Botten Soot
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Botten Soot in 1937
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| Born |
22 March 1895 Bergen, Norway |
| Died | 21 May 1958 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Children | Svend von Düring |
| Parent(s) |
Eyolf Soot Inga Bjørnson |
| Relatives | Guri Stormoen (half sister) |
Botten Soot (née Ingeborg Bergit Soot; 22 March 1895 – 21 May 1958) was a Norwegian actress, singer and dancer.
She was born in Bergen, the daughter of painter Eyolf Soot (1859-1928) and children's theatre pioneer Inga Bjørnson, and was half sister of actress Guri Stormoen (1871-1952). She was the mother of Svend von Düring. She learned ballet as a child and was a student at Thora Hals Olsen ballet school; later she studied singing with Bergljot Ibsen, Wilhelm Cappelen Kloed and Raimund von zur-Mühlen, and harmony with Carsten Carlsen.
She made her stage debut as dancer in 1911, as revue artist at Chat Noir in 1913, and as a singer at Nationaltheatret in 1914. She spent most of her career entertaining at the revue stage Chat Noir where she performed together with Einar Rose, artistic director at Chat Noir and at the Mayol-teatret opposite theater and film actor Harald Heide Steen. Botten also performed together with theatre actress and singer Tutta Rolf and her husband Ernst Rolf. Among her best known texts were Vårvise and De gammeldagse Piger. Her book Mamma i fint selskap og andre historier was published in 1946.
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