Kranes konditori as Mrs. Settem 1953: Ingen mans kvinna as Åse 1954: Portrettet 1958: Ut av mørket as Doctor Krag 1966: Broder Gabrielsen as the committee chair 1968: De ukjentes marked 1974: Sommerfuglene as Mrs. Zimmler 1975: Streik! as Mrs. Gran 1977: Solospill as Asplund's secretary 1980: Liv og død as Mrs. Johansen 1980: Arme, syndige menneske as Erik's mother 1981: Saken Ruth Vang (TV) as the head nurse 1992: Tryggere kan ingen være (TV, episode of Fleksnes Fataliteter) as an elderly lady in the congregation