Aagot Nissen

Biography

Her parents were stage actor Christopher Kavli, deceased 1888, and Agnes Texnes. She became a student at the National Theater from it's opening in 1899. She was the only actress who was employed at the theater's first fifty years without interruption. Aagot Nissen was not among the foremost actors on the stage, but a solid character actress in a varied repertoire. Rarely interviewed, she was celebrated on the Radio on her 95th birthday in May 1977. The host were Gry Waage. Played only in one film, one reason was that Norway produced few films, and that many stage actors of her generation, were somewhat skeptical of performing in front of the camera.