Marguerite Thoresen

Rita Tori (born Marguerite Thoresen; 17 June 1908 – 16 August 1967) was an internationally noted Norwegian ballet dancer and choreographer.

Her father, Olaf Thoresen (1870-1937), managed a Chinese-based Norwegian trading company (Det Oversøiske Compagnie).

She studied ballet from an early age, training in both London and Paris.

[2] [3] During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, she was imprisoned in Åkebergveien from 21 September 1944, then in the Grini concentration camp from 3 November 1944 until her release on 26 March 1945.

[4] She died in Norway in 1967 and was awarded the Norwegian King's Medal of Merit upon her death.