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Edith Carlmar
Oslo, Norway
Edith Carlmar (Edith Mary Johanne Mathiesen) was an Norwegian actress and Norway's first female film director. She grew up in the eastern part of Oslo, in poor conditions, alone…
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Edith Carlmar (Edith Mary Johanne Mathiesen) was an Norwegian actress and Norway's first female film director. She grew up in the eastern part of Oslo, in poor conditions, alone with her mother. However, her mother was a culturally oriented woman, so Edith was introduced to music, dance, and the theatre at an early age. At 19, she married Otto Carlmar, whom she met through her mother. In her early twenties, she made her debut as an actress at Det Nye Teater in Oslo. There she came into contact with Tancred Ibsen, and her interest in film began to take shape when he offered her a position in film production. During the war, she worked as a production manager on several films, and in 1946 she traveled to England to study production management and directing. In 1949, she and her husband founded Carlmar Film A/S, where she was the director and he was the producer. She made her directorial debut in 1949 with Death Is a Caress. Throughout her career, Edith Carlmar directed ten feature films and several short documentary films. Her thematic focus often depicted contemporary Norwegian society in the postwar years, frequently highlighting strong female characters. Many of her films were major audience successes, and the productions often made a profit, even without state funding. Fools in the Mountains remains one of Norway’s greatest box office successes.
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2003
Elskede Poona
TV show Fru Gulliksen
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1997
Gåten Knut Hamsun
TV show
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1997
Out of Order
Movie Gammel dame
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1996
Gåten Knut Hamsun
Movie
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1994
Edith Carlmar - bedre enn sitt rykte
Movie Self
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1992
Lethal Lies
Movie Tom's Grandmother
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1990
Svampe
Movie Gammel dame
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1974
The Olsen Gang meets The King and the Jackal
Movie Nabokone
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1973
Jentespranget
Movie
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1964
Oslofilm: Bak kulissene
Movie Director
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1959
The Wayward Girl
Movie Director
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1958
Lend Me Your Wife
Movie Director
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1957
Fools in the Mountains
Movie Matron (uncredited)
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1957
Slalåm under himmelen
Movie Director
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1956
On the Sunny Side
Movie Director
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1955
Better Than Their Reputation
Movie Director
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1954
Nothing but Troubles
Movie Director
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1954
Oslofilm: Oslo Bymuseum
Movie Director
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1954
Oslofilm: Kirker i Oslo
Movie Director
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1954
The Dangers in a Fisherman's Life
Movie Fiskerkonen
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1953
Oslofilm: Vann og kloakk
Movie Director
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1953
Oslofilm: Langåra - et sommerparadis
Movie Director
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1953
The Disappearance of a Young Wife
Movie En kunde på apoteket
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1951
Maimed
Movie Pasient
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1949
Death Is a Caress
Movie Director
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1948
The Mysterious Apartment
Movie 1. kontordame
