Cally Monrad
Illustration — Cally Monrad Ragnhild Caroline Monrad (31 July 1879 – 23 February 1950) was a Norwegian singer, actress and poet. She ended up as a member of the Nazi Party Nasjonal Samling, and was theatre director at Det Norske Teatret from 1942 to 1945, during the German occupation of Norway. She was sentenced to one year imprisonment in 1947.
Also recorded as Ragnhild Caroline Monrad
Cally Monrad
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- Born
- Cally Monrad was born on 31 July 1879. · Gran Municipality.
- Died
- Cally Monrad died on 23 February 1950. · Norway.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- actress · singer · writer
- Fields
- opera
- Teachers
- Wilhelm Kloed · Aglaja Orgeni · Clementine Schuch
- Honours
- King's Medal of Merit in Gold
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Biography
The sister of the painter Julie Gjessing (born Julie Monrad).
Training under Wilhelm Kloed, Aglaja Orgeni and Clementine Schuch is recorded. The recorded working language is Norwegian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Positions recorded include theatre manager. Distinctions recorded are King's Medal of Merit in Gold.
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Cally Monrad appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a singer, writer and opera singer (31 July 1879 – 1950). Cally Monrad was born in Sande (31 July 1879) and died in Oslo (1950).
Cally Monrad. Forfatterinne, sangerinne
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Gran Municipality.
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- 1.Henriksen, Petter. Cally Monrad. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget.
- 2.Vanberg, Vidar. Cally Monrad. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget.
- 3.Det Norske Teatret. Teatersjefar på Det Norske Teatret.
- 4.Stenseth, Bodil. Monrad, Cally. Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45. Cappelen. 276. 1995. 82-02-14138-9.
- 5.Julie Katrine Gjessing (Monrad); genicom
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Stenseth, Bodil. Sangerinnen: Cally Monrads liv og kunst. 1990.
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