Background
Dore Lavik was born in Hosanger as the son of farmer Johannes Andersson Lavik and Kari Andersdatter Kyte, and was a brother of Andreas Lavik and Johannes Lavik.
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Lavik studied philology at the University of Oslo in the 1880s.
Career
He initiated his stage career in 1892 as reciter of poems at Den literære Variété at Christiania Tivoli. He spent two years in the United States from 1892 to 1894, working as insurance agent, agent for the newspaper Skandinaven, and bricklayer"s assistant. He returned to Norway in 1894, and was subeditor for the newspaper Social-Demokraten.
He made his debut as actor at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen in 1895.
Levy had been appointed as actress and instructor at Den Nationale Scene from 1895. The couple married in 1896.
In 1899 they moved to Kristiania, where they founded the theatre Sekondteatret, which they run together until 1901, when Sekondteatret had to close after bankruptcy. He was then director for various touring theatres, including Det Norske Skuespillerselskab.
He died while touring in Western Norway in 1908.
