August Mowinckel-Nilsen

August Mowinckel-Nilsen (also known as Gogo Mowinckel-Nilsen, May 15, 1883 – November 6, 1957) was a Norwegian stage and film actor.

Family

August Mowinckel-Nilsen was born in Bergen, the son of the shipbroker Helen Caspar Nilsen (1856–1920) and Augusta Mowinckel (1863–1947).

Career

Mowicnkel-Nilsen made his stage debut as a young priest in 1907 in Henrik Ibsen's The Pretenders at the National Theater in Bergen, where he continued to perform. He was also engaged with the New Theater in Oslo and the Trøndelag Theater.

Mowinckel-Nilsen made his film debut in 1927 in the silent film Madame besøker Oslo. He later appeared in the sound films Op med hodet! (1933) and Sankt Hans fest (1947).

Filmography

• 1927: Madame besøker Oslo as Freddie Juul
• 1933: Op med hodet! as the theater director
• 1942: Jeg drepte! as the hotel director
• 1947: Sankt Hans fest as Løvdahl, a professor

External links

• August Mowinckel-Nilsen at Sceneweb
• August Mowinckel-Nilsen at Filmfront
• August Mowinckel-Nilsen at IMDb

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