Anita Thallaug
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Born | Bærum, Norway | 14 February 1938
Occupation(s) | actress and singer |
Anita Thallaug (born 14 February 1938 in Bærum) is a Norwegian actress and singer.
Biography[]
She has featured in musicals, cinema and TV programs. Under the name Vesla Rolfsen, at the age of seven, she was performing at the Spider theatre in Oslo.
She featured frequently in NRK children's programs of the 1950s.
Thallaug was the Norwegian contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, where she finished 13th (last). She was the first of four Norwegian entrants to score no points in the competition.
Anita Thallaug is the younger sister of opera singer Edith Thallaug.
Melodi Grand Prix entries[]
Year | Title | Placing in national final | Placing in eurovision |
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(Grandmother's music box) | 5 | ||
(The days shall be ours) | 4 | ||
(The dream dress) | 4 | ||
(Adieu) | 5 | ||
Solhverv (Solstice) | 13 | ||
(Young and in love) | 3 | ||
(Fussy Person) | 5 |
Films[]
- 1990: (The Spanish Fly) (TV) Mrs Meisel
- 1964: (Watches in moonlight) Mannekeng, 'Manager of affairs'
- 1962: Søster Bitten
- 1957: Blondin i fara (Blonde in danger) (Swedish film) Mona Mace
- 1954: (The moral reputation)
External links[]
Categories:
- 1938 births
- Living people
- People from Bærum
- Norwegian female singers
- Norwegian musical theatre actresses
- Norwegian film actresses
- Norwegian television actresses
- Melodi Grand Prix contestants
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Norway
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1963
- Melodi Grand Prix winners
- Norwegian singer stubs
- Norwegian actor stubs