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name: "Wenche Foss"
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born: "5 December 1917"
died: "28 March 2011"
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# Wenche Foss

Actor. Born 5 December 1917 in Oslo Municipality. Died 28 March 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 December 1917, Oslo Municipality
- **Died:** 28 March 2011

## Biography

Wenche Foss was a Norwegian actress and singer. She made her stage debut in 1935 in the operetta *Taterblod* and worked at several Oslo theatres, including periods at the National Theatre from 1952 to 1967 and from 1978. Her screen credits include the mother in Ingmar Bergman's *Scenes from a Marriage* (1973) and the voice of Enkefru Stengelføhn-Glad in *The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix* (1975). She also appeared as Mistress Karen in *I Am Dina* (2002).

Born Eva Wenche Steenfeldt-Foss in Oslo on 5 December 1917, she died in Oslo on 28 March 2011. Foss received the Norwegian Film Critics' Prize for her role in *Herren og hans tjenere* (1959).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nbl.snl.no, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Scenes from a Marriage* (1974), Fi1m 88, as Modern — [page](https://film.one/film/scenes-from-a-marriage-1974.md)

## Also known for

- *Scenes from a Marriage* (1973), Modern
- *The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix* (1975), Enkefru Stengelføhn-Glad (voice)
- *I Am Dina* (2002), Mistress Karen

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