Grete Nordrå

Grete Nordrå
Norwegian Broadcasting Radio Theatre Studio 1959. Actors Jack Fjeldstad, Jan Pande-Rolfsen, Grete Nordrå and author Alf Prøysen
Born	(1924-11-22)22 November 1924 Asker, Norway
Died	13 March 2012(2012-03-13) (aged 87) Bergen, Norway

Grete Nordrå (22 November 1924 – 13 March 2012) was a Norwegian actress who appeared on screen from the 1950s onwards. She was born in Asker.

She made her screen debut in 1955 when she appeared in Trost i taklampa. Over the next 35 years, her roles were few and far between, but in 1990 she appeared as a Norwegian witch in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches, and her screen appearances since then have been more frequent, though still mostly on Norwegian television. Her biggest commercial success was co-starring in 2003's Mors Elling as the mother of title character. She was nominated for an Amanda Award for her performance. She died in 2012 in Bergen.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1955	Trost i taklampa	Gunvor Smikkstugun
1957	Nine Lives	Stenografen
1970	Douglas	Fru Ahrman
1971	Rødblått paradis
1975	Hustruer	Uteligger
1984	On the Threshold	Fru Lund
1990	The Witches	Norwegian Witch
1990	Landstrykere	Edevarts mor
1991	For dagene er onde	Ane
1999	Bornholms stemme	Line
1999	Evas øye	Damen med hund
2000	Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert
2001	Det største i verden	Tine
2003	Mother's Elling	Mor