Betzy Holter

Betzy Marie Holter (née Jordal; May 28, 1893 – November 9, 1979) was a Norwegian actress.

[1][2] Holter made her stage debut in 1913 as Randi in Olav Hoprekstad's Bjørnefjell,[3][4][5] one of the opening performances at the Norwegian Theater.

[6] She had a number of major roles at the theater in the years that followed, such as Milja in Oskar Braaten's Ungen and Klara Gullborg in a stage version of Selma Lagerlöf's Kejsarn av Portugallien.

From 1924 onward, Holter was engaged with the National Theater and played realistic figures from the Oslo's East End such as Alvilde in Den store barnedåpen and a street girl in Sigurd Christiansen's play Edmund Jahr.

Betzy Holter starred in the 1943 propaganda film Unge viljer, but three of her children took an active part in the Norwegian resistance movement.