Thorleif Reiss | |
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Died | April 14, 1988 Oslo, Norway | (aged 89)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation | Actor |
Children | Helge Reiss |
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Relatives | Elisabeth Reiss |
Thorleif Dymling Reiss (May 22, 1898 – April 14, 1988) was a Norwegian actor.[1][2]
Reiss made his debut at the National Theater in Oslo in 1918. From 1931 to 1939, he was employed at the Carl Johan Theater, where he also served as co-director. From 1942 onward he was employed at the New Theater.[1][2]
Reiss was the son of the lawyer, composer, and musicologist Georg Reiss and Elisabeth Dymling (1861–1920).[1][2] He was the brother of the pianist and cabaret performer Elisabeth Reiss and the father of the actor Helge Reiss.[2] He played opposite his son in the 1970 crime comedy Skulle det dukke opp flere lik er det bare å ringe.[3] His first marriage was in 1920 to Esther Colbjørnsen Dahl (1896–1941).[4][5] After her death, he remarried in 1944 to Gunborg Kristiane Skistad (1911–2001).[6]