Berit Alten (May 2, 1915 – December 18, 2002) was a
Norwegian actress.[1][2][3]
Family
Alten was born in
Kristiania (now Oslo), the daughter of the judge
Edvin Alten (1876–1967) and Ragna Aass (1880–1975). Her half-sister was the actress Rønnaug Alten (1910–2001). In 1950 she married the literary historian
Asbjørn Aarnes (1923–2013).[4]
Career
Alten made her stage debut in 1938 at the
New Theater,[5][6] and from 1939 to 1947 she was engaged with the
Trøndelag Theater.[7] She made her film debut in 1939 in
Helge Lunde's film Familien på Borgan. Alten appeared in four films altogether from 1939 to 1946. In her last film, Vi vil leve, she played one of the lead roles as Elsa.[8][9]