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- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 15, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Oslo, Norway
- Died
- May 17, 2003
Edith Carlmar
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 …
Filmography
movieCalling Out For You
2003 · Fru Gulliksen
movieOut of Order
1997 · Gammel dame
tvGåten Knut Hamsun
1997
movieGåten Knut Hamsun
1996
movieEdith Carlmar - bedre enn sitt rykte
1994 · Self
movieLethal Lies
1992 · Tom's Grandmother
movieSvampe
1990 · Gammel dame
movieThe Olsen Gang meets The King and the Jackal
1974 · Nabokone
movieJentespranget
1973
movieOslofilm: Bak kulissene
1964 · Director, Script
movieThe Wayward Girl
1959 · Director
movieLend Me Your Wife
1958 · Director
movieFools in the Mountains
1957 · Matron (uncredited), Director
movieSlalåm under himmelen
1957 · Director
movieOn the Sunny Side
1956 · Director
movieBetter Than Their Reputation
1955 · Director
movieNothing but Troubles
1954 · Director, Writer
movieOslofilm: Oslo Bymuseum
1954 · Director
movieThe Dangers in a Fisherman's Life
1954 · Fiskerkonen
movieOslofilm: Kirker i Oslo
1954 · Director
movieOslofilm: Vann og kloakk
1953 · Director
movieOslofilm: Langåra - et sommerparadis
1953 · Director
movieThe Disappearance of a Young Wife
1953 · En kunde på apoteket, Director
movieMaimed
1951 · Pasient, Director
movieDeath Is a Caress
1949 · Director
movieThe Mysterious Apartment
1948 · 1. kontordame, Production Supervisor