Anne-Lise Tangstad Clausen (February 6, 1935 – December 13, 1981) was a Norwegian actress.

Biography Tangstad made her debut in 1954 in the musical South Pacific at the Central Theater, where she later worked from 1957 to 1958. After that she was at the People's Theater () from 1958 to 1959 and at the Oslo New Theater from 1959 to 1970, after which she worked freelance. On the stage, she particularly made a name for herself as Sofia in Anton Chekhov's Platanov, Hazel in Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra, Helen in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Mrs. Krane in Kranes konditori, and Guriana in Oskar Braaten's Ungen.

She also appeared in a number of films, and in 1958 she played the leading role in the film I slik en natt as a young doctor who is at the head of a rescue operation in which the children of a Jewish orphanage in Oslo are saved from the Gestapo during the Second World War. She also played one of the two main roles in Før frostnettene (1965). Tangstad is also particularly remembered for Brent jord (1969), Skulle det dukke opp flere lik er det bare å ringe (1970), and Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 (1976), as well as several films about the Olsen Gang. On television, she appeared in the miniseries Nitimemordet, the series Benoni og Rosa, and two episodes of Fleksnes Fataliteter ("Visittid" 1972 and "Trafikk & Panikk" 1974). She also provided the voice of Maid Marian in the Norwegian-language version of the animated film Robin Hood.

In 1958, she married the actor Frimann Falck Clausen.

Filmography

1957: Smuglere i smoking as Eva 1958: I slik en natt as Liv Kraft 1959: Herren og hans tjenere as Agnes Helmer 1964: Husmorfilmen høsten 1964 1966: Før frostnettene as Vera Boye 1966: Reisen til havet as the supervisor 1968: Smuglere 1969: Brent jord as Alma, Heikki's wife 1970: Skulle det dukke opp flere lik er det bare å ringe as Vera Marthinsen 1970: Tyven, tyven ... as Anna 1972: Lukket avdeling 1972: Olsenbanden tar gull as Carina, the blacksmith's daughter 1973: Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry går amok as the office lady 1974: Bobbys krig as Mother Courage 1974: Olsenbanden møter Kongen & Knekten as the supreme court lawyer's wife 1976: Den sommeren jeg fylte 15 as Aunt Linn 1977: Karjolsteinen as the midwife 1977: Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry på sporet as the company secretary 1981: Liten Ida as the organist 1981: Olsenbanden gir seg aldri! as the secretary at TeamFinans 1982: For Tors skyld as Laila's mother

References

External links

Anne-Lise Tangstad at Filmfront Anne-Lise Tangstad at the Swedish Film Database